FANTASMATIC agency opportunity (!)

It reads less than $150°° per shoot.

Either way not even close to adequate.

You have no idea what it costs to move about in NYC, rent and food. That is why they want you to have a day job. They only want uninformed people like, well you!
The time you take transportation and taxes out, it's already dwindled to much less than $150°° shoot.

Karl Johnston wrote in post #11771969
I think those posts are gags created by bitter photographers

It saddens me that a) this could well be the case and b) that it didn't occur to me. I may be losing my optimism...:p