After a series of interviews with a company for a job while in gradschool (after I already had a BS in Computer Science) and was offered $10/hr as a contract C

After a series of interviews with a company for a job while in gradschool (after I already had a BS in Computer Science) and was offered $10/hr as a contract C developer (no benefits). Starting salaries in my area for developers with a BS is around 60k-65k/yr with benefits.