congratulations on landing a decent job.

pay them off completely and then keep them that way

the interest you pay if you don’t pay them off is killer since you get charged interest on everything you buy with them.

the way to do this is to stop charging completely and then pay the minimum on the larger one and as much as possible on the smaller until it is paid off. Then you tackle the larger in the same way.

GL

Lower your debt but don’t totally payoff your credit card. A good credit score is earned by people who pay on-time every month. But a good score also reflects your value as a user of credit. If you pay your credit card off, your score can go down! Credit card companies are scoring you so they want you to USE your CREDIT. That is what you credit score really indicates.

So, anyway, pay it down if that makes you feel more comfortable but don’t totally pay it off. And continue to make payments on time every month.

Pay them off but don’t close them.
Don’t pay the high interest if you don’t need to – and that’s the best return for your money. You don’t need to carry a balance forever to establish and maintain your credit. You can use them from here not to borrow, but to save from writing checks like a check card, but pay it off every month. You don’t have to use it every month either if you prefer cash instead – use it now and then to keep it active but no more than you can pay off. Anyone telling you not to pay them off is giving you bad advice.
Congradulations on graduating and landing your job!