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akahoovy said:
Also, where's Alke? Shoeing the horse?
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Degree: CS
Job: Embedded programmer
Salary: ~70k/year + 3 weeks vacation
Experience: 2 year intern + 1.5 year full time
 
Sho'Nuff said:
Its probably different for different fields. But in law, more money = more hours. I've worked for large firms making $250k+ a year, as in-house counsel making %50% less, and for a small firm making somewhere in the middle. All I have learned is that that more $ = more time away from home.

Illustration:

$250k+/year law job = 3000+ hours per year of work (no vacation)
$125k in house job = 1900 hours per year (2080 hours +4.5 weeks vacation)
Middle of the road law firm job = ~2200 hours per year.

That said, I am certain that this trend is true for all fields, once the dollars get high enough. A sysadmin making 100k might get away with doing nothing. One making $250-350k might not have the same luck.
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I gotta say I make pretty good money but I think I earn every penny of it relatively at my job

But the "leads" and directors at my company make in the 130-170 range and all they do is make excuses to work from home because they have kids and contribute damn near nothing. I basically just decide what to do and convince them its a good idea.

Honestly they are all out of date and they do they old settled people family things but they by being old I'd say have more "experience"

software engineering is built on the grunts who have 5-10 years in the job and haven't settled down and lost their passion because it doesn't make you more productive to have more experience it seem foe the most part. If you make it higher up you get paid more to do way less especially if you are good socially. So I guess it does pay to be an extrovert too
 
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Degree: Bachelor in Comp Information Systems
Job: Network Engineer
Salary: $45k
Experience: 1 year (+6 mo internship) in career field

For my area it's not horrible money. However having my degree, with certs, and experience the median for my area is significantly higher (20-30%). So once I get some more experience I should be in a much better spot financially. I do love my job though and work with great people under an awesome boss. Oh and a year ago I was making 1/2 what I am now.
 
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Degree: associates in network technology
-will finish my bachelors in industrial technology in august.
Job: suppert specialist - (it tech field tech support)
Salary: 35k
Experience: 3.5 years

i do have a health insurance stipend which is better than nothing, and i get to drive a company car for work which saves me a ton on gas/maintenance on my car (Assuming id have to drive a town over for decent IT work)...but i sort of hate where i work. hoping i can be elsewhere by the time i finish school at the end of the summer.
 
Degree: BS Network Engineering
Job: Consultant
Salary: not enough looking for new job
Experience: 2 year intern (5 years tech support/help desk)
 
CPA said:
Degree: Bachelors in Accounting; Associate in Hotel/Restaurant Management
Job: Unit Controller
Salary: >$125K plus bonus
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I have a feeling someone went to U of H.

I should have followed your path when i pmed you about accounting almost 10 years ago.
 
Degree: HS
Job: Project Manager
Salary: Enough to support stay at home wife and 4 kids in one of the most expensive states to live in 😎....and yes I have the easy job, wife has the hard job.
Experience: 6+ years (PM), 5 years (IT), 4 years (Mechanical Drafting)
 
DisgruntledVirus said:
Degree: Bachelor in Comp Information Systems
Job: Network Engineer
Salary: $45k
Experience: 1 year (+6 mo internship) in career field

For my area it's not horrible money. However having my degree, with certs, and experience the median for my area is significantly higher (20-30%). So once I get some more experience I should be in a much better spot financially. I do love my job though and work with great people under an awesome boss. Oh and a year ago I was making 1/2 what I am now.
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You're actually about average for that field. You're doing well 🙂
 
Degree: AS in CIS computer information systems
Job: Desktop Support at a large bank
Salary: $55,000+ with overtime.
Experience: 13 YEARS

I get 4 weeks off with 5 occasional days off + 1 personal day. I can buy 5 more days off if I want. I get all bank holidays off. Also get $35 a month for cell phone. Healthcare could be better I have to pay $3,965 a year.
 
Isn't this irrelevant without location? 100K in podunkville would be great while 150K in NYC would make you a forever renter.
 
Salary is irrelevant for full time employees. In a thread like this, I'd be more interested in talking about actual hourly rate. As in, salary / hours actually worked, including time spent in the car. I certainly don't live to work.

I do OK but I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to make more money. However, I don't want to work too much more than I do now, and I'd also want an increase on my actual hourly rate. To me, a couple days working from home or cutting my commute in half are a raise.

Degrees: BBA Economics, JD
Position: Director in a finance role, fortune 500
Weekly Hours: 45
Instead of a salary, some advice: If you're good at something marketable, just skip law school and save the money for something better. In fact, do that anyway because even if you manage to hit the biglaw lottery, you'll work 3000 hours a year for that money. If someone wants me putting in 60 hour weeks, I want a better hourly rate.
 
Degree: Petroleum Engineering
Job: Petroleum Engineer
Salary: >$100k
Experience: 2 years
 
Mixolydian said:
Few people do, which is why good employees are so hard to find.
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Living to work is not an indicator of performance. If anything, it's a red flag on time management skills, ability to handle multiple priorities and a disinterest in other activities. I saw plenty of that in consulting, despite the high billables.
 
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