how much do you make per hour? use this equation

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kalrith

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Going by the OP's equation: $19.

Since I work 37.5 hours per week with 26 days off (including paid holidays), I only work 1755 hours per year, which makes my hourly wage $21.65.

This is at a new job offer that I just accepted today. In two years, I should be promoted to the programmer II position and get about a $5k raise.

I don't think it's too bad considering the cost of living around here. i.e. my house payment is $831/month including taxes and insurance for a nice 1700 sq. ft. house on an acre. I also have a nice 30-minute round-trip commute.
 

KeithTalent

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Using OP's equation 53.125. I work a lot of 'free' overtime and get 4 weeks vacation. Commute is a ~20 minute walk each way.

KT
 

KeithTalent

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Let's trade! You're sick of downtown and I want to be downtown! You should find the relaxed pace of life in Burnaby to be soothing and relaxing :awe:.

:D I was at the IHOP in Brentwood last weekend and it was pretty nice, maybe I could just get a job there. :hmm:

KT
 

vshah

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$34.4

that is counting 23 vacation days + holidays.

spend half on fucking rent though :(

i hate new york.
 
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xCxStylex

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I think /2000 is pretty good for salary, since most americans get 2 weeks PTO. 40 hrs a week * 52 weeks = 2080 - (2 weeks * 40) = 2000

Mines in the low 20s. Sometimes, I do work a bit less though.
 

Locut0s

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Schweet. Where do I submit my resume? :):p

The pay's not as good as Keith makes but my father teaches at a local college and makes around 90-100k/yr now (he's been there about 20 years, didn't start that high). He gets about 4 1/2 MONTHS holiday during the summer. Technically he's supposed to go in during the summer for faculty stuff but rarely if ever does. :D
 

InflatableBuddha

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The pay's not as good as Keith makes but my father teaches at a local college and makes around 90-100k/yr now (he's been there about 20 years, didn't start that high). He gets about 4 1/2 MONTHS holiday during the summer. Technically he's supposed to go in during the summer for faculty stuff but rarely if ever does. :D

Teachers and profs have it pretty awesome for holidays, no doubt. That would require several more years of school though, I don't know :hmm:.
 
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my first job was $10
my 2nd job was at the library. it was a pathetic $8.58 or something. people got a raise to $10 6 months later by protesting.
my 3rd job (internship) paid $24
i left my current job getting $34

i am now unemployed.

For all the engineers out there, be a little more realistic and use annual salary/3500. This will account for all the screwage you get thanks to no overtime pay but expected overtime work.

depends where you work. for my cisco friends, they should use /1500 :D jkjk. some of them are seriously slackers. i have friends who say "well I get in at 9, so I should leave at 5" when others (the ones who work at Google and Apple) ask "Why the hell do you leave so early?" I can name a few other friends at other companies who are ridiculous and work the 8 hr day and just GTFO on the dot. On the other hand I put in close to 10 hrs a day but that was with a good amount of surfing time in there :D
 
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Bignate603

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For all the engineers out there, be a little more realistic and use annual salary/3500. This will account for all the screwage you get thanks to no overtime pay but expected overtime work.

Not all places are like that. I'm an engineer and get paid overtime if I go over 46 hr/week. That phases out though after you get up past $90k a year and I haven't gotten there yet. I only know of 1 guy in my department that works consistently more than 45 hr/week and that's just because he's nuts.