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Top 50: Best jobs in America
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definately not an easy path, getting a phd from a good school is pretty hard then you work like a slave for 6 more years to get published in top journals to get tenure. then you get paid around $100K more or less depending on your field (100k is average for business profs). then on top of teaching you still have to produce research, so I would say 40 hours of work a week year round if you're getting ready to retire, 60 hours a week is average for average profs, and 80+ if you're famous in your field.
and anyone whjo thinks my numbers are too high don;t know how time and effort Profs take to groom their PhD students that they advise.
I was almost a PhD student, but my mentor for when i was a master's advised me to work for a few years first, because its one of things that you can do, but unless you really love you'll hate your life and be over educated to do anything else.
Thank you.
This list is bullshit. These salaries are not at all realistic unless you are living in NYC. And even then some of them seem like a stretch. Average lawyers making $150k? Did the sample consist of Harvard Lawschool grad's or something?
College professor #2? WTF? This should be #2 on the list of WORST possible jobs. With schools cutting costs it is almost impossible to get a full time job as a professor. And then the pay still sucks - especially when you consider all the debt you ought to have.
SarcasticDwarf
Diamond Member
Do they all still take like a hour break around lunch and go into the game room at Blizzard?
Yup list is BS. Fortune reported the average pay for a senior at E&Y this year was $61,905. And that's what, two to three years out of college? Top job pays 80k? Forget partner, the average manager at PwC makes $83,334! I don't exactly agree that anyone with a pulse can get a Big 4 job, but it's sure a hell of a lot easier than being a professor.
preslove
Lifer
The list is too general. College Professor is a terrible #2 because of the years of opportunity costs associated with reaching college "PROFESSOR" and the absence of geographical flexibility, in most cases. If you get into a PhD program right out of undergrad you will most likely get an assistantship, or a fellowship if you are hot ******. At uf the lowest assistantships are ~$10,000, while the highest (usually engineering students) cap out at $25,000. Some get higher, but it's very rare. You spend 5-6 years making this low salary, unless you get a second job, racking up debt while working 55-65 hours a week (assistantship = 20-25 hours + 9-12 hours of class + 18-30 hours of coursework and research). When you get out you put in the same amount of work, but you just teach the classes. The thing is, the field is so competetive that many recent PhDs have to get post-doc or instructor positions before they're employable. Those positions make roughly half what an assistant professor makes. Once you have a year or two done as an instructor you send out your resumes and hope that you get picked up at a good school.
Basically, if you're a medical, engineering, or business/economics professor (some others) you make bank and can achieve a relatively nice geographic mobility. These guys can make $100 grand easy, and can make much higher if they consult on the side. If you're in the humanities, however, then the list is too generous.
Basically, if you're a medical, engineering, or business/economics professor (some others) you make bank and can achieve a relatively nice geographic mobility. These guys can make $100 grand easy, and can make much higher if they consult on the side. If you're in the humanities, however, then the list is too generous.
I suppose. I would put more bank on their analysis than yours. But I guess it's all subjective. College professors work their way into cushy positions, and they are not geographically limited like you say they are. If you look in any collegate magazine, like "science" for example, there are hundreds of positions available around the world.
My gf's sister is a phD working on being a professor. She's currently a research assistant or whatever you want to call it. From what I see and what she tells me, the perceived amount of work these people do is vastly overstated. In a normal "work week", she does half the amount of work I do, and her associates do even less. Of course there are only so many of thoes weeks in a school year. Summers are off, unless she takes an extra 10K or so to teach a short summer session.
Over all it's a good job if you're willing to put the time in. Though that can be said about most professions. You have to put your time in to achieve something.
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