PrinceofWands
Lifer
$36,000, plus benefits of course.
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What salary would make you feel satisfied?
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$36,000, plus benefits of course.
Blazin Trav
Banned
Probably 75K - 100K a year, I might get that depending on what I do. I'm considering being an electritian if my other degree falls through.
imported_malcontent
Golden Member
QFT.. Also, the higher the salary, the greater the stress level, I have found.
Some of you people have sh*tty negative attitudes. My parents who have a 8th grade education grossed close to $250k last year. My dad's two friends are millionaires. Both own two homes and each one is valued over 1 million each. They didn't inherit their fortune! They worked for it.
So there. You can easily make a six figure income is you put the effort in. I stay far away from negative people like you. You are the same person that gets JEALOUS when you see someone that has actually made it.
If you can visualize it, you can be it.
starting 40k
5 years later 50k
but thats a wild quantification
truth be told, all i need is a small condo near downtown (1000$/1 rm), a fun used sports car (20-25k), and money to go out every weekend with friends and a few small trips per year... everything else is materialistic hogwash
5 years later 50k
but thats a wild quantification
truth be told, all i need is a small condo near downtown (1000$/1 rm), a fun used sports car (20-25k), and money to go out every weekend with friends and a few small trips per year... everything else is materialistic hogwash
No, I think it's when you can't take the money away and have only your family and possessions left that you should start to worry if you're not happy.
I want to make money to support my family well and for them to have opportunities to do things that I didn't. Plus, in xx years inflation will have made my salary almost average.
seriously. the older i got the more truth i saw in that maxim. life is so much more than an insignificant salary figure. i can have as good of a time at the local watering hole with good friends than drinking drinking champagne in some swanky hotel bar. as long one is able to care for the basic necessities... evrything else is whatever the person makes of it
(well, startling post-grad realizations also helped me reach that conclusion 😱)
Naustica and dcdude were quoted for truth. tec699 was quoted for ignorance. It isn't negativity, it's a dose of reality from those not in the MTV generation. The main theme I also noticed through this thread is a lot of young people with their heads in the clouds. I mean seriously? Are you guys all quoting salaries that you think would get you into "Cribs" territory? Get real. I think there are some instances where you are living in places with extremely high costs of living, and are witnessing the huge real estate bubble first hand. Here in Michigan there isn't much of that. Being a millionaire can be accomplished with salaries much lower than six figures, it's just what you do with the money you have. To the people who's parents operate their own private position practices, that's great, but that really puts them at near the top of income percentiles. The vast majority of people simply cannot do that. Has anyone seen the household income percentiles for the US? I have before but I can't find them right now. The averages are definately way below what all of you claim you need to be "satisfied". So ya I see a lot of future unhappy people. AS for me, in a few more years i'll graduate and start out at 90-100k in the health care field, and my fiancee will graduate in about the same situation. (Pharmacy and optometry) I think our combined salary will be more than enough to be comfortable, and I'm very happy with how things are going. So for the people who claim they need 500k annually or some other rediculous nonsense, wtf mate?
ps sorry for the unorganized rant nature of this post i just had to vent after reading so much nonsense
IAteYourMother
Lifer
I'm going to be a hunter-gatherer when I grow up, living off the wild dandelions that grow between the cement cracks 🙂
MidasKnight
Diamond Member
I feel very good about my job ( 13 years now ) and the $40K yr I make. Plus it's just a 8hr / 5 day a week job .. no living there .. lots of family time.
If you think having money means drinking overpriced champagne in an overpriced hotel then you are mistaken. Having money means only one thing, to me at least: Freedom of choice. So long as I don't have to work I am thus free to do that which interests me, and there is no greater freedom in my mind.
itsallaboutme
Member
I've got neighbors with no running hot water in their house and a well that runs dry each year. They live below the poverty line (due to disabilities) and yet they are happy and appreciative of what they have - which is mainly each other.
I've also got a friend (whose father is a CEO of a major 100 company) who has his MBA and is working for a major consulting firm - who is constantly b**ching about how poor he is. Poor, he is not, pathetic he is.
It's to bad a freaky friday situation couldn't somehow occur.
As for me, all I want is enough to pay my bills and just enough extra that I don't turn into raving greedy lunatic.
I've also got a friend (whose father is a CEO of a major 100 company) who has his MBA and is working for a major consulting firm - who is constantly b**ching about how poor he is. Poor, he is not, pathetic he is.
It's to bad a freaky friday situation couldn't somehow occur.
As for me, all I want is enough to pay my bills and just enough extra that I don't turn into raving greedy lunatic.
NoToRiOuS1
Golden Member
exdeath
Lifer
Wealth to me has nothing to do with money.
It has to do with being able to have all the things I want, when I want them, without having to look at the price.
I could be making $20k a year or $1m a year, as long as I could still have my car, computer, etc, I'm content.
I also realized that there is a BIG difference between being *materially content* and being *happy*. Confusing the two and linking material content and real life happiness is a mistake many people make. There is nothing wrong with being materialistic as long as you realize this.
So when people say money can't by happiness there is truth to that. But most people after money don't necessarily want real happiness, just material contentment that they confuse with happiness. This is what the quote in my sig is really all about.
It's also true the more content you become, the more you want, and the more money you think you need. The way that you escape that circle is to realize that it's not the material acquisition or the item itself that makes you feel good. There will always be SOMETHING new or better that you want even if you think you have it all.
Once you realize that the fun is in the chase itself and not the stuff, doing things that people say you can?t do, and breaking barriers against all odds, and being able to do whatever you want without limits? life becomes much more pleasant.
It has to do with being able to have all the things I want, when I want them, without having to look at the price.
I could be making $20k a year or $1m a year, as long as I could still have my car, computer, etc, I'm content.
I also realized that there is a BIG difference between being *materially content* and being *happy*. Confusing the two and linking material content and real life happiness is a mistake many people make. There is nothing wrong with being materialistic as long as you realize this.
So when people say money can't by happiness there is truth to that. But most people after money don't necessarily want real happiness, just material contentment that they confuse with happiness. This is what the quote in my sig is really all about.
It's also true the more content you become, the more you want, and the more money you think you need. The way that you escape that circle is to realize that it's not the material acquisition or the item itself that makes you feel good. There will always be SOMETHING new or better that you want even if you think you have it all.
Once you realize that the fun is in the chase itself and not the stuff, doing things that people say you can?t do, and breaking barriers against all odds, and being able to do whatever you want without limits? life becomes much more pleasant.
skyking
Lifer
I just got a lesson in that a few minutes ago. We were shopping for stuff at home depot, being domestic and all🙂
We had been given a wisteria, and were looking at trellises. None fit the bill, and as we were leaving, my wife said "we need to do something for now till we decide" .
She spots some 48" lath at $0.17 each. We grab 4 and bring it home, and creatively drill it and lace it together with copper wire left over from the garage project.
We spent 68 cents and some tax, and had a blast making a quick trellis.
We had been given a wisteria, and were looking at trellises. None fit the bill, and as we were leaving, my wife said "we need to do something for now till we decide" .
She spots some 48" lath at $0.17 each. We grab 4 and bring it home, and creatively drill it and lace it together with copper wire left over from the garage project.
We spent 68 cents and some tax, and had a blast making a quick trellis.
ponyo
Lifer
I think there was a study done where high school seniors and college students were asked what they thought they would make once they graduated and got a job. Most I think quoted six figure salary. Kids and eternal optimism. 🙂
The reality is majority of the young people here will make 25-50k a year once they graduate. Of course some will make much more just as some will make less. Six figure income is made by very small minority of the population. You could be one of the few but odds say otherwise.
BTW, I'm not jealous about what others make. I'm extremely satisfied with what I make. I'm fortunate that I make what most people only dream about but that's not to say I don't work hard for my money. But I also own a successful business. If I still had my corporate job I got after college, I would still probably be stuck in the 50-60k a year range.
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