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irishScott
Lifer
Then you go to federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison with no conjugal visits. 😀
nismotigerwvu
Golden Member
There is always big money top be had in Biochemistry 🙂
One thing to keep in mind is that many of these careers require a signficant amount of time and effort to succeed. Some more than others, obviously.
My point is, if you find the subject material incredibly boring, is the lure of money alone going to be enough of a motivation to keep you going? Will the thought of money alone be enough to get you through the long hours of work and/or study required to attain many of the positions mentioned in this thread? Some require years of long study and training before you are actually making any real money.
Also, some of these positions require interviews. What reason are you going to give the interviewer when they ask you why you want to enter the profession? Are you going to tell the truth and say you are only in it for the money? I don't think that explanation would fly, especially in the medical professions. In addition, I would imagine most of the people conducting the interviews have pretty good BS detectors.
My point is, most people in these high-paying professions have at least a basic interest in their jobs and the subject matter.
My point is, if you find the subject material incredibly boring, is the lure of money alone going to be enough of a motivation to keep you going? Will the thought of money alone be enough to get you through the long hours of work and/or study required to attain many of the positions mentioned in this thread? Some require years of long study and training before you are actually making any real money.
Also, some of these positions require interviews. What reason are you going to give the interviewer when they ask you why you want to enter the profession? Are you going to tell the truth and say you are only in it for the money? I don't think that explanation would fly, especially in the medical professions. In addition, I would imagine most of the people conducting the interviews have pretty good BS detectors.
My point is, most people in these high-paying professions have at least a basic interest in their jobs and the subject matter.
My wife is a Pharmacist and precepts students that tell her about the offers out there on a weekly basis. I stick by my original post.
As for retail work, it's just like any other retail job. Except instead of making $7 an hour at Footlocker selling shoes you are making $60 an hour listening to people bitch about insurance and drug prices. Tech support jobs are similarly as boring/thankless, as are many other office/cube dweller jobs. Except as a pharmacist you get a pretty nice paycheck for the misery.
miketheidiot
Lifer
nurses start at like 50k in small towns, locally they pay $35-40 an hour starting iirc.
i remember doing the calculations if i had joined a union as like an assembler or something at a car plant, i'd be making more money than if i took 5 years to graduate school as an engineer... even if i start out higher than the union worker, he still has 5 years up on me... and it would take a long time to catch up
that said, i became a mechanical engineer.. i think it was said, but chemical and mechanical engineers come out at a higher starting rate than other professions for their education level.. however, my friend did law school and made 6 figures right out of school.. but he works 80+ hrs a week
that said, i became a mechanical engineer.. i think it was said, but chemical and mechanical engineers come out at a higher starting rate than other professions for their education level.. however, my friend did law school and made 6 figures right out of school.. but he works 80+ hrs a week
miketheidiot
Lifer
accounting is a good one were *everyone* starts at at least 40k per year, nursing and lab tech jobs have similar rates of people getting good jobs, but i think its a bit tougher and clearly dirtier job.
as others have said, engineering is a good one, economics is another good one but can be very hit or miss, finance is decent, also hit or miss. Econ/finance majors will need to move to one of the larger cities to get really decent work though, like SF, NY, Washington DC, etc.
if you want more schooling, get your masters in teaching, you'll make about 60-80k a year forever and get your summers off and it isn't a tough degree to get by any means. Alternatively, pharmacy is a *great* one as well.
as others have said, engineering is a good one, economics is another good one but can be very hit or miss, finance is decent, also hit or miss. Econ/finance majors will need to move to one of the larger cities to get really decent work though, like SF, NY, Washington DC, etc.
if you want more schooling, get your masters in teaching, you'll make about 60-80k a year forever and get your summers off and it isn't a tough degree to get by any means. Alternatively, pharmacy is a *great* one as well.
Pharmacists: 85-90k starting after 5-6 years total for school.
My uncle makes $160k a year as a pharmacy manager at Walgreens after being with them for decades. The stability and demand for this career is incredibly high. Especially in states with lots and lots of old people.
But they are failed doctors, AMIRITE?
My uncle makes $160k a year as a pharmacy manager at Walgreens after being with them for decades. The stability and demand for this career is incredibly high. Especially in states with lots and lots of old people.
But they are failed doctors, AMIRITE?
flunky nassau
Senior member
That is the key. Any job that deals with the public is terrible, but pharmacies often deal with the MediCal-dependant public, which is the most rude, uneducated, & unappreciative group there is. They expect everything for free, and if they don't get it, they'll make your life miserable. There are days when I say to myself, "just hang in there--this is why they pay me what they do."
My fiance, who is the sweetest person ever, will often be reduced to saying things like, "I just wanted to murder her," when describing her days to me. It's really scary. Don't be a pharmacist if you don't have thick skin.
IHateMyJob2004
Lifer
ANy engineering will do. I'm a software engineer, and I have to admit ... you are best off with structural engineering. It is a slowly evolving industry. The mathematics behind what kind of load a span can carry does not change. Only the tools that are used.
The future of software is uncertain. Most software will probably evolve into IT i nthe long term.
imported_Lothar
Diamond Member
Liberal arts.
Social science.
Medieval studies.
Gibson486
Lifer
it's easily outsourcable, but it will always evolve. Yes, it is very uncertain, though, but so are most other markets. We keep hearing how software jobs are the first to go....but when if you look at jobvs, software is teh only ones doing massive hiring. When i wa slooking for a job, software was all I could find. It seems that there are a few companies that refuse to get coders over seas and that lots of the new software start ups are from the US.
the only area i see as certain in the US is the industry that holds engineering firms such as CDM because those jobs simply cannot be outsourced.
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