Career

[Spizzo]

I know some engineers with a 4 year degree that make 85 G's right out of school.

One catch, you have to go to sea. If you dont mind spending half your year at sea (you get the other 6 months to do what you like), you could probably be making 60 G's a year right out of school.

I also know some people with the same degrees, from the same schools, who graduated and worked for GE designing and troubleshooting Nuc. Power plants. They get paid good, but travel all over most of the year.

 

[therevolution]

Unless it is your absolute number one criteria for a future career, then forget money. Study and do what you are passionate about. It's okay if you don't know what that is yet - that's what college (and beyond) is for. If you love what you're doing, you're likely to do it well, and the money will usually follow as a result. Sure, you might not end up a multimillionare, but there are other things in life that are important too.

 

[panphage]

Where do you reside Hollywood?

Hollywood is actually a pretty lower-class rundown area, nearly always was. I live right next to hollywood in Los Felix (which is a bit more trendy and expensive) quite comfortably on about 40k a year. Not saying it wouldn't be a lot better even to get to 50k, but it's not a hell of a lot more expensive than Ann Arbor, MI, where I lived before moving here.

PS: And, as someone who studied what I love and now work a totally unrelated **** job, I recommend you ignore all the damn hippies in this thread that tell you to follow your dreams. Go to college to learn, yes, take classes that interest you, yes, but make sure your degree qualifies you for a career in investment banking or some other big money proposition. With all that dough, you can either retire early (or start working less as you age) and spend the free time gained pursuing your dreams. Oh, and really, working for money is a sucker's bet. Work to learn, buy real estate or start businesses to make money. Working for pay means you're making profits for someone else.

 

[Agathon]

I wouldn't worry too much if you have any kind of brains.

I teach at a pretty good college as a grad instructor right now. I teach to students in all fields (in the catch-all intro course I teach, not in the specialist stuff).

The truth is that almost all the students aren't particularly bright (and this is a really good university). Many cannot even articulate basic ideas in grammatically correct English.

It seems to be harder to get a first job (because you rely on meaningless paper to differentiate yourself from others), but once you have one, it will be easy to do well if you have any sort of brains at all.

 

[TrenchMouth]

looking at the link to your town stats its no wonder you want to make so much, that place looks amazingly uncultured. except for zoos, you have about 1/2 the national average of everything else.

know what the cool thing about NJ is? They have one of higher median incomes of any state. Know what means? The average NJ resident can afford to move out of NJ.

hehe. been there twice, liked it both times, just have a lot of fam in NY who feel the need to crack on NJ every now and then

 

[jer446]

Thanks guys, didnt expect to get such a responce out of this lol. I would become a doctor, but way to much schooling. At least an extra 8 to 12 years of college.. im willing to do up to 8 years of college, because if you go to college that long, when the heck are you going to start a family and establish a life? What type of jobs are there in pharmesuiticals, and what degree do you need? (i have wanted to be an anesthesiologist my whole life but changed my mind once i realized how much schooling was required) It would be good to help people, and do something that i have wanted to do for a long time. Sorry for spelling, im tired

 

[jer446]

By the way i dont want anyone hating me after this thread

 

[jeremy.king]

60-100K out of school? Perhaps after medical school. LMAO.

Perhaps you should consider a career in crime. Great upside potential if you don't mind hiding from the law.

Best of luck to you.

 

[jer446]

actually during your residency you only get paid minimum wage and work up to 100 hours a week, and only get paid for forty.

 

[mrgreen4242]

Thanks guys, didnt expect to get such a responce out of this lol. I would become a doctor, but way to much schooling. At least an extra 8 to 12 years of college.. im willing to do up to 8 years of college, because if you go to college that long, when the heck are you going to start a family and establish a life? What type of jobs are there in pharmesuiticals, and what degree do you need? (i have wanted to be an anesthesiologist my whole life but changed my mind once i realized how much schooling was required) It would be good to help people, and do something that i have wanted to do for a long time. Sorry for spelling, im tired

Pharmacutical sales reps make the big bank. Study to be a pharmacist as an undergrad, and keep on for an MBA. You'll make in the $60's+ starting (likely up to $80k with an MBA), and get up to $100k+ pretty quick. Great benifits, lots of paid travel, conventions, perks, etc.

You basically go to hospitals and pitch new drugs to doctors and administrators and whatnot. You regularly will make more money than the people you are working with at the hospitals. Come to think of it, why aren't I doing this? ;-)

Rob

 

[jer446]

That sounds like a great job. I have close relatives that were pharmacists, but not pharmecutical sales reps. DO you have any more information on their job description, because on salary.com, everythig is low. They are saying their salary is only like 50k and barely a job description.

 

[absolut_mac]

AGAIN, DON'T PICK A FIELD JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN MAKE MONEY IN THAT FIELD. The world changes and that field may no longer be hot. Then you are stuck doing something you don't like.

Excellent advice.

FWIW there here are a couple of low tech jobs that easily meet your salary requirements.

Electrician $30 - $40 per hour, ditto for a plumber.

And for those posters who said that $80k is good money, you haven't priced housing here in Los Angeles lately, have you?

 

[jer446]

Exactly what i mean
"And for those posters who said that $80k is good money, you haven't priced housing here in Los Angeles lately, have you?"
I would like to find out more information about pharmesutical sales reps, because salary.com seems to not have accurate information, or doesnt seem to have accurate info.

 

[absolut_mac]

Exactly what i mean
"And for those posters who said that $80k is good money, you haven't priced housing here in Los Angeles lately, have you?"
I would like to find out more information about pharmesutical sales reps, because salary.com seems to not have accurate information, or doesnt seem to have accurate info.

AFAIK pharmacists do make good money. I'm not sure if pharmaceutical reps make better money or not, but at least if the repping thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to fall back on.

Also, I do have a friend whose uncle was a medical MD but became a pharmaceutical rep because he earned more money with less aggravation that way.

 

[jer446]

my relative owned the store, so they made good money, but it was about 40 years ago. I would like to find more info about the reps.

 

[spercharged69]

I work in the business side of the medical field, pharmaceutical reps are given that position as sort of an honor from the company. They're ALL seasoned businessmen who have achieved something within the company and were rewarded with a promotion of making insane amounts of money taking doctors out to lunch. Becoming a rep is all WHO YOU KNOW and WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED. You could be the greatest salesman on earth, with an MBA from Harvard, and that wouldn't qualify you for the position. If you walked in to Pfeizer as a slick-dick college grad and asked to interview for a pharmaceutical rep position, you'd be laughed out of the building.

With that being said, the original poster's salary expectations are nothing short of hilarious. I can hire fresh out of college graduates for less than $25k a year at my company, which dozens applicants will show up for the interview and happily take whatever they can get. I know several friends of mine from high school who have been out of college for a few years, with good degrees, from respected schools who work for under $10 hourly at various unrelated jobs like pizza delivery and retail.

Someone needs a serious reality check.

 

[stevep]

Originally Posted by shecky:

"* /me votes this world's most idiotic thread."

Yes, this is the most ridiculous post I've read for a long time. By the way, what are 'pharmesuiticals' and what is an 'anesthesiologist'.

I'm off to look for a post on 'General Apple and Tech Discussion'.

 

[hcuar]

Exactly what i mean
"And for those posters who said that $80k is good money, you haven't priced housing here in Los Angeles lately, have you?"
I would like to find out more information about pharmesutical sales reps, because salary.com seems to not have accurate information, or doesnt seem to have accurate info.

I was just thinking the same thing. It's a good salary in Iowa... In LA, you get to live out of a cardboard box.