I wish I could correlate the income with the level of education, but their aren't enough poll answers for that. Perhaps there is a way to make a double poll, with two questions, and the answers correlated.
For the time being, post your education level (high school, undergrad degree, advanced degree) and your minimum salary ($35,000, $50,000, $75,000, $100,000+) and your job (Accounting, Software, Professor, Business, Doctor)
Anyway, I am curious what people make. It is a private poll.
It doesn't really matter; we both love our jobs, and they're stable. That's the important thing.
Honours degree in Political Science
Earn less than $10,000 a year
Walking guide, waiter
10 years ago I was earning $200,000 as a TV executive. Decided that money and stress =/= happiness; living somewhere beautiful, doing something you love and having time to smell the roses does.
Geeesh.......:shock:
I would stashed a majority of my pay then retired early.
Kind of what I did. I just didn't earn the big bucks for long enough to mean I don't have to bring some money in now. That's a good thing, I think. I know a few people who have retired (very) early having banked a lot and they aren't really the happiest people I know. For me, working is important but over-working for the sake of greater spending power is self-defeating.
Kind of what I did. I just didn't earn the big bucks for long enough to mean I don't have to bring some money in now. That's a good thing, I think. I know a few people who have retired (very) early having banked a lot and they aren't really the happiest people I know. For me, working is important but over-working for the sake of greater spending power is self-defeating.
I agree but retirement for me, is doing what I want in relative comfort.
When I retire I'm considering being a farmer or fisherman.
My advice, for what it's worth, is don't wait around for the gold watch, dreaming of what your life could be like in the future. Do it while you still have the dreams and the energy. Farming and fishing are not the jobs to begin as an old man.
I agree and believe me I'm not waiting but I have kids to take care of, so they have to be financed first and foremost.
Completely fair enough. I was lucky (in one respect) being single and therefore not having to consider the impact of my decision on anyone but myself. I'm aware that many, if not most, people have responsibilities that limit their freedom of action.
It's all good, just blows me away so see people earning that much.
Not that I'm envious but more curious about what was done with it.
For me now, I'm trying to make my early retirement a reality, just have to do it with a smaller amount at the start.
I used to make over a hundred k a year in adult entertainment.
I didn't find that I could do much with it, actually.
Since it was all under-the-table and in cash, I couldn't put it in a bank, I couldn't make any major purchases with it like a house, car, or trailer.
We just blew through it all, almost as fast as we got it.
We rode cabs everywhere (I didn't know how to drive at the time, and my husband didn't have a license), we ate out constantly, we bought whatever little things caught our eye, we spoiled my kids silly, we lived in apartments down on campus where the rents are outrageously high. We partied quite a bit. We supported non-working friends, and simply gave a lot of money away. We were young and uneducated, and didn't know what the hell we were doing.
We actually have more savings, more stability, and more things, now.
It's true what they say about money- easy come, easy go.
If you didn't really work for it, chances are you will not know how to make it work for you.
I still study the best money practices nearly daily, it's kinda like a hobby for me.
I'm really good with money and have very few material wants.
Me, too. Now.
It took me awhile to get to that point, though.
I've always been a hard worker, no matter what I was doing.
That's one thing. I've never had any problem working back to back double shifts, working ten hours straight without a break, whatever.
I have a lot of energy, and I don't sleep much.
And I feel that whatever you're doing, time will pass faster and you'll feel better if you throw yourself into it and work as hard as you can at it. That includes menial labor like dishwashing and cooking for minimum wage (I've also done my share of that, both before and after my stint in AE).
As I've gotten older, I've come to see that these qualities- being reliable, hardworking, and motivated, rarely missing work- are worth a lot to employers, because not all or even most employees possess them.
If you get a foot in the door and have a chance to prove yourself to employers, you can go far in just about any field with nothing but a lot of energy and a willingness to learn.
I guess in this economy, though, getting a foot in the door is the main problem, for a lot of people.
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