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I wish I could correlate the income with the level of education
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.
Is the money worth it if you absolutely can't stand your job?
I'm with Johnny at that one. No job is beneath me as long as it supports my financial goals and helps my family although preferably I would like to enjoy what I am doing (tired of being a jiggalo)
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.
Edit add: $185k is still ridiculously awesome.
Being a farmer is very expensive. And not comfortable either, since you have to be outdoors in all sorts of weather.
I enjoy that very much.
When I had my garden and fruit plants, I would spend hours outside maintaining them.
In all extremes of weather? Also in seasons of planting or harvesting, the hours can be brutal. Please calculate the cost of land, the cost of equipment, the cost of fuel, the cost of seed and fertilizer, the cost of additional labor or hiring machinery as the case may be, and tell me if you can make a profit.
I'm not remotely interested in cultivating large plots of soy, corn, etc.
I like the specialty farm aspect.
I'm not solely in it to turn a profit but more for personal enjoyment.
I've gotten out in the middle of the summer to shovel horse manure for my plants.
Took me most of the day to do it.
I felt satisfied afterward.
Edit: The thing is that, I want a side income to sustain my life (investment income) and I want something to do with my time.
As I said, calculate the costs. I'm sure there must be some kind of small hobby type farming that pays a little, but I haven't seen it. Plus you need to carefully assess your skills. You need knowledge of botany for your plants, chemistry for all the pesticides (some chemical use requires a workshop, test, and licensing), mechanics, otherwise repair bills will take all your maybe profits. You need accounting skills, otherwise the money will disappear and you won't know where it went. If the farming operation involves animals, you will need knowledge of those particular animals and basic veterinary skills such as giving shots, assistance with difficult births, etc., otherwise the veterinary bills will kill you. Plus you need a temperament which tolerates the ups and downs of farming life, you are dependent upon the weather, you're dependent upon market prices, insect invasion can eat your profit, and sometimes, no matter what you do, you're going to lose money that year.
Completely understand that.
My main want is not to do it for profit though.
I enjoy it for the sake of doing it.
When I did it before all I had were hand tools.
Would come in with blisters, sore wrists, etc.
I still enjoyed it though.
Probably not gonna have animals, maybe some chickens for cheap fertilizer but that's a big maybe and totally based on if I ever really do it.
I've been practicing/studying this for some time now.
I don't want my income to be dependent on the farming itself, merely a bonus if it turns a profit.
Go for it then. I can see that requiring hard physical work, big financial investment, long hours, and extensive knowledge, while giving little financial return, isn't going to deter you.
I forgot to mention that farming is one of the most dangerous occupations:
•The occupation of Farmer or Rancher became more deadily and dangerous in 2008, raising it to Number Three with 40 deaths/100,000 workers.
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