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I think they go into nursing because the income is better than programming. My cousin's wife just became a nurse. 2 years of schooling, and her first job start
by vaksel 17y ago
I think they go into nursing because the income is better than programming.
My cousin's wife just became a nurse. 2 years of schooling, and her first job started her off at $80K a year. And since she doesn't work at a hospital, that's $80K for regular hours.
And she is just a regular nurse fresh out of school.
- nazgulnarsil 17y agoextrapolating from a single data point is a bad idea. the national average for 2009 is in the ballpark of $45k
- vaksel 17y agowell this is NYC, $80K here is like $45K in Kentucky
- blackguardx 17y agoThat statistic gets dragged down by nurses who only have associates degrees. Nurses with a B.S. earn over $60k on average.
- pmorici 17y agoIt's possible to get 80k out of school as a computer scientist and I also know nurses that have a 4 year degree before they started nursing school so...
- iigs 17y agoIf people go into nursing because the perception is that it pays so well, these viewpoints are not contradictory.