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"When I graduated from engineering grad school in 1981, my highest offer was $27K and that was a sector (oil biz) which was pretty high-flying at the time." He
by mcguire 5y ago
"When I graduated from engineering grad school in 1981, my highest offer was $27K and that was a sector (oil biz) which was pretty high-flying at the time."
Hey, I remember that! My mother was retired from the bank she worked at for 40 years when the oil biz blew up in the late '80s.
- ghaff 5y agoThis was in about 1984. But I was also in the offshore drilling business which was especially sensitive to oil prices given that offshore drilling was relatively expensive.