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How to get a really good salary: 1. Be really smart 2. Be willing to do something that's deadly boring to most smart people Me? I'm a scientist. I'm not gonn
by hugh3 15y ago
How to get a really good salary:
1. Be really smart
2. Be willing to do something that's deadly boring to most smart people
Me? I'm a scientist. I'm not gonna write your goddamn binary tree pricing algorithm or remove your varicose veins or argue about some dull point of legal text in court. But I'm sure I'd be a lot richer if I did.
(In other news, man, those grapes sure look sour, I'm glad I can't reach 'em.)
- Astrohacker 15y ago3. Be willing to work for a corrupt industry.
- hugh3 15y agoOh, I'm perfectly willing to work in a corrupt industry, just not to do boring work. If anyone wants to hire me to build a planet-destroying supervillain weapon, email in profile.
- Maro 15y ago> I'm not gonna write your goddamn binary tree pricing algorithm I'm not in the banking industry, but writing a very efficient binary tree pricing algorithm sounds like super-interesting work.
- blix 15y agoReplace one of your examples of 'boring work' with "writing grant proposals" or "performing the same experiment over and over again" and you have the perspective of the non-scientists. I think you're confusing "deadly boring to most smart people" with "deadly boring to me".
- sixtofour 15y ago"2. Be willing to do something that's deadly boring to most smart people", ... ... and super lucrative to their employers. Otherwise shelf stocking might be a good route to riches.
- Goladus 15y ago> 2. Be willing to do something that's deadly boring to most smart people ... And work really hard at it.