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A hooker can marry a millionaire and get loaded, the "cap" on consultants / lawyers can be pretty high, a dentist could patent a new tool / technique, write a b

A hooker can marry a millionaire and get loaded, the "cap" on consultants / lawyers can be pretty high, a dentist could patent a new tool / technique, write a book, or just be happy with a pretty good wage. I find most of the talk like this pretty irrelevant, do what you enjoy, then if you really want money, figure out the best way from there. I would much rather be an expert in the career I chose than be a "Career expert"

cellis 18y ago
A hooker can marry a millionaire and get loaded, the "cap" on consultants / lawyers can be pretty high, a dentist could patent a new tool / technique, write a book, or just be happy with a pretty good wage. Let us, then, limit this discussion to the average career person. The average Wall Streeter was making $300,000 a year 2005 - 2008. The average software developer is making, i think, 75-80,000 a year. And so on.
- villageidiot 18y ago
  Is that correct? 75-80 average? I'm in NY. I think that's more like entry level here.
  - lsc 18y ago
    on either coast, sure, but in the rest of the country, $80K is pretty good.
- daleharvey 18y ago
  why bother caring about the average pay?, there are people that make a hell of a lot of money doing virtually any job. Just pick something that you enjoy, then you have a better chance of doing better than the average, and if you dont make your millions, then youve enjoyed the ride.
  - mixmax 18y ago
    In a discussion like this you need to talk about averages, otherwise you can claim anything. Your example with the hooker shows that she can make a million, but I can just as easily come up with an example of the hooker that repeatedly got robbed by her pimp and made no money at all. Neither example proves anything about the average hooker.
tigerthink 18y ago
>do what you enjoy If you know of a career that excites you like no other, consider yourself lucky.

cellis 18y ago

A hooker can marry a millionaire and get loaded, the "cap" on consultants / lawyers can be pretty high, a dentist could patent a new tool / technique, write a book, or just be happy with a pretty good wage. Let us, then, limit this discussion to the average career person. The average Wall Streeter was making $300,000 a year 2005 - 2008. The average software developer is making, i think, 75-80,000 a year. And so on.

villageidiot 18y ago
Is that correct? 75-80 average? I'm in NY. I think that's more like entry level here.
- lsc 18y ago
  on either coast, sure, but in the rest of the country, $80K is pretty good.
daleharvey 18y ago
why bother caring about the average pay?, there are people that make a hell of a lot of money doing virtually any job. Just pick something that you enjoy, then you have a better chance of doing better than the average, and if you dont make your millions, then youve enjoyed the ride.
- mixmax 18y ago
  In a discussion like this you need to talk about averages, otherwise you can claim anything. Your example with the hooker shows that she can make a million, but I can just as easily come up with an example of the hooker that repeatedly got robbed by her pimp and made no money at all. Neither example proves anything about the average hooker.

tigerthink 18y ago

>do what you enjoy If you know of a career that excites you like no other, consider yourself lucky.