Official brag about your salary thread
I can golf 18 with a cart at a great golf course for less than an hour's wage. I can also drive from office to home to pick up clubs and to course all in less than 15 minutes during "peak" traffic. Can you do that?
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Keep in mind that FMCoug's hourly wage is pretty dang high.
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My comment would be that it is a dang good thing we all dont' like the same things. Otherwise only those of us who are able to think outside the box would be able to get those things.
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And the house has been done for quite some time. |
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Am I the only one willing to admit that I do not really golf? I really enjoy it when I go (even though I stink), but I just dont have the desire to ever go that much.
I have no problem getting up at 5:45AM and meeting a few friends to go surf. In fact, I look forward to that in the same way some of you golf aficionados love the links. But the golf bug never bit me. All told, I just would rather both my balls be in the water than only one of them. |
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http://www.cougarboard.com/noframes/...tml?id=3365456 |
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Golf sucks. |
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It is where the decimals and commas fall. |
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What are you gonna do when they figure out a guy in Bangalore can do your job for $8 an hour? |
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I also like that metal key thing that is used to replace divots. Sometimes I will just poke holes in the grass while I am waiting for everyone else to tee off. Sign that I am a golf rookie....my ball marker is just a coin. I don't have any cool official ball marker. We used to live about 5 minutes from Pelican Hill in Newport. I have golfed North and South both a few times. It just recently re-opened and is a beautiful course. I've done Kapalua in Hawaii. Also beautiful. I also went a ton in law school to Tri Cities in American Fork. I think it cost about $12 to golf. I loved that place. Hobble Creek was awesome. East Bay exec course....NOT awesome. Seven Peaks.....NOT awesome. |
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Meaning I could replace my income at another company without having to move. |
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Two points: 1. I'm not an IT guy. I build the back-end systems for a website that is used by millions. A far cry from running servers for a branch office, etc. 2. The guy in Bangalor CAN'T do my job. It's been tried. I have made a TON of money doing haz-mat duty cleaning up the messes made by off shoring. |
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2. They're getting really good in Bangalore. |
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My dad doesn't make much scratch as an oracle DBA in an academic environment.
I just wanted you to feel better jay. |
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LOL, touche. I like your feistiness. Well, I'm sorry you couldn't find your dream job in Utah, FM. Maybe it's more competitive for the high paying jobs here, and it's easier in Texas. |
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I think there might be a principle behind FM's rant. Some people sacrifice money for lifestyle in their careers. I would be making a lot more if I went into investment banking or consulting, but it wasn't the life I wanted. But I think people make those same lifestyle decisions in other states, not just Utah. And a more standard job like business or IT--I'm not sure it's gonna be that different Utah to another place apples to apples job. |
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However, you can also do well in Utah. I live here and my income tax will be well into 6 figures. :) |
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In reality, if I wantd to, I probably COULD move to Utah now and make what I'm making. Individual salary history has a huge impact on negotiations. But I don't think I could have developed that history if I had stayed in Utah. Which incidentally is why I think if a kid wants to live in Utah, a good life/career plan is to leave for 5-10 years, then move back. |
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To live comfortably you have to meet a certain income level. After that choices open up to you where you can trade off additional income for other things. |
I make 9 times as much now as I used to make early in my life.
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It depresses me to think about how little I worked for. I guess that's why they say education is a good thing. |
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My highest paying job on a per hour basis was washing cars and mowing lawns in Saudi Arabia as a teenager during the summer. It took me until I was 26 to make as much per hour as I did then.
It's amazing how much people will pay not to have to do those things in 115 degree heat. |
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My first hourly job was $4.15/hr. My first job was delivering papers...I don't want to think about what I was paid to do that.
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