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Old 01-11-2008, 04:11 PM   #31
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That is great. I still think making well into six figures is a dang good income. Dang good.

However, you can also do well in Utah. I live here and my income tax will be well into 6 figures.
The bottom line with all of this is that discussing it in terms of individual careers is pointless. Nothing like a sample size of 1 or 2 right Jay?

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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Old 01-11-2008, 04:20 PM   #32
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The bottom line with all of this is that discussing it in terms of individual careers is pointless. Nothing like a sample size of 1 or 2 right Jay?

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.

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.
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Old 01-11-2008, 04:20 PM   #33
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I make 9 times as much now as I used to make early in my life.
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Old 01-11-2008, 04:23 PM   #34
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I make 9 times as much now as I used to make early in my life.
I made about $3.85 per hour for my first job.

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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Old 01-11-2008, 04:24 PM   #35
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I make 9 times as much now as I used to make early in my life.
I make considerable more than my first job of $3.35 an hour. Although I don't get free food at this job.
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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 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.
I made 80 cents an hour at Lagoon the summer between my Jr. and Sr. year in high school. That lasted two months and I decided to quit and go to France for the rest of the summer.
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I made 80 cents an hour at Lagoon
Based on the CPI, that equates to $30.72 an hour in 2008 dollars. We you working in the Tunnel of Love or something?
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Old 01-11-2008, 04:46 PM   #39
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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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Based on the CPI, that equates to $30.72 an hour in 2008 dollars. We you working in the Tunnel of Love or something?
You've underestimated 71's age there.
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