35k a year-not bad for a 17 yr old

 

More than this, but, still not enough.

 

You would have to ask now that my two years is up.

Damn Welfare Reform all to hell!

 

*in a Dr. Evil tone of voice - puts pinky finger at corner of mouth*

"One Billion Dollars"

 

Wouldn't that be eleventy kabillion?

 

I am 35 and make $36,000 a year. Not alot but i get by.

 

I make slightly more than the per capita income for Detroit. The last censous reported it was $14,717. I'm ghetto-riffic!

 

Not as much as I want and more than I deserve.

 

I have the potential to earn $75-80k per year, I just don't use it.

 

That's right where I am...

I thank God for mine, every day.
I was where I am, with no degree. I have worked, and I'm still working my butt off to get the "credientials" to back up the experience and the position. That way, if I ever find myself, "downsized" I can go somewhere elsse and get decent, equal or maybe even better pay.

AAS
BS
PMP
MBA

I'm just pissed at myself for taking an almost 2-year break. Had I listened to the wife (God, it pains me to say that) I'd be really close to completing, or done with my MBA by now, but I needed a "break"...

Guys & gals, if you're going to school; don't stop until you get as much education as you think you're going to need. Don't let kids stop you; that's the excuse I used (Dec. 2003 - Sept 2005), and that's what it was, an excuse...

 

I'll finish my BS next year and I have the option to go for 14 more months and get my masters...I don't know if it is worth it though. Hopkins ain't cheap....looks good but crickey it's expensive....

 

Better to have it, and not need it, than to need it and not have it...

That's what I keep telling myself...
My job pays $5,000/year in educational reimbursement. With the money there (for the grabbing) to go to college, one would have to be a dumb-**** not to take it!

I used to think a degree wasn't necessary, but, as you get older, and you see friends with the same bills you have get RIF'd, and end up losing their house, car, ruined credit, lost marriage, etc., and you hear they've gone from a near 6 figure salary to being a butcher at Albertson's, it brings things into perspective, and you realize you need to be viable across more than just one area. I was pigeon-holed for the longest (Telecom), but, because I have management experience, that'll get me a shot in other places. My degrees and the PMP certification I'm going for, will at least keep me from being systematically excluded from consideration simply for not having the minimum credentials.

I thought about doing Six Sigma, but that seems to have cooled off a lot over the last 3-4 years. Master Black Belt Six Sigma's I knew, were making $175K a year. I think I could get by on that...

I probably wouldn't be driving F-150's anymore though! (Yes, I know Most of America's millionaires own F-150's).

 

Funny I get the same advice from the credit card company I'm charging my tuition to.

 

Slightly less than my girlfriend.

Actually, I was suppose to get my first paycheck on the 15th but it's not in my bank yet.

 

that's not good and I thought you got a slight pay increase?