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25 replies · 4221 views · Started by IgnoranceIsBliss · Jul 2005
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cherrybottom69 wrote:
i dont care how bad i dont like a job, as long as the money good i can deal with the issues i dont like about the job
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WileECoyote06 · Jul 2005
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Miss_404 wrote:
Sad to say, but I would take the career where I make beaucop money and dislike my job over loving what I do and living paycheck to paycheck. I would never want to live paycheck to paycheck, and I imagine it's worse having the feeling of not knowing where your going to get the money from to pay your bills and buy groceries. I wanna be able to provide a good life for my family one day, and you can't do that without money. I think once I make enough then I could switch careers and do something I love for a smaller amount of money.
That is the perfect answer. Get yo money first and THEN fall back.
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La · Jul 2005
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Sed_Ated wrote:
I feel like you gotta do something you can love or grow to love to do, but if that certain thing doesn't pay well, you gotta find something else that you can love to do. But no matter what you have to remember that you gotta be a man, and you have to grow up and support yourself and/or your family. Even if you're not able to find a job that you love.
I feel you on that... But its like in this situation its the extremes of both. Im sorry but I dont see myself workin paycheck to paycheck at a job. How can you love a job that is paying you so lil...being all depressed and sh*t when you get your check...that happiness you got for the job will go STRAIGHT out the door. Im good on that. But at the same time...It would be depressing to be stuck at a job for 30, 40 years doing dumthin that isnt interesting you or makes you happy. Granted money isnt EVERYTHING but I really wanna be as well off as possible, and if I gotta sacrifice my happiness at aj ob to give my family the best at what I can afford, so be it...But I dont care how much you mnay hate the job, when you see that phat **** check you get you'll be cheezin from ear to ear... But seein as how I am in a major that interests me and I love learning about the law and governement, Im not worried about that happenin...I'll be in a career i love BANKING...Thats what Im lookin forward to.
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· Jul 2005
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demmeri wrote:
Led by Fire wrote:
I believe if you goin to college you will get paid good. My mother lives paycheck to paycheck and she isn't gettin paid anywhere CLOSE to what the avg. job that college graduates get paid. Actually, I'm goin into a profession (social work) that is said to be underpaid, but it's estimated that at the least, I'll be gettin 3x's more than her. What I'm gettin at is what do you consider a low income, or not getting paid enough.
i knew a guy who went to college for 6 years and came out making 27 grande a year...:???:
Ain't that a...
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· Jul 2005
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Sed_Ated wrote:
demmeri wrote:
Led by Fire wrote:
I believe if you goin to college you will get paid good. My mother lives paycheck to paycheck and she isn't gettin paid anywhere CLOSE to what the avg. job that college graduates get paid. Actually, I'm goin into a profession (social work) that is said to be underpaid, but it's estimated that at the least, I'll be gettin 3x's more than her. What I'm gettin at is what do you consider a low income, or not getting paid enough.
i knew a guy who went to college for 6 years and came out making 27 grande a year...:???:
Ain't that a...
I'm gonna tell ya'll right now: a college degree aint all it's cracked up to be. I know SOOO many people who hold college degrees that cant break even at the end of the damned pay period. Why? They thought that piece of paper was all they needed to make it in the job force.
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La · Jul 2005
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Kool 5000 wrote:
Sed_Ated wrote:
demmeri wrote:
Led by Fire wrote:
I believe if you goin to college you will get paid good. My mother lives paycheck to paycheck and she isn't gettin paid anywhere CLOSE to what the avg. job that college graduates get paid. Actually, I'm goin into a profession (social work) that is said to be underpaid, but it's estimated that at the least, I'll be gettin 3x's more than her. What I'm gettin at is what do you consider a low income, or not getting paid enough.
i knew a guy who went to college for 6 years and came out making 27 grande a year...:???:
Ain't that a...
I'm gonna tell ya'll right now: a college degree aint all it's cracked up to be. I know SOOO many people who hold college degrees that cant break even at the end of the damned pay period. Why? They thought that piece of paper was all they needed to make it in the job force.
No offense, But Im REALLy tired of college dropouts tellin us college students that we not gonna make money when we get out..Granted nowadays we do need professional and graduate degrees just to make DECNT salary's coming out of college, but having an education takes you MUCH FARTHER than not having one, and we can ALWAYS work our way up the corporate ladder to make the 6 figure salries we want. Nobody starts out on top. Yes I definitely know people who are very successful and all they have is a high school diploma, but thats a one in a million type thing. College IS everything its cracked up to be cause it gives you OPTIONS...something NON COLLEGIATES dont have. Im done. :arrow:
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· Jul 2005
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MiSs_OeS wrote:
Kool 5000 wrote:
Sed_Ated wrote:
demmeri wrote:
Led by Fire wrote:
I believe if you goin to college you will get paid good. My mother lives paycheck to paycheck and she isn't gettin paid anywhere CLOSE to what the avg. job that college graduates get paid. Actually, I'm goin into a profession (social work) that is said to be underpaid, but it's estimated that at the least, I'll be gettin 3x's more than her. What I'm gettin at is what do you consider a low income, or not getting paid enough.
i knew a guy who went to college for 6 years and came out making 27 grande a year...:???:
Ain't that a...
I'm gonna tell ya'll right now: a college degree aint all it's cracked up to be. I know SOOO many people who hold college degrees that cant break even at the end of the damned pay period. Why? They thought that piece of paper was all they needed to make it in the job force.
No offense, But Im REALLy tired of college dropouts tellin us college students that we not gonna make money when we get out..Granted nowadays we do need professional and graduate degrees just to make DECNT salary's coming out of college, but having an education takes you MUCH FARTHER than not having one, and we can ALWAYS work our way up the corporate ladder to make the 6 figure salries we want. Nobody starts out on top. Yes I definitely know people who are very successful and all they have is a high school diploma, but thats a one in a million type thing. College IS everything its cracked up to be cause it gives you OPTIONS...something NON COLLEGIATES dont have. Im done. :arrow: 1st off: A college dropout doesn't go back to college....I'm going back soon. Now that we got that cleared up, where did you see me write something that said that all college students/grads were gonna be unsuccessful? I said that I know too many college grads who can't find a decent job because they felt that their degree (and ONLY their degree) would take place of valuable experience that most employers of higher paying jobs are looking for. Internships/networking, etc. also has a big effect on landing a good job, especially in todays job market.
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Yes I definitely know people who are very successful and all they have is a high school diploma, but thats a one in a million type thing.
Not necessarily, because #1, success isn't always measured by a 100k/year salary, and #2, there are plenty of decent-paying jobs out there that DO NOT require a college degree. Somebody has to manufacture (and sell) that Lexus that Dr. So-and-So is driving. Somebody has to drive the truck that delivers those underwear that EVERYONE is wearing. Somebody has to dig and deliver the news that comes on TV every night. There are PLENTY of honest and good-paying occupations that are overlooked by people, simply because the occupation doesn't scream "big $$$" behind it. So let's not get our feathers too ruffled. I was just bringing up a point...
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Lady Invictus · Jul 2005
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I would rather do what I enjoy doing. What I enjoy just happens to pay well.
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· Jul 2005
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SwatDiva wrote:
I would rather do what I enjoy doing. What I enjoy just happens to pay well.
Cosigns to that!!
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La · Jul 2005
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^^^When I said the one in a miillon comment about being successful I didnt mean the everyday success of just anyone Im talking about making that BIG money. Owning your own corporation and making hundreds of thousands a dollars. Sure, there are plenty of people out there making decent paying jobs without college deducations and can provide fine for their families..and thats all fine and dandy. MY POINT...was that Im tired of PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY NOT IN COLLEGE or DONT PLAN TO EVER RETURN TO COLLEGE since " college dropout " doesnt apply to you trivilaizing higer education like we gonna get out in the workforce and play ourselves when we dont make the money we want or expect when we get out. Like I said, I think all us college students are very aware of how the workforce and economy is right now, so your not telling us something we dont already know...but LIKE I SAID...unlike someone who doesnt have a degree..WE have sumthing to fall back on which leaves us OPTIONS. If we become laid off or unemployed for whatever reason...where as someone without an education becomes unemployed will have a harder time trying to become re-employed...So if us COLLEGE STUDENTS become unemployed not makin good money...what the hell non collegiates gonna make when they become unemployed and gotta start over? Im not knocking no one's decision not to go to college. College ISNT for everyone and thats understandable...It just bothers me when people act like college isnt all its cracked up to be as opposed to not going at all..Im not saying YOU feel this way, cause you said you plan to return, but I have heard too many people negatively talk bad about college cause " you dont make any money when we get out. " But yea...just like u...i was just bringing up MY POINT.
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· Jul 2005
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juss 2 add my 2 cents...college is what u make of it...some people (but not most) can do w/o it and still make $$$ or the best of it cuz they worked hard and got a break early (some people try do this 2...but dont make it)...college does give options..just like MiSs_OeS said..and like Kool said some people only rely on the fact that they go 2 college..when in actuality..if all u do is graduate..but dont make valuable connections, dont do internships, and dont keep ur grades up (cuz its who u know AND what u know)...den u have a lesser chancee of goin newhere on that piece of paper alone... & to answer the main topic question...i couldnt live paycheck to paycheck juss cuz i love my job..cuz i've seen how much harder it makes ur life..especially when u got kids & other aspirations...i'd rather live hating my job for some years to take care of myself & my family til i know every1 is aight..and i can pursue my other interests..besides, money is a powerful thing..u can direct all that cash u're makin to other interests while ur still young (better to work hard now..and have fun later)
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