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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's great to see so many young people with good income. Very inspiring. [/quote]

I'm sorry, but the money people make is "inspiring"?  How about the actual work people are doing to earn that money?  Do you have anything to say about the teachers and social workers making in the $40K range?  Their ANNUAL salary is less than what some people on this thread get as a BONUS.  Think about that.  [b]This income disparity is just outrageous to me.[/b]  People working their asses off to make their communities and country a better place make next to nothing, and everybody else is getting rich.  It's not right.[/quote]

I agree.

And frankly, what isn't stated on here but I have seen IRL is that most of the people with the high salaries got there partly because they knew someone.  So while some may look at this thread as a guide for what kind of job to pursue for high pay, I think it's misleading.  In my own life, I've seem very sub-par people who make high salaries.  It took a while for me to realize that most of those people had some sort of foot in the door (a relative, a friend, they made the right contact at the right time).

A more interesting and telling thread would be one devoted to, how did you REALLY get to your current salary/job.  [/quote]

I think this is correct to a certain extent.  It has been my personal experience that contacts are important but more important are advocates and mentors who can vouch for your work. So it's not just having a network to get a foot in the door, but a network of mentors that really support your career.  In most "big-jobs" in the private sector anyway, you can't maintain unless you perform.  And it doesn't necessarily take traditional smarts to succeed.  I don't have any problems with people succeeding because they are charismatic vs. book smart.[/quote]

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