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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was just reading in the nanny forums about a nanny who demands $61,000 per year.  I find this insulting on so many levels.  I made $38,500 per year in my first associate position out of law school.  The most I've ever made is $95k per year. Several of my friends who have grad degrees make between $65k-$100K per year.

http://www.dcurbanmom.com/nanny-forum/posts/list/331647.page[/quote]

Ok...i have never even completed my undergrad and make 240k/yr.

College clearly doesn't teach you how to be resourceful.

I would be so depressed if i spent as much time and effort in school as yourself and had a below average income years later to show for it.

I really wonder what went wrong for some of you people. Especially the poster up thread who went to Harvard, that is just incomprehensible.  Don't you all see opportunity? We're surrounded by it. What kind entrepreneurial skills did your parents teach you, if any? Were you expected to work as a young adult/teen? Ever have to just figure life out or was everything spoon fed to you?[/quote]

In case you're actually curious and not just trying to be mean: I'm the PP with a Berkeley master's degree. I love my job--it's the kind of job where, when you tell someone what you do, the person often says "That is SO COOL!" My coworkers are great and I never, ever work long hours or weekends. I see my kids a ton, get six weeks of vacation a year (plus ample sick time). There are trade-offs; I would love to make a little more so that we could travel more. But a lot more goes into the calculus than just my salary.[/quote]

Master's from Cal means you are probably smarter than 99% of DCUM-ers. Glad you love your job and your life style... It's sad that people measure one's worth based on paycheck. [/quote]

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