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Originally Posted by Tapioca
Most people here don't deal with people who make good money (and no, 60K at the age of 25 is not considered "good money")
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sigh.....
First off, if you'd read my reply you would see that
I was making that 11 years ago at the age of 25. This was back when gas was 79.9/L. However, that's besides the point. We're talking about today, right?
Right. Because this is where I recognize that you're just another sheltered child of Vancouver with a bimmer bought by your mom.
As of 2012 , the
AVERAGE BC FAMILY INCOME WAS STILL $65,500!!!!!
Average family income unchanged - Business - CBC News (year old link, deal with it).
That's with two people working. Simply put, not everyone associates with the rich 604 elite like you. Most of us who live in the real world recognize that MOST PEOPLE are not making, as you put it, good money. Most people that I deal with on a daily basis have jobs with major corporations, but very few are making 6 figures. Many are pulling in $32-40/hr at the most. Sure you can make lots of money, but you have to work lots of hours.
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which is why they have a misplaced view about higher education. Good money isn't about driving the latest 3-series; it's about being able to travel the world on a moment's notice without flinching at the cost.
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To you maybe this is important. After spending my teens and 20's visiting the world, I don't like to travel anymore. I live in the best place in the world, and while Rome is nice to visit, I despise the gypsies. While Holland was nice, the crime wasn't. While Hong Kong is colorful, I don't ever want to go there again.
I judge my own success by never worrying about money, and definitely not working a lot of hours. I stroll into work at 9am, and I'm out by about 2:30pm. You can have your hours upon hours of overtime. I'm going boating...
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What hurts about doing a degree when you're young is that it does require sacrifice - certainly more sacrifice today than it did even just 10 years ago. It may well be advisable for kids out of high school to make some money first and understand how the world works before pursuing higher education. But, ultimately, having a degree does not hurt you and in life, there are far more decisions that could hurt you than not.
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This is where I take a breath and calmly agree with you. IT does require sacrifice, which is tough at any age. But again, once you have a degree it doesn't expire. While your marketing degree may not be doing anything for you now, it might in a decade because who knows where one will be in 10 years.
It's nice outside, so I don't want to waste anymore time arguing, but your comment about pay scale was ignorant and incorrect, and I wanted you to know that.
More examples before I log off for the day;
Telus business analyst - $55,125
UBC Postdoctoral - $40,571
AirG software engineer - $57,889
Vancity account manager - $51,167
and finally, BC Hydro trouble technician, an electrician (gasp, a trade worker!) pulls in $163,674
shocking!!!!!
(pun intended)
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