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Originally Posted by lowside67
Nobody is “blessed” with a good paying job. They earn them. There are no $200k/yr jobs that you get with no education, no sales pressure, and easy work.
You either earn it by putting your time in at school (I mean like medical school, not a Bachelor of Arts while you get baked every day) or you work your ass off and prove yourself through work ethic and results in a sales type job. An oversimplification for sure but the simple truth is pay is matched with work, stress, and difficulty - otherwise somebody else would do it for less.
-Mark
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Some people are blessed with amazing jobs while they've invested half the effort as everyone else who applied for the position. I know several people who have jobs that pay quite well and only have it thanks to a family member. Social networking goes a long way. You build your connections and after 40 years of doing so and now having a child who's a fresh graduate you reach out to a few friends, old colleagues, past bosses, and ask if they've anything that can help your kid out. They think about it and one of them will be able to offer a job that won't be insulting to them. They'll still need to work hard but they just passed a giant hurdle that most can't get past, getting a decent job that has opportunity to move up higher. Having close personal family ties helps.
Me and my girlfriend were talking about this the other day. Her friend just passed the bar exam and because her father has hookups she's now working in a law firm while all the others who passed the exam are still having a hard time just finding work. Some even working for free just for the experience on their resume.