Comments on: psst – Want to earn over $100,000 per year?

By: harry

harry — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:10:43 +0000

thanks,
this was really interesting.
cheers,
harry.

By: Idiot/Savant

Idiot/Savant — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 03:53:48 +0000

Lance: I thought it was a way of signalling that you had enough pull to get some other sucker to pay for it?

By: Lance

Lance — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:42:46 +0000

I/S – yes an MBA is primarily a signal that you are serious about your career (and earning power). You take a big hit for the two years (if full time) while you are doing it, but should make it back pretty soon thereafter. It was fun as anything though.

Apologies to Juha – I’ll work on bigger fonts next time. Suffice to say all those median incomes were under $35k or so. I have not a clue how people with families can survive on that, and usually push for (justified) salary increases wherever I go.

By: Weekend_Viking

Weekend_Viking — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 04:14:28 +0000

Rich: You’d need a Masters or PhD in geology and at least five years exploration experience, preferably in hard shiny carbon allotropes, and no life. You’d have to live in Australia, too.

By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 02:26:52 +0000

Weekend_Viking:
Is your old job still open? I can evict pregnant women, babies and kittens if you like? And the secret to the lifestyle problem is to only work the few days before Christmas…

By: Idiot/Savant

Idiot/Savant — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 01:45:49 +0000

I don’t think anyone does a PhD for the money. MBA’s on the other hand…

By: Weekend_Viking

Weekend_Viking — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 00:26:59 +0000

I didn’t do the doctorate for the money, and have little understanding of those that do. I did it because I _wanted to know_ stuff. In point of fact, I’ve just resigned from a 100k job because the lifestyle sucks and the job bothers me ethically.

By: writeups

writeups — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:21:47 +0000

It’s an interesting analysis. But higher education is no guarantee of high income – imagine earning $20,000 a year after a Phd. Must have been in a non-payoff field.

By: Juha

Juha — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 20:02:27 +0000

We definitely need bigger incomes. I can hardly see the figures above…

On a more serious note, how on earth does anyone survive on NZ average and media incomes, no matter what age? Do you get a top-up from the state after you’ve paid income tax and GST?