Bill Gates Quote

[Walrus]

Rule #3 :...You will NOT make $40,000 a year right out of high school, and you won't be vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
How about 50k? I know some people that do. AND, for later on:
Kids at the University of Waterloo are getting 100k+ jobs at IBM right out of school?

People also lie about their salaries.

I think college grad's expect a much higher salary then what they are offered for their first job. I think a lot of the blame goes to the universities who inflate the "expected" salaries to promote enrollment in degrees. True, some people may take a first job out of school for $100k but that would be much less than 1% of the global grad's.

 

[Kasakato]

I really like those statements! :clap:
Oh, Kas, even if you ARE a teacher you do not get the whole summer off. A teacher often ends up with only a month off, and generally can't take vacation unless school is out anyways. And teachers get paid almost nothing . . . university profs might be a different story. :

Teachers here get almost 2 moths off. They only have yo go in on the last week. Around here they make at least 70-75k.

 

[Kasakato]

People also lie about their salaries.

I think college grad's expect a much higher salary then what they are offered for their first job. I think a lot of the blame goes to the universities who inflate the "expected" salaries to promote enrollment in degrees. True, some people may take a first job out of school for $100k but that would be much less than 1% of the global grad's.

My uncle works at IBM, manager of human resources. He said 75% of all new people they get earn 90k+.

 

[Emg]

Also Kas...about the teacher thing.....the administration of the school certainly isn't interested in helping you "FIND" yourself....and niether is the union..they just want your dues...

 

[Walrus]

My uncle works at IBM, manager of human resources. He said 75% of all new people they get earn 90k+.

Oh i dont doubt that at IBM but i would guess that most of those people are not recent college grads. Plus if your talking about salaries in CAD as oppossed to USD then that would make a big difference.

 

[YoFishboy]

Leftover from the Smilie war....

 

[slipknottin]

How much you make depends very much on where you live. Here, starting pay for a LEO, public school teacher, fireman, etc. is above 40,000. Other places in the US 40,000 would be one of the highest paying jobs avaliable.

 

[Matak]

Oh i dont doubt that at IBM but i would guess that most of those people are not recent college grads. Plus if your talking about salaries in CAD as oppossed to USD then that would make a big difference.

Right on. And, the exception is not the rule.

 

[flyingfish]

Very true comments. It all depends on cost of living where you live/available salary.

 

[White Knight]

Guess there's always room for improvement... Is that how the saying goes???

Wow, he even smiled for a mug shot! :laugh: