kwsmith2 All American 2696 Posts user info edit post |
^
Its okay, my current salary is less than half of my starting. 12/5/2005 11:02:12 AM |
Docido All American 4642 Posts user info edit post |
Thanks for the words of comfort. Seriously though, I'd be happy to take a slight paycut. I'm currently working in a corporate environment at a publishing company and I want to go and work in a design studio so there would definately be a paycut. It'd be worth it to me. 12/5/2005 11:31:36 AM |
ACE83 All American 697 Posts user info edit post |
Landscape Horticulture (2005) Area Supervisor - $35,000 = company truck, 40hrs a week Charleston, SC 12/5/2005 2:40:42 PM |
BlackSheep Suspended 1575 Posts user info edit post |
ECE/EE
Nortel Networks Integration 62k plus Overtime 12/8/2005 4:22:49 AM |
Brian5NCSU Starting Lineup 58 Posts user info edit post |
Major: Business Mgt. - Marketing Concentration Minor:Sports Mgt. Starting Salary: $$26,500 + Commission (Marketing Consultant for firm in Houston) 100% travel.
Current: Assistant Retail Advertising Manager - The Register-Guard in Eugene, OR 12/9/2005 1:30:30 PM |
MarcusDMB Starting Lineup 66 Posts user info edit post |
meteorology. 34K life/dental/med. 2500$ signing bonus 12/9/2005 5:55:52 PM |
wekeli Veteran 329 Posts user info edit post |
FYI Blacksheep: ECE Major w/ 2. someting GPA = BS post on TWW about unrealistic starting salary. 12/9/2005 10:17:46 PM |
NCSUWolfy All American 12966 Posts user info edit post |
Major: Business & Communication Starting Salary: $50k+
100% dental & vision
6% 401k matching
company car, laptop & cell phone
relocation costs
pay increase with every move (will have to move 3-4 times in the next 4-6 years then after that it's up to me)
international opportunities
etc. 12/11/2005 4:41:20 PM |
scud All American 10804 Posts user info edit post |
Major: EE/CpE Starting Salary: $12,487
I should point out that I put in way more than 40 hr/wk and i get 401(k) and craploads of other fringe benefits 12/11/2005 4:59:21 PM |
Lowjack All American 10491 Posts user info edit post |
^you must have made a typo. 12k is not even college grad level, I don't care about what benefits you have 12/11/2005 5:16:29 PM |
NCSUWolfy All American 12966 Posts user info edit post |
^ i was thinking (and hoping) the same thing 12/11/2005 5:21:24 PM |
scud All American 10804 Posts user info edit post |
does that make me less attractive? 12/11/2005 5:45:49 PM |
NCSUWolfy All American 12966 Posts user info edit post |
if that really is your salary i'd like to know what kind of fringe benefits you're getting bc they better be worth it 12/11/2005 5:51:45 PM |
Maugan All American 18178 Posts user info edit post |
Major: History
Money: Enough to answer that while in a clinical database development cycle I might work 60 hours a week but during lulls, I'll be there 40 but putting more effort into finding things to do than actually doing them. For example, the past two weeks have been pretty slack, but now I have to develop a new study for a new client on a new database software platform so I'm going to be pulling some all nighters and some work from home.
I enjoy perks such as working from home, multiple company laptops, travel and conferences. Pharmaceuticals is a fast paced and challenging area to be in.
The Contract Research part that I'm involved in is very incestuous. The same people make the rounds to about a half dozen companies around the triangle. We refer to the big Pharma's like GSK, Pfizer and Schwarz as "the promised land".
I'd just like to point out that just because you have a liberal arts degree doesn't mean you can't go out and get a well-paying job or have to be stuck in a government-paying teaching position.
[Edited on December 11, 2005 at 6:53 PM. Reason : we history majors take a lot of shit from you engineers and it aint right.] 12/11/2005 6:50:52 PM |
sober46an3 All American 47925 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Enough to answer that while in a clinical database development cycle I might work 60 hours a week but during lulls, I'll be there 40 but putting more effort into finding things to do than actually doing them. " |
what is that supposed to mean? you make enough money to answer the question?12/11/2005 9:16:24 PM |
Lowjack All American 10491 Posts user info edit post |
^I dont know if that description was supposed to be bad or good 12/11/2005 9:42:54 PM |
Raige All American 4386 Posts user info edit post |
Major: Textile Technology Minor: Comp Sci (never completed) Starting Salary: $36k + year bonus based on company profits + paid lunches + full benefits. No deductables
Current: IT/Webmaster for Audioadvice.com I do everything for the small company from writing small applications, rewriting their current website, IT issues at user and server levels, Phone systems, Barcode systems etc etc. I am the 1 man IT guy and have a 99% uptime with over 100 employees.
I took the job for experience and walked into a freaking nightmare where they had every single application for the store, form web services, to internal applications, to exchange email server, to the backend databases running on a p3 1ghz processor 1gb memory on a raid setup of 4 16gb drives, with a 4gb main partition and 2 other drives which split up the rest. It had 104 mb free space and crashed multiple times daily. They also had not had a successful backup in the past 6 months. The company (First Service) they hired to come in and do the minor IT they had did the bare minimum and never checked the servers as agreed.
Edit: Fixed it all, got rid of the dead weight (First Service), bought new servers, migrated everything to new servers, mvoed the DNS, created a seconday DNS, replaced their backup, fixed problems with the phone system, etc etc etc. Everything is running at mostly 99% downtime. There are still issues with current software that is vendor related that I cannot fix as we aren't allowed to touch it.
I really can't wait for this years bonus .
[Edited on December 11, 2005 at 10:11 PM. Reason : needed to say i fixed shit!] 12/11/2005 10:07:10 PM |
OmarBadu zidik 25071 Posts user info edit post |
if you never finished a minor then you never got it - you just took some extra classes
scud was pointing out how ridiculously tacky it is to post your salary - note that mostly the ppl that make decent to good money didn't post it in here....well....mostly because they are the professionals 12/11/2005 10:23:29 PM |
Lowjack All American 10491 Posts user info edit post |
^please, toolbag.
1. There is some anonymity here. 2. Depending on where they live, most people here seem to be doing alright. 3. This is actually a pretty useful thread 12/11/2005 10:29:58 PM |
Maugan All American 18178 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "what is that supposed to mean? you make enough money to answer the question? " |
Someone earlier in the thread asked something along the lines of "if you make such and such amount, how many hours a week do you usually put in?"
so I answered the question because I make "such and such" amount.12/12/2005 4:42:05 PM |
umIdontCare All American 1920 Posts user info edit post |
M.S./Ed.S. in Counseling and Educational Development
Just got hired as a substance abuse clinician with Daymark Recovery Services...I'll be doing group work plus individual counseling with substance-abusing adults and adolescents...should be about a 40/hr work week but I have the opportunity to do some emergency on-call stuff, which pays GREAT...supposedly if I only do one weekend a month there's another $3,000-4,000/yr.
Pay=good enough for me to be glad I decided to go to graduate school. 12/14/2005 5:05:12 PM |
sober46an3 All American 47925 Posts user info edit post |
^^ gotcha...i wasnt sure where that was coming from. i see now. 12/15/2005 9:39:40 AM |
RyaNCSU1 All American 1496 Posts user info edit post |
Major: BS Industrial Engineering Starting Salary: 50+ , good benefits, couple raises and 1 promotion in the last year and a half. Job Title Industrial Engineer / Project Manager
Generally work about 45 hours a week. Never less than 40 and the longest week ive had is maybe 65 hrs.
[Edited on December 18, 2005 at 8:37 AM. Reason : ...] 12/18/2005 8:36:42 AM |
Peapod New Recruit 1 Posts user info edit post |
Major: BA sociology (criminal justice concentration) Salary: 28K/yr + 100% paid for benifits
that was two years ago. i just started a new position making 40K+ and again, the benefits are all paid for - they'll also pay for my MSW program once i decide to get started on it. i work in youth social services. 1/7/2006 1:28:54 AM |
synapse play so hard 60939 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "Everything is running at mostly 99% downtime." |
damn man, you really HAVE made an impact!
Quote : | "This is actually a pretty useful thread" |
agreed1/11/2006 10:58:28 PM |
ewstephe All American 1382 Posts user info edit post |
Agronomy, low 30s, full benefits, 401k and all that 1/13/2006 11:39:44 PM |
Lowjack All American 10491 Posts user info edit post |
^if you're going to make up a job, at least make up a better salary 1/14/2006 12:29:37 AM |
ewstephe All American 1382 Posts user info edit post |
the thread title is major, not job. 1/14/2006 2:47:36 PM |
Pi Master All American 18151 Posts user info edit post |
This isn't the 'brag about your salary thread' so much as it is the 'hey, in case you're about to graduate with the same degree I got, here's what you might just make' thread.
As such, it is very interesting, and I don't really see a problem with posting salaries. 1/19/2006 6:00:04 PM |
danmangt40 All American 2349 Posts user info edit post |
Mechanical Engineering $55k 1/22/2006 2:10:02 AM |
JDo All American 817 Posts user info edit post |
The handy website below allows you to compare cost of living across different areas of the nation, so you get an accurate picture of what you are *really* making (in a standardized sense):
http://www.homefair.com/homefair/calc/salcalc.html 1/27/2006 9:09:18 AM |
wolftrap All American 1260 Posts user info edit post |
not an accurate picture (very outdated, probably wrt housing) but an A for effort
you can see the type of place you can get in Pittsburgh (where there are no jobs) http://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/rfs/133672934.html
a house like that inside the beltline would run twice as much 2/19/2006 3:52:23 PM |
HiWay58 All American 5111 Posts user info edit post |
CPE/EE more than i expected + 15% for nights
[Edited on February 19, 2006 at 6:54 PM. Reason : .] 2/19/2006 6:48:54 PM |
wolftrap All American 1260 Posts user info edit post |
oh and... BS Biology '97 Research Technician III $27,500 2/20/2006 8:54:30 AM |
pilgrimshoes Suspended 63151 Posts user info edit post |
EE/CPE
mid sixties, 401k matching, loads o' benefits
but in an area with ~6% higher cost of living than raleigh
new product design for a major company research department. Oddly enough, its primarly a chemical company. 2/20/2006 9:21:35 AM |
Clevelander All American 4640 Posts user info edit post |
^ where are you at? 2/20/2006 11:13:36 PM |
ssjamind All American 30102 Posts user info edit post |
Chem E's from State make so much bank 2/20/2006 11:18:20 PM |
BobbyDigital Thots and Prayers 41777 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "This isn't the 'brag about your salary thread' so much as it is the 'hey, in case you're about to graduate with the same degree I got, here's what you might just make' thread." |
y'know, I never thought of it from that angle, and that's a damn good point.
Major: Computer Science Starting Salary: $58k + stock options + annual bonus + weekend/holiday pay.2/21/2006 12:35:48 PM |
amber1 All American 941 Posts user info edit post |
Major: Animal Science Starting Salary: ~$31,000 + 401K + Health/dental + Life insurance + use of car Hours: 40
and flex fridays!
[Edited on February 21, 2006 at 4:41 PM. Reason : add] 2/21/2006 4:39:23 PM |
chargercrazy All American 2695 Posts user info edit post |
This may be of interest to some of you.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/02/13/pf/college/starting_salaries/index.htm?cnn=yes 2/21/2006 5:06:50 PM |
Default All American 998 Posts user info edit post |
Major: Microbiology Starting Salary: $28884, Free Health Insurance, LOTS of perks Hours: 40 3/6/2006 9:32:41 PM |
Lowjack All American 10491 Posts user info edit post |
I would have thought microbiology would be more lucrative... 3/6/2006 10:34:18 PM |
Default All American 998 Posts user info edit post |
Well, actually, my job has nothing to do with my BS degree (my minor got me this job) - I wasn't going to turn down a decent paying job that literally fell into my lap. I just graduated last summer, so its ok, and besides I like the job. 3/7/2006 6:52:03 AM |
BigBlueRam All American 16852 Posts user info edit post |
i majored in TED, so if i had a relative job i'd be making ~30-35k. i work in real estate though, have a base of 24k+ commission (1.25% of the sales price of each house). the huge plus is i work maybe 25-30 hours a week. 10-15 of that is sitting in my office playing on the computer. downside is i work alot of weekends, odd hours, and have to be on call pretty much 24/7. 3/10/2006 8:42:35 PM |
sublime_ncsu All American 5037 Posts user info edit post |
a lot of this has to do with location and cost of living.....some of you people in big cities making in the 60's really arent that well of... 3/13/2006 9:49:04 PM |
Lowjack All American 10491 Posts user info edit post |
^oh shit, you've just dropped a bomb on this thread! 3/13/2006 11:23:38 PM |
Shadowrunner All American 18332 Posts user info edit post |
Major: Mathematics, BS from NCSU, masters from Cambridge Job: Business Analyst, McKinsey Salary: $55,000 with very generous benefits
That's probably well above the average for math majors, but goes to show that depending on what you do with it, you can still get a pretty nice job if you market your degree well.
It's also in Houston, but using that cost-of-living calculator linked earlier on the page, Houston is actually almost identical to Raleigh (said Houston was a teeny tiny bit cheaper). It seems accurate to me, based on my apartment and utilities costs compared to when I was in Raleigh. 4/6/2006 3:16:58 AM |
sober46an3 All American 47925 Posts user info edit post |
dont mess with texas 4/6/2006 7:54:10 AM |
MajrShorty All American 2812 Posts user info edit post |
a thanks in advance for the salary postings - i'm about to graduate and find this thread useful
4/21/2006 4:29:25 PM |
ssjamind All American 30102 Posts user info edit post |
if you're with McKinsey, the salary is an ancillary benefit
get put on some good projects, the value of those on your resume will be worth $ soon enough 4/22/2006 2:37:44 PM |