ngvepforever2
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It's realistic, all you have to do is not give up and keep going at it.
Originally posted by Doboji
hope I'll get to be as lucky as you one day, :beer: for you...
Regards
ng
Originally posted by Doboji
First of all... you can make ALOT of money in the computers field... but it's really all about how far you want to push yourself, and how high you're able to rise.
I'm a perfect example, my wife-to-be is a doctor. She's a pediatrician... and she's thinking of specializing in Pediatric Gastro-enterology. I'm a Systems Engineer, working with Storage solutions right now...
I'm 27, and so is she...
She JUST graduated med school last year, and is in the first year of her residency program. WHICH IS BLOODY MURDER. She absolutely hates it, she works ridiculous hours.. this morning she went to work at 6:30AM, and I don't expect her back until around noonish tommorow. She makes 40K a year, and has about 140K in debt.
I just got a BS in MIS, and spent 6 1/2 years screwing around in college. I'm working for a great company, and I absolutely love it.... love it so much that if I won the lottery today, I probably wouldn't quit my job. Today I didnt even go to work, I sat at home and did a couple conference calls with my customers, and spent the rest of the day driving my car around for the heck of it. I make 120K(after bonuses and incentives), I have stock options, and great benefits, and have about 50K in debt.
In the future my fiancee has the potential to make a nice solid amount of money.... after she finishes 2 years of residency, and 3 years of fellowship, she would probably make starting like 175k. I have very little doubt that with some ambition on my part, and an MBA I can certainly make or beat that number in 5 years. In the long run I think she will outpace me.... but at that point... I really don't care.
You tell me.... which career path sounds better? My fiancee loves loves loves medicine... so to her it's worth the pain and suffering to do what she loves to do.
Cliff notes: Do what you love...
-Max
hope I'll get to be as lucky as you one day, :beer: for you...
Regards
ng