Careers that pay well

skateboarder · 05-31-2009, 04:39 PM

What are some careers that pay well, outside of medicine/law/banking?

jonahrubin · 05-31-2009, 07:27 PM

Prostitution if you are hot.

Acting if you get a really lucky break, are hot, decent(or really, really lucky), and open to scientology.

Some other stuff if you are really good at it and work hard.

You should probably figure out what you like first, what you are good at second, and figure out from there what will be the easiest at getting you the kind of money you want. If it's a choice between accounting or protesting whaling, that's not a hard choice. I think for most people they're best off going with what they think they'll like as a career vs what they think will make them the most money(and by going with what they like as a career I don't mean picking whatever major seems funnest and easiest and then finding out they can't get any career at all out of it).

BBoy Shiang-High · 05-31-2009, 08:18 PM

Why does money have to matter so much seriously?

Isn't it enough, if you can make what an average person with a bachelors or masters degree makes in any common field such as engineering, ect.? I mean seriously, you can feed yourself, pay bills, the rent/mortgage, and have money to enjoy yourself with some stuff and have some for savings depending on your responsibility. I mean seriously most people in this world would wish to just live in a decent place that we like to call crap.

Anyways, uhh just do what you wanna do, because even if you're ****ed with your work. All those years of studying for the work you hope for in college and even more years working in something you don't like isn't going to be worth the money you earn.

HoustonOilers27 · 05-31-2009, 09:09 PM

lol no, if i had an average apartment or an average car out of college; i would go nuts. im the traditional ******bag type though, so idk. pick your passion, and pick along those lines... plus i'm really conservative with cash, and don't ever plan on having kids, so i should be good to "live" life. i believe the day you have kids your life "and your wallet" are over. so you may want to bypass the marriage and kids thing, and settle with an average career if you desire a land rover or condo instead of a ford and a apartment.

edit: i believe money creates entertainment. and entertainment makes you happy. kids are pure evil especially during puberty, and marriages these days never last, and i think most kids on tis board see this; our society is changing before our very eyes.

yawn · 05-31-2009, 09:12 PM

Being a head of state pays well.

Louis XIII · 05-31-2009, 09:29 PM

I recently have been looking to the hotel industry. A General Manager for a large hotel makes anywhere from 80-100k+ (depending on location and size-NY, Chicago,Miami are the best paying regions).

While I think having an advanced degree (either MBA or Masters in Hospitality) def. helps in terms of income, it looks like you can get away working in the industry 5-7 years without those degrees and still be making a good salary (50-70k). The same can't be said for other fields.

skateboarder · 05-31-2009, 09:51 PM

I would be disappointed with myself if I worked this hard only to end up making jack. I wouldn't be happy either.

x_ray667 · 06-01-2009, 01:27 PM

bboy// if you aim to be an average, you won't even be an average.

a person needs a direction & goal in his life to excel.

rva2009 · 06-01-2009, 02:43 PM

Healthcare & Marketing are two good fields to get into.

quag_mire · 06-01-2009, 03:01 PM

petroleum engineering

jonahrubin · 06-01-2009, 10:25 PM

Join a cult. To paraphrase Creed Bratton, if you are a cult leader you make more money, if you are a cult member, you have more fun. So you can go both ways.

skateboarder · 06-04-2009, 07:57 PM

anymore answers?

Forever LSU · 07-15-2009, 11:58 PM

First off, starting off with money as your career search motivator is a bad idea to begin with. Although,I was raised in a home where my parents made way more than the national income, we lived a modest life. Too be perfectly honest, I was raised to be a tight wad and not spend a dime, just horde your money like the majority of people in congress. I was taught to get my value out of anything. For example, even though the mule is dead, I still would be beating it wanting just a little bit more. I'm perfectly happy living in a small house/apartment. As long as I have a toliet, bed, AC, frig, stove, I'm pretty set. TV is optional, I don't like TV that much. I'm more of a computer addict. Spend a lot of time reading articles, books, watching educational math/science vids, lectures and what not. Stay active by excercise, riding my motorcycle, and fishing. But I'm a very simple person with simple expectations and simple needs. My parents taught me to save more money than I'll ever use or need, and even at a young age I had more in my bank account than some of my family who were well into their adult lives. I just see money more as a tool than something to be sought after. My parents always gave a lot of missions/charity orgs, around 15 percent of their income, and I took up the same virtue. Just makes you feel good inside, and it is not like I'm using the money regardless, so might as well give it to someone who will. I always get upset when I hear someone speak of their main goal is making money. Although, I am in a career that pays rather well, and I make significantly more than the average population. I did it because of my love for the subject and my curiosity for the material. I didn't do it for the money. I could have used my mind and life for many other things if I wanted to make a significant amount of money, like medicine, law, polictis(lol). If your main motivation in life is to make a lot of money, and that is what you base your life and goals off of, you are a sad sad little person. But that is my opinion and that is the way I see it. Hell, the way my parents raised me, I was already preparing for retirement at 15.

hmom5 · 07-16-2009, 12:33 AM

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First off, starting off with money as your career search motivator is a bad idea to begin with

Enlighten us, please. I know a lot of people with a lot of money. While it hasn't made all of them happy, I have not met anyone who is unhappy because they have acquired wealth.

Whatever motivates you in life is just fine. Money certainly gives you options, among which is to affect change by being generous with organizations you believe in. It gives your children the best access to education and just plain gives you options. There are much worse things to be motivated by.

Forever LSU · 07-16-2009, 12:46 AM

Like sex and drugs,mmmmmmmmhhhh, yeah, I think that is all that is on my list. Hey, I have nothing against people making money, I'm just saying many people are missing their true calling or just getting a certain career for the sake of making money. Haha, like Nancy Pelosi for instance, flying in a Boeing 757 now because her Gulfstream given to her by the US government wasn't good enough to fly around because it had to refuel mid trip to make it back to Cali 3 times a week. Which is costing the American tax payer 480k in fuel cost alone a month, hmmm, makes me wonder what made her take up her position in the first place. But hey, what do I know, I'm only a petroleum engineer. All I know how to do is drill for oil. But hey, you have to be good at something. I'll keep drilling for it and Nancy will keep burning it. See, things work out this way. Supply and demand, hey maybe I should thank her, because she is making my career very secure at the moment. God bless you Nancy.