The hindsight salary thread

dragonmom
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:20:06 +0000

Please don’t post inflammatory political opinions about the worth or drawbacks of any of the jobs this post may bring up.

My idea here is to look at pay for cyclical industries.

Fifteen years ago a BS in geology (heck, decades of experience in geology) wasn’t worth much. Today’s payscale is pretty impressive.

Explorer;

Our kids remember the hungry years and aren’t impressed.

What other job paths have been so up and down?