WHAT PEOPLE EARN — by Steve Nadis
PARADE MAGAZINE (the one I’d most like to read on a deserted island when I’m not dodging wild boars, mechanical bears, assorted monsters, and “others”) has done it again, listing “What People Earn” in their “Annual Report on the Economy and You” (which seems to come out several times a year, at least to me). I love reading this issue more than any of them, not that I don’t love every issue (each of which has its own special charm), as I’m often contemplating a career shift and use this as my “touchstone to reality,” as I often call it when singing the praises of my favorite magazine.
Here are some jobs I won’t be taking anytime soon: Belly dancing ($10,000), P/T Yoga instructor ($7,000), and greeting card writer ($16,000–too bad, sounds like it could have been a good fit). Of course, singling out these jobs is unfair. Because if I’d known 25 years ago what I’d be earning today, I’d never have picked “marginal science writer” as a profession, either.
People often say, “It’s such interesting work,” in an attempt to make me feel better or just to make me quit my whining. But I’m not done whining yet. To them I offer the following rejoinder: “Try living on ‘interesting.’” After awhile, all that scrimping&saving and saving&scrimping becomes, well, pretty darn uninteresting.
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15:48:42
The story of my life! My dream is to have one month where I can actually pay every single bill that comes in.
zardoz says:
I’LL THIRD THAT.
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Thanks Roses & Z. That makes four of us (if I’m getting the math right)!
But don’t marginal science writers get all the hot chicks?
Hi Doc — I think I wrote about that once. Well, don’t believe everything you read on the web.
Well……this is kinda a hard topic for me. I sort of fell into my current profession - sales - which happens to suit me perfectly. I have put in a ton of hard work to make the great money I earn now, and I am sure stressed out taking care of my one customer. I haven’t always lived on easy street having been a retail salesperson, waitress, secretary, Customer Service Rep, Meeting Planner, and then sales. This year I celebrate my one year anniversary with “the windfall” and I’m still not used to it. It is truly wonderful not to worry about money. But I’ve had to scrimp since I was 14, so I don’t see myself getting out of the habit. I always think — the windfall came out of nowhere — and it could just as easily POOF! You’ve inspired me. I think I need a post on this.
And I for one would like to read your post on that.
ZARDOZ SAYS:
POOF thats the that word , when the money
we make ends ,, right ,,
Is there one when we make it ,,??????
kinda like the big bang theory,,,,…
whadaya say scientist..???????
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