Getting into Medical Field (Nurse etc.) - WITHOUT....

[liquid]

Originally Posted by oldtimer

Then your friends didn't plan their careers well enough. I make around 80k-90k US$ per year between salary/bonus etc. (without the stock options) tax free. They want me to go under the US payroll now (political reasons) which means i'll be making around 110k-120k US$ per year (but i'll have to pay taxes). I'm not the smartest person, I was not the best back in school (i finished around 5 years ago).

I could make more but i like my job.

-OT

Depends on your location bro, I am in the midwest and for the engineering field I am in (RF Design) I would have a hard time finding work at my base of 85K. I have been doing this for almost ten years. Stock options and bonuses can add a hefty amount in good years. About 5 years ago many guys left the Corp I work for and took 6 figure jobs around cali and texas. I only know of 2 that are still employed. East coast and west coast have the best $$, but unless it is a defense contractor, and even then, you never know how long it will last.

[oldtimer]

Originally Posted by liquid

Depends on your location bro, I am in the midwest and for the engineering field I am in (RF Design) I would have a hard time finding work at my base of 85K. I have been doing this for almost ten years. Stock options and bonuses can add a hefty amount in good years. About 5 years ago many guys left the Corp I work for and took 6 figure jobs around cali and texas. I only know of 2 that are still employed. East coast and west coast have the best $$, but unless it is a defense contractor, and even then, you never know how long it will last.

True. Also, my field is one of the best in terms of payment, unlike prime engineering fields (mech, civil, chem etc.), mine is IT.

-OT

[borrachopower]

Originally Posted by oldtimer

Then your friends didn't plan their careers well enough. I make around 80k-90k US$ per year between salary/bonus etc. (without the stock options) tax free. They want me to go under the US payroll now (political reasons) which means i'll be making around 110k-120k US$ per year (but i'll have to pay taxes). I'm not the smartest person, I was not the best back in school (i finished around 5 years ago).

I could make more but i like my job.

-OT

well, i dont know, may just be bad luck...these guys would be studying on frid/sat nights when everyone was out having fun.
my bud worked for Raytheon. JDS Uniphase(when it was doing good), and not is at the new products division of DELL. still, poor guy is way underpayed. he may as well be cleaning Michael Dell's toilets for the same salary!

[borrachopower]

[quote=AJay]DAMN, that's awesome!!!

Truly confirms, that it's the direction I need to go!

borrachopower thanks for your help, let me ask you what's a BSN's ?
Could you probably give my e-mail adress to her and ask her if I could ask her a few questions on what her job is like, what hours, how to get where she is at etc. etc.

i can tell you myself---she is always on the road with home health. she is one of the few that really does care about patients--her bosses just think about $$$$$.
LVN's and nurse;s aide's are the ones that do the "dirty work". however, nurse's are more knowledgeable when it comes to pathology or understanding Dr's orders/diagnosis.
even then, 2 more years you can get Nurse Practitoner degree(pretty much the equivalent of a Physician's assistant) and make 6 figures easy.

[burketoned]

couldn't believe this -- sorry for digging out this old one, but my girl's been on this trip about getting her degree and i wasn't backing it...until now, seeing the nurse salary and everything on here. man, thankfully she didn't listen and is almost done -- thanks for the tips, bro.