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4561641 No.4561641 [Reply] [Original]

Post your college/degree and your salary. No point in lying, faggots.

>> No.4561650

More people are likely to reply if you do not call them 'faggots'

>> No.4561648

>Ph.D in Mathematics
>Any job I want
>$300k starting

>> No.4561655

maths degree
no salary as i'm self employed, but make maybe £50,000 a year

>> No.4561660

>>4561650
>implying anyone here is sensitive to be called a faggot, faggot.

>> No.4561661

>>4561648
>>4561648
>>4561648
>>4561648

>> No.4561664

>Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics
>Any Position I Desire
>Three-hundred thousand American Dollars Starting

>> No.4561673

>GCSE grade C in science.
>Any fast food restaurant position I want
>1mil starting.

>> No.4561675
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>>4561648

>> No.4561676

Public university
Candidatus magisterii
85k USD

>> No.4561678
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>>4561648

>> No.4561679

MD, PhD
Neurosurgeon (internationally recognized)
$1,500,000 per hour
7.5inch dick

>> No.4561683

>>4561655
>not making 300k starting

>> No.4561696

>>4561683
$80 USD is fine. and i didn't have to waste three yrs on a PhD

>> No.4561704

>>4561655
What do you do, specifically? (Don't worry I won't steal your brilliant money-making scheme; I'm a physics student.)

>> No.4561705

>>4561696
>PhD
>not just a waist

>> No.4561712

>>4561705
>waist
>took me well over two minutes to figure out what you were saying

>> No.4561715

>>4561705
most probably are. theses that add anything to the sum of human knowledge, that will be read by anyone other than supervisor and reviewer, are maybe 20%.

they're more often a ticket to a job.

>> No.4561719

i actually am a faggot :3
how did you know OP?

> PhD biophysics
> still at uni
> currently £21K no tax

>> No.4561758

>Masters in Maths from Cambridge
>Work in a multi-billion hedge fund as a quant
>£220k base salary with £3-6m bonuses each year
>still visit /sci/ to laugh at peasants and engineers

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>>4561758
>£220k base salary with £3-6m bonuses each year
>£3-6m bonuses each year
>hedge fund
>todays economy
>mfw
confirmed liar is lying

>> No.4562162

>Masters in pure maths
>$350k

>But I could get more if I wanted

>> No.4562165

>>4561655

If you're only on £50,000 why no go and get any job you want?

>> No.4562173

>University of Colorado
>Mechanical Engineering B.S.
> $115k plus bonus pay and 4 weeks paid vacation

>> No.4562184

4 yr, Math, $300K
(I'm proud of you for once /sci/)

>> No.4562186

University of Houston
BSME
50ooo $USD

i'm a fucking failure. should have been more inquisitive in undergrad

>> No.4562187

>>4562173
>>4562173

4 weeks aid vacation is below the standard for every job in the UK. Just saying

Also:
>PhD in Metallurgy, Sheffield, UK.
> £70k per year
>7 weeks holiday (35 days) + public holidays

>> No.4562190

>>4562186
Why is does your salary suck so much cock?

>> No.4562207

>50 meter swimming certificate (dropped out)
>any job i want
>$infinity+1 starting

>> No.4562216

>>4562186
How many years have you been in the industry? What field are you in? Defense? Automotive? etc.?

>>4562187

Yeah, we get fucked over here in terms of vacation/time off, but I don't really mind since I enjoy working and I can't complain about the money I'm getting in exchange.

>> No.4562225

>>4562216
if you have a salary then it's in your best interest to have as many days off as possible.

>> No.4562235

>>4562225
I guess that depends on your interests.

>> No.4562275

>>4561641

Finishing MS in CS part time
part time employed in IT, 45k salary

trying hard to get into PhD to have every email/letter end with So'n'So PhD

>> No.4562280

>>4562216

just started in HVAC (~4 mo.)

some suboptimal circumstances prevented me from getting some petrochem job ($70k). so i got by on tutoring and teaching public middle school (yay) with no real luck getting interviews. managed to get this gig. the underlying fundamentals are easy and the work is fine.

>> No.4562340

>>4562280

Well keep your chin up amigo, you've jumped a big hurdle getting that position! Getting that first engineering job is what makes getting the better ones easier, not GPA or anything like that.

When I graduated I was unemployed for about six months and eventually landed a job not too different from the one you've got now. I worked with that company for about 4 years (all while keeping my resume up to date and utilizing all the networking services available to me like linkedin) until I received an attractive offer from an oilfield service company, with whom I am still employed.

If I may continue, I have a few more questions:

Internships: any? if so how many and with whom?

What is your location? Are you willing/able to relocate?

What industry would you ideally like to work in?

>> No.4562361

Wow do math jobs really pay that much? I'm studying chemestry but maybe I picked the wrong major.

>> No.4562374

>>4562361

You sure did

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UehKDyGi6Q&feature=youtu.be

>> No.4562393

>Physics B.S. from high-tier state university (3.93 GPA)
>Mathematics Ph.D from top 5 university
>Quant at major wall st. firm
>140k starting + significant bonus
>feels goodman

>> No.4562663

>>4562374
This video is useful for me. An acquaintance of mine seems to think that the only reason that people with degrees don't have jobs is because they studied useless humanities. Funniest thing is I think he's going into Political Science.

>> No.4562669

>>4562393


>2012
>wishing as hard as you can will not turn you into a real boy.


you will need to do better than a Ph.D. in math in a related field to get a job as a quant.

try going into a Quant program, or doing a Post Doc as a quant.


also that was a big mistake, you should have realized it before you posted it:

>2012
>trying to troll people about graduate education
>forgetting about the universal necessity of Post Doctoral work in every single field of science, math, and engineering


I would have expected any undergraduate to understand this.

>> No.4562762

>>4562663
Majoring in a hard science/engineering will give you a good shot, but will not guarantee a high paying job; NOT majoring in a hard science/engineering pretty much eliminates your chances at getting the high paying jobs.

>> No.4562790

Accounting & Economics

I work at an Asset Management firm (medium size), am 4 years into my work. I have a salary of $136,000, 4 weeks vacation, employer matched 401k, and stock ownership (about 10% total) of the company. Honestly, I really just lucked out...most accounting starts around 40-50k.

>> No.4562801

>>4562790
high ranking uni? I'm worried about coming out of my shitty state university(ranked in the hundreds).

>> No.4562808

>B.S. physics
>15k a year substitute teaching as I cant get a job

So I now have competing offers for military pilot or PhD program (paid and stipend to live on) but I have no fucking clue which I prefer. I literally wake up days hardly being able to wait being a pilot and others the idea seems horrible and I wish I was getting my PhD.

>> No.4562809

>>4562762
Is Computer Science considered a hard science? I don't think it is, but the job prospects for that field seem pretty good.

>> No.4562810

>B.A. in chem
>started 30K/yr in QC at a large consumer products firm.
>hope to be up to 50k within 3 years? If not I'm going back for engineering because fuck grad school.

>> No.4562811

>>4562801
No, I went to Southeast Missouri State University, a tiny mid size school. It prepared me well though - I outperformed everyone at my firm for the last two years. Honestly, once you get your opportunity, it's more about how well you actually perform your duties.

>> No.4562821

>>4562811

Is that near Missouri Southern? wife's sister goes there

>> No.4562829

>>4562821
I believe so, SEMO is located in Cape Girardeau. I currently live there. It is about 70% the national cost of living, so 136,000 is serious money when you figure that in.

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4562846

21, Military Intelligence Analyst (not a degree)

I make about $40,000/yr now. I can expect to be making anywhere from $80,000-$100,000 starting. either government contracting or working for a private company. Which I plan on doing next year.

I plan to start going back to school to complete my EE undergrad, with the hopes that my security clearance will make me more favorable over my competitors. I'm by no means rolling in dough, but for a single guy, it sure beats surviving ramen in college dorms.

>> No.4562854

MS Mechanical Engineering
$85000

>> No.4562859

BS CompSci, BS Math
now going for MEng Electrical Engineering

it's fun. and to hear engineers complain about matlab... bah.

>> No.4562862

>>4562809

Anon said "pretty much" which means there's a limited window for careers that allow salaries past 90-100k.

-Law
-Medicine
-Programming
-Multimedia (technical)
-Business

and a few others, the problem is with the possible exception of "programming" the other fields requires either additional school time, connections or school pedigree to get jobs that can eventually put you past 90-100k a year.

>> No.4562865

Degree: BSEE from a public university
Position: Entry level computer hardware engineer
Salary: 65k starting + 5k in bonuses, 3 weeks vacation

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>>4562862

Or anything with a secret/top secret security clearance. People seem to not know about this one.

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>>4562868

>Or anything with a secret/top secret security clearance. People seem to not know about this one.

Yeah, but getting a clearance can take fuck long time, especially when you are getting approved for something like sponsorship.

Although the fact it can let you enter with a starting salary of 70k+ is pretty nice.

>> No.4562938

>>4562910
It takes a long time only if you have a shady past history, or tons of foreigner family members. Took me 3 months to get mine. Good luck getting non-government employers to pay for a background check though. I hear they're like $15,000.

One of my coworkers is a Cuban immigrant with all of her family members still in Cuba, and it took her about a year to get hers cleared. To me that doesn't seem to ridiculous considering the circumstances.

>> No.4562957

Ph.D. in Chemistry
Lib. Arts 4 year prof
$53,000 / 9 months

>> No.4563081

starting college next year

>> No.4563103

>>4562669
>check back into thread to see if anyone might have responded to my post
>see jealous person questioning my status
>doesnt know that I have great social skills unlike most /sci/ posters
>make tons of connections at Priceton
>have my choice of three quant job offers right after graduation from knowing the right people

job sucks anyway, we're all treated like shit by the douchebag traders, but the pay's worth it at least for now

>> No.4563113

Currently grad student in Physics at Yale.
30k before taxes.

>> No.4563120

>>4562808

>prospective military pilots
>on /sci/

haha, no.