Where's The Money?

[theoriginator]

What type of work does everybody? What is it that yall do to be able to afford to buy cars, toys, boats, and everything else? I'm a auto painter and everytime I get a week where I run 100 hours or more I feel like I'm doing lovely, then I get 2 or 3 weeks where I run 20-30 hours and it feels like I'm not getting anywhere. I looked into other industries and businesses, asked a lot of questions and nobody knows where the money is. These people driving $150,000 cars living in million dollar homes don't know where the money is. Is it real estate, stocks, construction, medical, where? I'm 22 been working for 7 years and barely making $45,000 a year, I want my piece of the pie today.

[69Bbird]

I think thats decent money for being 22 and living in texas. I'm a hvac contractor. Good trade to get in to and side jobs are a bonus.

[Project69]

18, correctional officer, 50k salary including overtime. Plus all the benifits.

[Paddington]

$73000
IT consultant Norway.

The problem is JOB= Just Over Broke

People with big money own their own business. Or rent out property.
Read some Robert Kiyosaki books great for learning why things are like they are.

[Restomod]

I dont have a job,I work for myself on what I want when I want. BUT I also DONT have a......
car payment
house payment
wife or X wife
kids (that I know of ;)
rent
ect...........

[BA.]

wow, you boys are making good cash at 18 and 22. I'm impressed.

there's good money in IT (Information Technology) which can get you 70k - 120k but to get the 150k+ you need Director and VP level position.

There's plenty of 100k+ money in healthcare also so you could get 200k position in management there.


There's certainly money to be made in Real Estate, selling and renting, flipping.

what you need is the next Google.

[jilge71]

im 25 and im a manager of a body shop and made 57k this year but i was a painter and made the same...you can make 80 k plus as a painter but you have to work your a@# off and get in a big shop with a couple of good helpers...i do side jobs and that always puts a little extra in the cookie jar

[shep]

I'm 31, an IT tech, and because of where I choose to live I only make around 30K. If I moved about 100 Miles west to Kansas City I could easily double that.

[Project69]

wow, you boys are making good cash at 18 and 22. I'm impressed.

Thanks

[michael6372]

i'm 37, work in a paper mill in a small town in upper michigan. i make about $60,000 a year. i am always looking for opportunities to better myself and be able to have the things that those guys have. i am thinking about going back to school but i am unsure of what field to go into. i work swing shift at my job and am ultimately looking for a job with more normal hours, whether it's owning my own business or working for someone else doesn't really matter to me as long as i can afford the lifestyle i want to live.

[zz3elcamino]

I'm 26, and a mechanical engineer in Denver. I currently pull down $70k, I feel blessed to have been given the opportunity to go to college. I struggled through 5 years of schooling, but looking back I would do it all over again!

[Aceshigh]

33 - 8th year as a Telecom Engineer at Chicago's main headend plant.
$75K with all kinds of fringe benefits.

[backtobasics]

I think for this thread to have value, you need to include location, and housing.

To one guy, 60K is alot, but to someone in Cali, or East cost, it might be enough to rent an appartment.

I made 52K last year.
Housing is 1300 (mortgage, not rent)
wife and 2 kids, at home.

Car is getting little progress, but kids are worth it.
Kansas City

[Roger M]

I think for this thread to have value, you need to include location, and housing.

To one guy, 60K is alot, but to someone in Cali, or East cost, it might be enough to rent an appartment.

I made 52K last year.
Housing is 1300 (mortgage, not rent)
wife and 2 kids, at home.

Car is getting little progress, but kids are worth it.
Kansas City

Likewise

Almost 50k
Mortgage 1400
Wife and 1 kid plus one in the oven

Car..not much progress .. and kids are defininetly worth it.

North of Seattle

[Paddington]

My mortage is 1400
2 kids

But i live in Norway where everything is 2-3 times more expensive then in the US.

[dropit69]

yep no kids ..no house payment(bought it cheap and total remoldeed it as i went along)..or wife..and make close to 75k as a operator for a large steel co..but also been there 16 years..and have flipped a few cars and have a rental house that is paying for itself..

[olds87]

I'm in the IT field also, but I do not make that much, only 25k a year ro so. I been in the filed for 3 years. Do any of you guys that in the IT field have certifications to help with getting a better job or just experience that help you?
I guess it where you live in USA.

[derekf]

Do any of you guys that in the IT field have certifications to help with getting a better job or just experience that help you?

I was an MCSE (well, still am but haven't renewed since NT4).

Certifications only help if you're wanting to do things that take certs. I don't plan on doing support or administration ever again so I don't really need to take any more of those tests. If I was trying to try to climb a corporate ladder as a server administrator or router guy, then absolutely I'd be getting every certification I could in my area.

[Black-Jacket]

i'm 37, work in a paper mill in a small town in upper michigan. i make about $60,000 a year. i am always looking for opportunities to better myself and be able to have the things that those guys have. i am thinking about going back to school but i am unsure of what field to go into. i work swing shift at my job and am ultimately looking for a job with more normal hours, whether it's owning my own business or working for someone else doesn't really matter to me as long as i can afford the lifestyle i want to live.

escanaba has a paper plant? guess ive never seen it when ive been there

[65chevelle''ss'']

I also work at a papermill just outside of Portland. Been there for a little over 10 years now. We make a lot of the newsprint for the LA Times, Oregonian, Sacbee, etc....
Funny how you explained yourself as this is EXACTLY what I have been thinking for the last few years myself. Always looking for an out whether it's going back to school or opening a business, etc.. Not unlike you, I work a rotating schedule of 4- 12 hour days (2 dayshift and then 2 graveyards) with 4 days off..... Not trying to sound like a girl here but it is VERY hard work!!!

I refer to it as "Golden handcuffs"... I make great money compared to most everyone I know BUT I hate my job...and the pay makes it really hard to just leave.... 75k this year (not bad for just high school education in my opinion)

i'm 37, work in a paper mill in a small town in upper michigan. i make about $60,000 a year. i am always looking for opportunities to better myself and be able to have the things that those guys have. i am thinking about going back to school but i am unsure of what field to go into. i work swing shift at my job and am ultimately looking for a job with more normal hours, whether it's owning my own business or working for someone else doesn't really matter to me as long as i can afford the lifestyle i want to live.