Comments on: How to Get a Job Paying More Than $100,000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/06/07/how-to-get-a-job-paying-more-than-100000/ personal finance that makes cents Thu, 20 Nov 2008 10:54:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: AllFinancialMatters » Blog Archive » How to… Personal Finance Edition http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/06/07/how-to-get-a-job-paying-more-than-100000/#comment-7557 AllFinancialMatters » Blog Archive » How to… Personal Finance Edition Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:16:56 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/06/07/how-to-get-a-job-paying-more-than-100000/#comment-7557 [...] Get a Job Paying More Than $100,00 [...] [...] Get a Job Paying More Than $100,00 [...]

]]> By: Get Rich Slowly » How To Acquire a Good Entry-Level Job http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/06/07/how-to-get-a-job-paying-more-than-100000/#comment-311 Get Rich Slowly » How To Acquire a Good Entry-Level Job Wed, 07 Jun 2006 18:01:57 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/06/07/how-to-get-a-job-paying-more-than-100000/#comment-311 [...] Not everyone is ready to aim for a $100,000 job. On AskMetafilter, a user writes: I need to find some sort of long-term employment that will put me on my way to establishing financial independence from my family and also provide me with meaningful work experience. This is made difficult as I am eighteen, I only have a GED, and my resume leaves much to be desired. I do not have any prior work or volunteer experience, and nepotism is not an option. What should I be doing? [...] [...] Not everyone is ready to aim for a $100,000 job. On AskMetafilter, a user writes: I need to find some sort of long-term employment that will put me on my way to establishing financial independence from my family and also provide me with meaningful work experience. This is made difficult as I am eighteen, I only have a GED, and my resume leaves much to be desired. I do not have any prior work or volunteer experience, and nepotism is not an option. What should I be doing? [...]

]]> By: Marco http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/06/07/how-to-get-a-job-paying-more-than-100000/#comment-305 Marco Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:34:53 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/06/07/how-to-get-a-job-paying-more-than-100000/#comment-305 You really need to love what you do. The more the system pays you, the more the system wants you to commit to it. However, if you own the system - then you can pay yourself whatever you want. (If you're a bit slow the system = the company you are working for) You really need to love what you do.

The more the system pays you, the more the system wants you to commit to it. However, if you own the system - then you can pay yourself whatever you want.

(If you’re a bit slow the system = the company you are working for)

]]> By: Andrew W http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/06/07/how-to-get-a-job-paying-more-than-100000/#comment-304 Andrew W Wed, 07 Jun 2006 13:16:11 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/06/07/how-to-get-a-job-paying-more-than-100000/#comment-304 I couldn't believe how well this works. I just changed jobs (from my entry-level job), and while I was at my first job, there were times I was convinced I'd be lowly paid forever. It seemed like I wasn't doing any tasks I enjoyed, so, I thought, how could I ever parlay that into something high-paying? But what I didn't realize until I started interviewing for the current gig is that I'd been developing concrete skills. My salary went up 45% overnight--not because I had a perfect career path planned out but because I learned to enjoy the skill-building (certainly not the content, oy) of the entry-level job. Great advice, Paul! I couldn’t believe how well this works. I just changed jobs (from my entry-level job), and while I was at my first job, there were times I was convinced I’d be lowly paid forever. It seemed like I wasn’t doing any tasks I enjoyed, so, I thought, how could I ever parlay that into something high-paying? But what I didn’t realize until I started interviewing for the current gig is that I’d been developing concrete skills. My salary went up 45% overnight–not because I had a perfect career path planned out but because I learned to enjoy the skill-building (certainly not the content, oy) of the entry-level job.

Great advice, Paul!

]]> By: Simon http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/06/07/how-to-get-a-job-paying-more-than-100000/#comment-303 Simon Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:43:55 +0000 http://www.getrichslowly.org/blog/2006/06/07/how-to-get-a-job-paying-more-than-100000/#comment-303 I pretty much followed these steps early on in my career, much by accident, and I knew a guy who had jumping from job to job as part of his career plan. It definately works and I highly reccomend it, but you have to have a lot of ambition and drive to pull it off. I pretty much followed these steps early on in my career, much by accident, and I knew a guy who had jumping from job to job as part of his career plan. It definately works and I highly reccomend it, but you have to have a lot of ambition and drive to pull it off.

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