....with no hope of ever achieving anything beyond that?
hypothetical question to all the big dreamers. assuming someone said from now on, you will make 80k working whatever job, 9 - 5, with no possibility of ever getting more (cant go into business, work for yourself etc) would you do it?
on one hand, 80k a year is more then the average joe....on the other hand you're dedicating yourself to a life slightly above mediocrity with no prospects of ever achieving true financial freedom
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05-02-2010, 11:52 PM #1Registered User
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Would you accept an 80k job right now...
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05-02-2010, 11:54 PM #2SACRAMENTO KINGS
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Yes.
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05-02-2010, 11:54 PM #3u mad?
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Yes.
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05-02-2010, 11:54 PM #4A memory of Light..
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80k a year is pretty good bank.. get a wife that's not trash and you'll be retiring pretty early.
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05-02-2010, 11:55 PM #5Registered User
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hell no cause i know i can do better
**** you losers
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05-02-2010, 11:55 PM #6Registered User
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Yes.
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05-02-2010, 11:55 PM #7Registered User
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yep.
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05-02-2010, 11:55 PM #8Registered User
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Not a chance. Absolutely not. 80k for life? **** that!
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05-02-2010, 11:56 PM #9i loled at "wife thats not trash". -- What do you define as that? -- Spends all your money or doesn't make any money?Originally Posted by bmy-
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05-02-2010, 11:56 PM #10Registered User
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Does the pay scale with the increased cost of living yearly? Either way my answer is no, but that is a big factor when you consider 80k in 30 years...
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05-02-2010, 11:56 PM #11Registered User
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How much effort am I putting in for that 80k?
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05-02-2010, 11:56 PM #12unregistered user
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hell yea man...
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05-02-2010, 11:57 PM #13Sup?
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It sounds nice, but after 5 years of said monotony and no hope for the future your personal life and quality of work would soon suffer. I'd say no, but it would be hard.
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05-02-2010, 11:57 PM #14Registered Wizard
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nah. with inflation 80k a year wont be as much further down the road, and i have high hopes anyway.
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05-02-2010, 11:57 PM #15Banned
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Yes as long as I can still also build cars for a living aswell.
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05-02-2010, 11:57 PM #16BRB crushin skulls
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yeah than I would get my real estate license and personal trainers license and do **** on the side.
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05-02-2010, 11:57 PM #17Registered User
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Yep.. i dont come from a bankround of money and ivey league colleges.. thats proablly more than i will ever be able to make..
80k is not bad at all have a wife that could bring in a little dough to.. live a nice life id say.I rep back...
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05-02-2010, 11:58 PM #18Registered User
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80k is a little better than "slightly above mediocrity".
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05-02-2010, 11:58 PM #19Registered User
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Can i do side things for money? Id say yes. But also having a predetermined life sounds like it would ultimately be depressing.
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05-02-2010, 11:58 PM #20In Trance We Trust
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Lol. Hell no. I'm not that far off.
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05-02-2010, 11:58 PM #21Banned
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a life slightly above mediocrity? with 80 grand a YEAR bro? lol are fknn high...
u would BALL with that amount bro ...
u cud get a DAMN nice place, save up for any nice car u want, go out every night and party and get whatever nice little toys you want like big screen TVs, etc. etc.
hellll yeah I'd take it think abt it that's minus all those years of hard work and struggle, college, paying off stuff being in partial debt and not already having it pretty good..years u won't get back that u cud otherwise live up
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05-02-2010, 11:59 PM #22Doomsayer
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As long as the 80k changes with the times, yes. Jobs, especially these days are unreliable and "high salaries" are overrated. If its something I enjoy, no matter how monotonous, I would take it. It gives you financial stability and knowledge no matter what, you have a steady 80k a year coming in. More than enough to live comfortably.
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05-02-2010, 11:59 PM #23Big Foot Inc.
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OP, you can always quit you know
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05-02-2010, 11:59 PM #24USAF
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Yes, easy to live off that.
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05-02-2010, 11:59 PM #25Gangster of Medieval War
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about 4.5x what i make now........no
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05-03-2010, 12:00 AM #26Registered User
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Fuk no.
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05-03-2010, 12:01 AM #27Registered User
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uhh, i dunno where you're from....but there is no way you are gonna "ball" in coastal San Diego or LA with 80k for life.Originally Posted by Toguro
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05-03-2010, 12:01 AM #28225 pounds of LARD
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No because when I graduate I start at 60k, maybe more depending where I work but no less than 60. Plus night differential is like 7k a year and then clinical specialties add a little here and there. So basically with overtime I think I will be making around 80k (gross) when i get my degree.
Hope to get my masters and make 100k+, hopefully...
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05-03-2010, 12:01 AM #29SACRAMENTO KINGS
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Yep. And plus OP said "right now" meaning you wake up tomorrow with an 80k a year job. I would live at home for 4 or 5 more years...save around 30k...find a girl that makes about 50-60k and i'd be set for ****in life.Originally Posted by Toguro
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05-03-2010, 12:02 AM #30
At my age right now , yes.
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