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HoltMD said:
English much? 😱
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Asswipe got banned! :clap: So what if I missed a word... Trying to type on my 4 inch phone is not the easiest thing to do. You spell one word wrong and press backspace longer than you are supposed to and erase chit unintentionally.

SHC1984 said:
I think it's $58 to $65 an hour retail and $47 to $55 an hour hospital.
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That's about right in other states. However, I notice a lot of CA private hospitals have hourly rate similar or higher than that of retails (up to 67-80/hr with experience). Plus, their pay bump is a lot more... more like $2-5 raise increase vs 0.75 cents-$1 in retail. I dunno what's up with that.
 
BMBiology said:
How many times are you going to say this? Sounds like you are trying to convince yourself. She will probably meet some rich MD while she's on rotation and then dump you.
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THIS. OP you better HOPE you make 200K+ SOON or you'll get dump for an MD or CEO.

Yes, you do meet a lot of MDs on rotations....I like that. 🙂

Momus said:
That's about right in other states. However, I notice a lot of CA private hospitals have hourly rate similar or higher than that of retails (up to 67-80/hr with experience). Plus, their pay bump is a lot more... more like $2-5 raise increase vs 0.75 cents-$1 in retail. I dunno what's up with that.
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User Its Z is in CA and he said his jobs pay $69 to $89 an hr. He is in the hospital.

So yes, you are right about that!!!

$89/hr can't hurt! haha

Do you work hospital or retail?
 
BMBiology said:
How many times are you going to say this? Sounds like you are trying to convince yourself. She will probably meet some rich MD while she's on rotation and then dump you.
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OK, first of all-no, she is NOT that type of person at all. That'd be a pretty low reason to dump someone, and show what you're really after (money)-which is obviously a superficial reason, amongst many other negative reasons. Second, sorry I've stated that a couple times, but I state it for information purposes-not to "convince myself" or any of that BS.

SHC1984-Yes, most guys seem to make more than their partners, however it's obviously not always a bad thing if the girl does make more. And yes, she obviously will meet alot of Drs. and other medical pros during rotations, however she knows my goals and monetary aspirations-so that isn't an issue (and as I said before, she isn't like that at all). Also, aside from medical-IT is one of the higher paid professions as well, obviously depending on which area etc. But, I'm sure this already known by everyone.
 
curioustechie said:
Also, aside from medical-IT is one of the higher paid professions as well, obviously depending on which area etc. But, I'm sure this already known by everyone.
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So you are currently making 44k a year and you are HOPING one day you will be making 100-200k a year. How long will this take you? Isn't 44k kinda low for an IT job?
 
BMBiology said:
So you are currently making 44k a year and you are HOPING one day you will be making 100-200k a year. How long will this take you? Isn't 44k kinda low for an IT job?
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I've just begin to launch into my career and given where I live and position I'm in..no it's not. Obviously just like any career, location, degree, experience/yrs in profession etc dictate that. Now, if I was a few more yrs into my career, then yes it would be low. Also, just like any profession, it depends on the AREA of IT that you're in, let alone if you're in management or not. There's a TON of factors and it's obviously quite subjective if it's "low" or not...
 
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curioustechie said:
I've just begin to launch into my career and given where I live and position I'm in..no it's not. Obviously just like any career, location, degree, experience/yrs in profession etc dictate that. Now, if I was a few more yrs into my career, then yes it would be low. Also, just like any profession, it depends on the AREA of IT that you're in, let alone if you're in management or not. There's a TON of factors and it's obviously quite subjective if it's "low" or not...
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Let's say a few years from now, you make $55k a year. Would this change your relationship with her? Would she think less of you?
 
BMBiology said:
Let's say a few years from now, you make $55k a year. Would this change your relationship with her? Would she think less of you?
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Would she think less of me? Absolutely not. Would it change our relationship? Nope..
 
Momus said:
That's about right in other states. However, I notice a lot of CA private hospitals have hourly rate similar or higher than that of retails (up to 67-80/hr with experience). Plus, their pay bump is a lot more... more like $2-5 raise increase vs 0.75 cents-$1 in retail. I dunno what's up with that.
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Maybe that's the next pharmacy bubble? Overvaluation? Irrational exuberance? Unfortunately with bubbles, it's usually the people feeding it at the bottom, i.e. new grads, who get hurt the most when it eventually bursts.
 
curioustechie said:
Not saying that it does in a negative way, just trying to figure out salary paths etc (Iike I said in starting post)..
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She will forever make more money than you. Even 2-3x as much as you. The end. Move on.
 
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BMBiology said:
She will forever make more money than you. Even 2-3x as much as you. The end. Move on.
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Wow, what the heck are you talking about? How would you know that, unless that's sarcasm I sense. Also, Bio-I'm not trying to upset you at all..
 
Hot female pharmacists prefer dating MDs PERIOD.

OP, you need to move on.

It's better to be the dumper than the dumpee...MOVE ON now before she dumps you first. :laugh:
 
SHC1984 said:
Hot female pharmacists prefer dating MDs PERIOD.

OP, you need to move on.

It's better to be the dumper than the dumpee...MOVE ON now before she dumps you first. :laugh:
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I think that's generalizing/stereotyping. Do some like that? Probably, but I wouldn't say all obviously, and she's not like that or one of those type of people(thankfully).
 
curioustechie said:
I think that's generalizing/stereotyping. Do some like that? Probably, but I wouldn't say all obviously, and she's not like that or one of those type of people (hopefully).
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Fixed. You never know someone enough.
 
Momus said:
Gotta start dressing sexy at work!

Gonna get the house, the children and a new man - couldn't be better!
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Yes, you need to show much skin and cleavage. A successful, rich man is hard to find nowadays just ask SHC.
 
I worked at a science company along side the IT department for quite some time. I hate to be the one to burst your bubble, but most of the IT people started around 40k and were making ~60k 15 years later. The ones who went back to school and got their MBA and also had the fortune to stand out enough to make manager were pulling in 80k. The director of the entire department barely broke 6 figures.

FYI this was a very large company that pays fairly well (I'm not going to give the name for obvious reasons). So assuming you went back to school, got your masters, worked your way up in the company for 15 years, and are fortunate enough to be noticed by the right people - then you could make 100k.

200k is for executives. If you want anything close to the numbers you were throwing out, you better drop the IT stuff and get into business/law and become an executive. Sorry but that is the only reasonable chance that an IT specialist has of surpassing his GFs salary (as you seem so obsessed with doing). It is a matter of education 6-8 years of pharmacy school will earn a lot more than 4 years of IST/comp sci.

You can always work your way up, but this will likely require more school + a lot of time with the same company. If and when you do get that 130k salary and pass your GFs income, she will have been making 110k for 15years already. Some quick math will show you that even if you do make more, your lifetime earnings will not come close to hers.

Either go back to school ASAP and gun for an executive position if you want the money, or better yet, don't worry about your GF making more money than you. I would love a sugar momma.
 
bw6 said:
It is a matter of education 6-8 years of pharmacy school will earn a lot more than 4 years of IST/comp sci.
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You gotta be kidding me! You mean all of those new Harvard computer science Google employees do NOT get ~100k (PLUS free gourmet meals, free haircut, a swimming pool to boot, free gym, free laundry/drycleaning, free pooltable/pinpong/foosball/video games/bowling alley, free legal advice, free pectoral implants, subsidized massage, free travel insurance). This is absolutely nuts! :meanie:
 
owlegrad said:
I am confused why this didn't happen while you were on rotation. 😕
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Well, I developed a taste for younger men. That gets in the way of the gold digging/shopping around for a rich MD/CEO. The younger guys are usually hotter, but mostly poor and often live with their mothers! 😱

:meanie:
 
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All4MyDaughter said:
Well, I developed a taste for younger men. That gets in the way of the gold digging/shopping around for a rich MD/CEO. The younger guys are usually hotter, but mostly poor and often live with their mothers! 😱

:meanie:
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so you took him away from his mommy? how could you?!?
 
All4MyDaughter said:
Well, I developed a taste for younger men. That gets in the way of the gold digging/shopping around for a rich MD/CEO. The younger guys are usually hotter, but mostly poor and often live with their mothers! 😱

:meanie:
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I've heard basement boys are useless
 
bw6 said:
I worked at a science company along side the IT department for quite some time. I hate to be the one to burst your bubble, but most of the IT people started around 40k and were making ~60k 15 years later. The ones who went back to school and got their MBA and also had the fortune to stand out enough to make manager were pulling in 80k. The director of the entire department barely broke 6 figures.

FYI this was a very large company that pays fairly well (I'm not going to give the name for obvious reasons). So assuming you went back to school, got your masters, worked your way up in the company for 15 years, and are fortunate enough to be noticed by the right people - then you could make 100k.

200k is for executives. If you want anything close to the numbers you were throwing out, you better drop the IT stuff and get into business/law and become an executive. Sorry but that is the only reasonable chance that an IT specialist has of surpassing his GFs salary (as you seem so obsessed with doing). It is a matter of education 6-8 years of pharmacy school will earn a lot more than 4 years of IST/comp sci.

You can always work your way up, but this will likely require more school + a lot of time with the same company. If and when you do get that 130k salary and pass your GFs income, she will have been making 110k for 15years already. Some quick math will show you that even if you do make more, your lifetime earnings will not come close to hers.

Either go back to school ASAP and gun for an executive position if you want the money, or better yet, don't worry about your GF making more money than you. I would love a sugar momma.
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Thanks for the real world information, however most of those guys that were @ 65k by 15yr must've just stayed on lower level positions like help desk (or something similar) and just got standard raises. Also, I do plan on going into management/business side and plan on getting MBA, or at least a masters in IT w/ business concentration. However, there are many areas of IT that you can break the 100 mark (programming, cyber security, consulting, mgmt. etc). Yes, if you did the math out, her lifetime earnings would possibly be more than mine, but I also won't have the debt she will. My point is though, that you don't necessarily have to into C-level executive (CTO/CIO) positions to break the 150 mark. There are many CIO/CTOs pulling in 200k, and that's just at smaller companies-bigger companies that can easily go into the 7 fig range. The average IT Director pulls in 100k+, depending many factors (location, exp, education etc) like any career salary dictates. I'm not saying all this stuff to brag or anything, but to show that, yes in IT you can easily find good/high paying jobs and (like medical) one of the higher paying professions...
 
curioustechie said:
Thanks for the real world information, however most of those guys that were @ 65k by 15yr must've just stayed on lower level positions like help desk (or something similar) and just got standard raises. Also, I do plan on going into management/business side and plan on getting MBA, or at least a masters in IT w/ business concentration. However, there are many areas of IT that you can break the 100 mark (programming, cyber security, consulting, mgmt. etc). Yes, if you did the math out, her lifetime earnings would possibly be more than mine, but I also won't have the debt she will. My point is though, that you don't necessarily have to into C-level executive (CTO/CIO) positions to break the 150 mark. There are many CIO/CTOs pulling in 200k, and that's just at smaller companies-bigger companies that can easily go into the 7 fig range. The average IT Director pulls in 100k+, depending many factors (location, exp, education etc) like any career salary dictates. I'm not saying all this stuff to brag or anything, but to show that, yes in IT you can easily find good/high paying jobs and (like medical) one of the higher paying professions...
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Yeah, there are always exceptions and I wish you luck in finding one of those exceptional jobs (like google.. previously mentioned). I was just giving some realistic information about the large majority of companies. There is always someone who does extraordinarily well climbing the ladder and makes bank.. but the other 99% of IT people will never see a salary too much over 100k.
 
Man I wouldn't worry about it, these girls in pharmacy school that are in a relationship are very faithful. I haven't seen anyone break up yet, but the girls who are single are looking for M.Ds lol...
 
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bw6 said:
Yeah, there are always exceptions and I wish you luck in finding one of those exceptional jobs (like google.. previously mentioned). I was just giving some realistic information about the large majority of companies. There is always someone who does extraordinarily well climbing the ladder and makes bank.. but the other 99% of IT people will never see a salary too much over 100k.
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Yes, there are exceptions (like anything). However, those "other 99%" are just complacent in their positions and CHOOSE not to go up the ladder or into higher paying, non mgmt. positions. There are plenty of non-mgmt IT positions that you can reach well over 100 (comp/software engineers, programmers, analysts, cyber security and the list goes on). Yes, obviously most, if not all, medical/pharmacy salaries start at a higher point for obvious reasons (more schooling, etc)..but in IT, you can reach those levels (and even surpass them) in time.
 
nycrxdream said:
Man I wouldn't worry about it, these girls in pharmacy school that are in a relationship and are very faithful. I haven't seen anyone break up yet, but the girls who are single are looking for M.Ds lol...
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I dunno about this. Not a single girl at my school is dating someone in med school. Seems like most of them just want to have fun.
 
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SHC1984 said:
Thanks Owle,

I will be going to a career fair here in Texas since I am away from my home state. I hope I get something there...if not I'll worry about it later! :laugh:

Congrats on your job!👍

I hope you can handle the stress! 😱
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Is UIW holding a career fair?
 
Momus said:
Gotta start dressing sexy at work!

Gonna get the house, the children and a new man - couldn't be better!
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Ehh, children = baggage. I would imagine most rich young guys don't want to go after somebody who has kids already. It's different if you both have kids from a previous marriage, or if you're late 30s-40s and the kids are grown up a bit.

But I'm no expert here, ask Sparda. I think I remember him saying he's into milfs or something like that.
 
Ackj said:
Ehh, children = baggage. I would imagine most rich young guys don't want to go after somebody who has kids already. It's different if you both have kids from a previous marriage, or if you're late 30s-40s and the kids are grown up a bit.

But I'm no expert here, ask Sparda. I think I remember him saying he's into milfs or something like that.
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Not MILFs, man. I'm talking about late 20s-early 30s women who are single, never married, career oriented. The only problem with this is, these type of women generally don't want flings or casual dating and are looking to settle down after concentrating on work their entire 20s.
 
curioustechie said:
Yes, there are exceptions (like anything). However, those "other 99%" are just complacent in their positions and CHOOSE not to go up the ladder or into higher paying, non mgmt. positions. There are plenty of non-mgmt IT positions that you can reach well over 100 (comp/software engineers, programmers, analysts, cyber security and the list goes on). Yes, obviously most, if not all, medical/pharmacy salaries start at a higher point for obvious reasons (more schooling, etc)..but in IT, you can reach those levels (and even surpass them) in time.
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Assuming your job isn't out sourced to India first!

Lastly, all the people that make 200K+ that are high in the ladder (CEOs, directors, executive manager, etc) that make the BIG bucks...those people usually have something called "family connections" that get them where they are now. It usually involves having a rich daddy or uncle etc. that get them those high positions. If you don't have great connections with a big corporation or you aren't related to a big time CEO...you can FORGET about landing one of those big boy jobs!
 
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pharm B said:
Is UIW holding a career fair?
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I been told it's in Oct so next month, but not sure what date and time exactly. I'll find out.

Are you going? What pharmacy school do you attend?

Sparda29 said:
Not MILFs, man. I'm talking about late 20s-early 30s women who are single, never married, career oriented. The only problem with this is, these type of women generally don't want flings or casual dating and are looking to settle down after concentrating on work their entire 20s.
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I have had 2 friends with benefits this year and maybe more to come....and I am one of those late 20s women that fit into your category. I been in school my ENTIRE life. :laugh: I do prefer a serious relationship but good men are hard to find. 🙄 Tons of men love flings though...or so I have learn over the course of this year.
 
pezdispenser said:
In Florida:

CVS pays $57.95/hr and they do a 44 hr week. CVS traditionally pays their new hires the highest as a recruitment tool (even higher than their current employees with many years of service). However, raises barely keep up with inflation.

Walgreens is trying something different by starting off new hires lower at $54.75/hr, and only guaranteeing 30 hrs/wk, but it usually increases to 40 in winter when all the snow birds come down here. Raises are now based on performance.

Hospitals each have their own policies but I've seen from $45-$55/hr, evening and weekend differentials, and more opportunities for raises from promotions.

There is no state income tax in Florida.

So SHC is pretty much right on the money. 🙂
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Let me start by saying that I dont know too much about pharmacy...Is salary really that high? I live in South FL and I was under the impression that retail salary is $40-50/hr and Hospital is $35-42/hr base on many conversations I had with pharmacy students...The pharmacy profession is striving and with the ACA, there will be more opportunities...Maybe I should jump into the bandwagon
 
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Temperature101 said:
Let me start by saying that I dont know too much about pharmacy...Is salary really that high? I live in South FL and I was under the impression that retail salary is $40-50/hr and Hospital is $35-42/hr base on many conversations I had with pharmacy students...The pharmacy profession is striving and with the ACA, there will be more opportunities...Maybe I should jump into the bandwagon
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hahahahahaha... bandwagon of unemployed pharmacists?
 
SHC1984 said:
Assuming your job isn't out sourced to India first!

Lastly, all the people that make 200K+ that are high in the ladder (CEOs, directors, executive manager, etc) that make the BIG bucks...those people usually have something called "family connections" that get them where they are now. It usually involves having a rich daddy or uncle etc. that get them those high positions. If you don't have great connections with a big corporation or you aren't related to a big time CEO...you can FORGET about landing one of those big boy jobs!
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Why do you have such a doom and gloom attitude towards IT or moving up/salary? First of all, yes some of the jobs have outsourced (which is obviously wrong). However, some of those jobs are starting to come back and some can NOT be outsourced. Again, they're non-mgmt positions that you can break 100 (see my list above). You don't necessarily need "connections" to get the mgmt jobs, either. Would it help? Most likely, but also hard work and determination do. But FYI, I do have connections (family/friends) if I really wanted to use them. However, I choose not to because I want to do it on my OWN, not get handed on silver platter bs..
 
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Sparda29 said:
Not MILFs, man. I'm talking about late 20s-early 30s women who are single, never married, career oriented. The only problem with this is, these type of women generally don't want flings or casual dating and are looking to settle down after concentrating on work their entire 20s.
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SHC1984 said:
I have had 2 friends with benefits this year and maybe more to come....and I am one of those late 20s women that fit into your category. I been in school my ENTIRE life. :laugh: I do prefer a serious relationship but good men are hard to find. 🙄 Tons of men love flings though...or so I have learn over the course of this year.
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Forget MTM, CDTM, autonomy, any of that. This would probably be the best thing to happen to the profession. Are you both going to midyear?
 
SHC1984 said:
Assuming your job isn't out sourced to India first!

Lastly, all the people that make 200K+ that are high in the ladder (CEOs, directors, executive manager, etc) that make the BIG bucks...those people usually have something called "family connections" that get them where they are now. It usually involves having a rich daddy or uncle etc. that get them those high positions. If you don't have great connections with a big corporation or you aren't related to a big time CEO...you can FORGET about landing one of those big boy jobs!
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Nah..my family connection has nothing to do with where I am today. Every single one of my colleagues and coworkers who make over $200k including admin, md and pharmd got there without their family connection. There are many Many people who make $200k+......its really the new "6 figure" income.

I will say it again. You have to look at the total compensation not the hourly rate.
 
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