Currency trading is a good one. I know people that make anywhere from 100k to 750K doing it but you need to be very smart and quick on your feet or your doomed
Currency trading is a good one. I know people that make anywhere from 100k to 750K doing it but you need to be very smart and quick on your feet or your doomed
Capt. Large Airline.
early going is tough (see Buffalo investigation and starting salary for commuter F/O was 16 grand a youear) but once you work your way up, great job, great money, super quality of life. Never take your work home with you, and running on the road is fantastic.
Runner up: Flight Attendant...though highest ones top out at 100ish grand (not 200 to 300k)
I've found that it is pretty rare to have a "job" that will give you a salary of over 150Kish when you are less than 10-15ish years out of school, even in the traditionally overpaid professions like finance and legal. Chances are good that if you banking that much, you can make a reasonably strong case for earning much more than that (i.e. "Of course I'm getting paid a million a year... without me the company would be out 3 million a year."). If you are going to be motivated enough to be one of these people, then chances are good that you are motivated enough to do it on your own... so if this is you, just start your own business in something that interests you and where you have some level of expertise. You'll get to keep that hypothetical 3 million for yourself instead of feeling ripped off by "only" getting paid 1 million and having 66% of your earnings going to support overhead, and other opportunities will arise organically. If you want to "check-collect", just find a really high paying industry (finance, legal) and be mediocore and mediocorely rich.
Naples wrote:
Dermatologist! My wife is in her 4th year with a private practice and makes just shy of 750k. She works 4 days / week. Cant't beat it.
It's also arguably the most difficult specialty to obtain. Saying "I'm going to medical school to become a Dermatologist" is a fun fantasy, but for 99.5% of people in medical school, it'll never happen, no matter how hard they work. So he'd better be prepared to settle for something else.
Get a Ph.D in a field that has importance in the economic world (a physical or natural science, rather than English or History) and do research for a company like 3M or GE or Exxon-Mobile. You won't be in the $200K-$300K range right away but you'll start off relatively close and should be there within a few years.
teeth? wrote:
Become a dentist, get your own practice. If you're competent you'll be able to make well over 200k and probably go into semi-retirement early.
Yep. Take the prereqs, study hard for the admissions test, and once you're accepted you're pretty much set. I know some wealthy dentists that were never great students. None work more than 4 days a week.
salary wrote:
I don't mind crazy hours. All I want to do is work. The reason I want to avoid law is because I've been a paralegal for three years and I f***ing hate lawyers. Killing them all would not be enough to satisfy me.
I know how you feel, except I'm on the opposite end of it. I've been practicing law for five years and I hate paralegals. They're a bunch of deadbeats with no ambition who want everything handed to them. Killing them all would not be enough to satisfy me.
Chris Knight wrote:
I know how you feel, except I'm on the opposite end of it. I've been practicing law for five years and I hate paralegals. They're a bunch of deadbeats with no ambition who want everything handed to them. Killing them all would not be enough to satisfy me.
Welcome to life. Work a lot harder and smarter than everyone else, surrounded by mediocre people who do nothing but whine all day (and yet will occupy the same positions some five years hence, still bitching no doubt) and full well knowing that your first five months, and soon to be six, of work are going to pay the government to subsidize said mediocrity.
My gf is an international escort last year in 17 trips(43 days total) she billed (as an art acquision consultant w/Masters FineArts to back it up) over $275,000 US add on undeclared tips like a 30grand necklace&earring set and an almost filled standardsize safedeposit box of freshly laundered 20s&50s and we are looking north of 350Gs take-home.Works out to about one long weekend a month.
If you are a 31 year old multilingual super bright 5`11 Teutonic blond with a light spray of freckles across your nose and a killer bod this may work for you.
After bringing the Thai stick marketing technique home in early `66 and a `70s 3-5 bid at Fishkill that solidified my innercity connections I`ve been enjoying my own very short workweek for 30 some years.
Success in life is due to intelligence. Those who are less successful are stupid.
Nope, intelligence has little to do with it. Work ethic, connections, personality, and luck are everything.
Yes Derm is one of the most competitive fields out there. She does skin cancer surgeries all day and does the majority of their cosmetics ( botox and limp fillers ) Here in Florida we have lots of sun and lots of old people who got too much sun. The cosmetics are all cash and lots of women getting stuff pumped into their faces. That damn place practically prints their own money.
I'm a lawyer, and trust me, this job is a f***ing grind. Sure, money is nice, but the reason they pay so well here is because no one would do it for less. You're smart to head in the opposite direction.
If you have the ability, I would become a CRNA. Go to nursing school, work for a couple years, then do the CRNA program. Most graduates come out making $150K to $180K. You can make more if you pick up more shifts / overtime. My girlfriend is in the program and trust me, it's a f***ing racket. Sure, the school is hard as hell, but once you're done, it's all gravy.
Medicine is the only field where you can make 200-300k without being at the top of your field. Only a small percentage of lawyers make 200-300k. The average pay nationwide is about 120k.
Frankly, if you really want big money and like working day and night, start your own business. Something real, not making custom wedding outfits for people's pets. That is how to hit the bigtime. Look at Bear Naked granola. Started by a bunch of 20 somethings, the product goes nationwide after only a few years.
But if you don't like lawyers, stay away from business. You will spend as much time on the phone with your attorneys as you do with anyone else if you start a business.