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Was your career all Electrical engineering related?
The reason i ask is that I am a Graduate Student in EE, and just wondering if working as an EE will yield returns for an SL55!!
but of course I did EE cause I enjoy what I do....
Thanks for the reply.....................
The reason i ask is that I am a Graduate Student in EE, and just wondering if working as an EE will yield returns for an SL55!!
but of course I did EE cause I enjoy what I do....
Thanks for the reply.....................
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i'm a junior doing EECS with more emphasis on EE, maybe will continue onto masters
i know someone working for a phd in EE at MIT and he makes as much money as some people make in a year just working for IBM during the summer (but then he did graduate with a 5.0 gpa which i think only 10-20 ppl out of 1000 or so can pull off). i think for MIT, phd in EE is has the highest salary average.
but i guess if you're good at what you do, money is bound to come to you with some luck
i think trading is a good way to make money as well... i've been trading since the 9th grade, and i like it. i pay for my purchases with the money i make off the market. it did help that my mom gave me a sizeable sum to start off with though... if i decide not to do EECS i would probably trade.
there are so many different ways to make money... i know in hawaii, the richest local runs a real estate company. i hear real estate laws and regulations in hawaii are easy to make a killing on. also, a lot of the people living in highclass neighborhoods with loads of money run tour companies. those two are well suited for hawaii i guess. i don't think those jobs are as respectable (just my opinion) as an engineer, but if you like what you do, and you can make money at it, i don't see what the problem is.
i know someone working for a phd in EE at MIT and he makes as much money as some people make in a year just working for IBM during the summer (but then he did graduate with a 5.0 gpa which i think only 10-20 ppl out of 1000 or so can pull off). i think for MIT, phd in EE is has the highest salary average.
but i guess if you're good at what you do, money is bound to come to you with some luck
i think trading is a good way to make money as well... i've been trading since the 9th grade, and i like it. i pay for my purchases with the money i make off the market. it did help that my mom gave me a sizeable sum to start off with though... if i decide not to do EECS i would probably trade.
there are so many different ways to make money... i know in hawaii, the richest local runs a real estate company. i hear real estate laws and regulations in hawaii are easy to make a killing on. also, a lot of the people living in highclass neighborhoods with loads of money run tour companies. those two are well suited for hawaii i guess. i don't think those jobs are as respectable (just my opinion) as an engineer, but if you like what you do, and you can make money at it, i don't see what the problem is.
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Keep in mind that you do not drop your last $130k on an SL55. You will realistically have other things to spend your taxed dollars on, not least a home and retirement planning. If you are making your own way in the world without help from over-indulgent families, working for a corporation is not going to do it. You need to be fairly high up the corporate tree before an SL55 - very much a discretionary purchase - becomes a viable option.
On the other hand, running your own business - with all the hard work and risk that involves - allows you to provide real value-add and make an SL55 a realistic reward for your efforts.
On the other hand, running your own business - with all the hard work and risk that involves - allows you to provide real value-add and make an SL55 a realistic reward for your efforts.
