07-02-2005 08:35									#1
	Would a 40 hour a week, 40k a year job make you happy? Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

Stipulations: You are GUARANTEED the job for life.

You will never, ever, ever get promoted or get raises past inflation's effect.

The job is mindless and boring, while not physically demanding or hard, it is boring as hell.

You get 2 and a half weeks of paid vacation a year and good health benifits/insurance.


Would this job make you happy?

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	07-02-2005 08:37									#2
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No. I'm not going to spend the rest of my life doing something that I find mindless and boring.

	07-02-2005 08:39									#4
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quote: Originally posted by Ramo No. I'm not going to spend the rest of my life doing something that I find mindless and boring.

That would be my reason too, no matter what the money is.

	07-02-2005 08:40									#5
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quote: Originally posted by alva That would be my reason too, no matter what the money is.

I prefer mindless and boring.

	07-02-2005 08:46									#6
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The money would make me happy, the job itself would make me suicidal.....it's a difficult decision

	07-02-2005 08:53									#7
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Id do it, enough free time to make up for the borinness

	07-02-2005 08:56									#8
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it wouldn't make me happy, no. but I might take it.

	07-02-2005 08:57									#9
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Accounting or actuary?

	07-02-2005 09:02									#10
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No.

	07-02-2005 09:04									#11
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Damn no. I essentially have that job now (though granted I make a little less) and I have no intention of staying with it.

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yes. yes i would. my career isnt who i am.

	07-02-2005 09:11									#13
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No.

	07-02-2005 09:14									#14
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$40k? Who can raise a family on that these days?

	07-02-2005 09:15									#15
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No way.


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	07-02-2005 09:17									#16
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quote: Originally posted by PLATO $40k? Who can raise a family on that these days?

someone who has fiscal managment.

	07-02-2005 09:22									#17
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quote: Originally posted by PLATO $40k? Who can raise a family on that these days?

most of the population of my city makes less money than that.

	07-02-2005 09:29									#18
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In most areas of the US, you can raise a family on $40k/year.

But, no, I wouldn't sign up for that deal through retirement.

	07-02-2005 09:31									#19
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quote: Originally posted by DanS In most areas of the US, you can raise a family on $40k/year. But, no, I wouldn't sign on to the full deal until retirement.

yep, it's a decent amount of money. You just can't expect to buy each of your kids playstations and xbox's and the motorized scooter bikes etc.

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My sis and her husband raise 6 kids on just a little bit less than that. They need to be disciplined about money management. They don't ever have much cash, but I wouldn't consider them poor. They built their own house, which is a really nice spread.

It helps that they live in a rural area, of course.

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If you work hard in school like my sister, people will offer you 100k a year right out of college. I'm not as smart as her though. But I still think I could do a lot better than 40k.

I don't want a stressful job, though.

	07-02-2005 09:40									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Jaguar If you work hard in school like my sister, people will offer you 100k a year right out of college.

I have never seen anybody who got offers of 100K right out of college - unless your degree is MBA from a famous business school.

	07-02-2005 09:42									#23
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Economics at Yale. Financial consultant for Mercer Oliver Wyman.

	07-02-2005 09:42									#24
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quote: Originally posted by DanS In most areas of the US, you can raise a family on $40k/year. But, no, I wouldn't sign up for that deal through retirement.

I suppose their kid's never needed braces, or played on sports teams, or were boy scouts (or girl scouts as the case may be). It takes a buttload of money to raise kid's these days. If you get them a decent house in a decent school district then $40K ain't gonna make it.

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quote: Originally posted by DanS My sis and her husband raise 6 kids on just a little bit less than that. They need to be disciplined about money management. They don't ever have much cash, but I wouldn't consider them poor. They built their own house, which is a really nice spread. It helps that they live in a rural area, of course.

A true rarity. They are a credit to themselves.

	07-02-2005 09:46									#26
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It takes a whole lot to raise kids. Sending 4 to college can be up to half a million dollars.

	07-02-2005 09:55									#27
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Me?

For sure.

I can use the other hours in the week to do what I want.

	07-02-2005 09:56									#28
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Forget getting married to Denise and having kids then.

	07-02-2005 09:57									#29
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quote: I suppose their kid's never needed braces, or played on sports teams, or were boy scouts (or girl scouts as the case may be). It takes a buttload of money to raise kid's these days. If you get them a decent house in a decent school district then $40K ain't gonna make it.

Some things are needed more than others. Braces aren't a need in any reality with which I'm familiar, for instance. They go to parochial school, but they'll have to go to public high school (I suggested that a home equity loan would be justifiable to pay for parochial high school, but they probably won't choose that, in part because the kids would have to travel 1 hour each way). The kids play on sports teams, but they don't do Boy Scouts.

	07-02-2005 09:58									#30
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40K US a year?

Indexed for inflation?

That could go rather far, particularly in a rural area.

And I am a country boy by heart.

Edit:

Ah, no. What I want to do includes taking care of kids, and being a family man.