I'm qutting banking to do this

that is a good idea. what are cops pullin in these days?

35?

Pulling 100k and working two jobs aint that great IMO esp w/ a Yale degree.

thats about it, it aint gonna get higher, but then if both work and live in a avg area with not to high costs on a 100k joint they can have a good lifestyle. so dont knock it. I know people on less and are living a comfortably

i.e. in NYC cops start at I believe 29K

but they are suburbs in Long Island where a cop brings home a 100K salary.

To tell the truth I'd say you only need 60K for the household to live more or less comfortably.

The difference between a 60K income and a 150K income...is a bigger house and a better car.

no, my buddy up at West Hartford, Ct gets 50k base, full health/dental/life and pension after 20 yrs of 1/2 the highest years pay. i actully talked w/ him last night. 51K Base + 8K overtime is about 60K. assuming he stays on patrol his whole life he will make a pension of 30k after twenty years until he dies, pretty good. I got another yalie over at stamford, CT PD. He makes about 60K + 20 K overtime, he pulls in about 80/ yr

thats good stuff, 80k + a wifes salary of 80k, i could live a nice happy life at 160. you wont be able to fly private jets, but you will live a nice life. im going into cop work.

Being a cop also puts your life at risk, you can't forget that part.

Why don't you just go into accounting (like me), easy hours and good pay.

because being an accountant is boring. to be honest, ive always wanted to be a cop. i got into yale and decided to go IB b/c of the allure of money and power. its like the ivy league. everybody wants in, once ur there though, u realize it is nothing special.

Yale? You have all that debt to pay off, Jesus Christ what would that be, 180k? Thank God I go to a public university for free since my dad was smart enough to throw money in a mutual fund account back in the 80's.

that 50K is in CT, NYU workers get really underpaid...cops/firefighters/teachers they get some of the lowest salaries for their professions country wide

if you want to really make good money doing menial work, become a garbage man. Once you get in(its really competitive), they make about 100K per year...of course there is the downside of major injury(truck wedges you between itself and a car), and you go home smelling like garbage

Garbage man making 100k? What the fuck is this bullshit?

http://www.faqfarm.com/Q/How_much_money_does_a_garbage_collector_earn

80K...but you probably get overtime, which is why I was told 100K

Wow the risk of getting wedged outweights the compensation even if it is 100k!

I wonder if that's a turn on for women... what do you do, I collect your garbage... may I collect that garbage in your trunk?

Telling a girl she has junk in her trunk is definitely a turn-on for all girls, Rogue. I suggest you try it out with some girl immediately and tell us what she says. Just make sure you pick the skinniest, blondest one you can find. Extra points if her name is Ashley or Brittany.

I like women who have a figure. I'm not talking about fat girls (I don't like fat people, why they have to be fat?) at all, but like an athletic girl who has a figure.

Fair enough. But not all girls will respond positively to being told they have an ass on them. (On the other hand, some definitely will.)

I doubt that would get you anywhere with a girl.

My friend is trying to get interviews for a junior garbageman position at a bulge-bracket garbage company. The exit opps are amazing.

hilarious. you guys are a riot. i could read this stuff all night.

fuck that, you guys are fuckers. how can you even equate police work and teaching with garbage collection? believe it or not, not everybody can or wants to be an investment banker. people value things differently. just b/c you're a pretentious assfuck banker, doesnt mean others have to.

fuck that, you guys are fuckers. how can you even equate police work and teaching with garbage collection? believe it or not, not everybody can or wants to be an investment banker. people value things differently. just b/c you're a pretentious assfuck banker, doesnt mean others have to.

Some thoughts on the above:

$100k is bullshit...lower middle class

Cop> Garbage man >teacher (in order of prestige/respect)

Garabage man> Cop >teacher (in order of salary)

Not everyone can or wants to be a banker, but as my dad used to say, "the world needs ditch-diggers, too".

how is a teacher a ditch digger. i work in IB, i know IB, and i also happen to know many people from college who went into "ditch digging" professions, people from yale, in ditch-digging professions, tell me sir, where did you go?

i can also tell you that many of my ditch digging friends have 10x the intelligence/personality than many of my IB co-workers. Go fuck yourself.

People who do not have the intelligence or drive to make something of themselves are ditch-diggers.

P.S. The guy who shines my shoes has personality, but that doesn't mean I respect him as a human being.

"how can you even equate police work and teaching with garbage collection?"

Police work = collecting society's garbage

Teaching = collecting parents' garbage

How am I the first person to point this out? In a number of senses, we are ALL garbage collectors. Especially psychologists... yikes.

Mis Ind, I'll provide a service for you...

I bet you will.

Do ibanking in your twentys, get your MBA, fill your 401K, save up a mil for your retirement. Then when you turn 30-35, go teach at a local college. Get 50K, work 9 months out of the year,3 hours per day, in a stress free environment.

Hey Anonymous

Please provide for us the median U.S. income in 2005 (an estimate is fine) as well the the percentage of U.S. workers earning over 100k per year.

I could throw these figures out there now but this way there will be little disagreement by having you provide the data.

One thing your Dad must have forgotten to teach you is humility and respect for mankind.

average household income is in the 40-50K range.(Thats for 2 people). So 100K for 1 person is an extremely good salary.

1) I wipe my ass with 50K a year.

2) No I do not respect the shoe shiner as a human being.

3) Garabage man > teacher

4) It sounds like all of you are or will be ditch-diggers.

5) Mis Ind is fat.

HTH

Just answer the question

A 100K is lower middle class and will not buy much.

100k would buy me:

10 weeks of vacation in St. Barts 3/4 of a decent car A year or so of mortgage payments Remodeling guesthouse

I would never work for such slave wages.

HTH

$43,318 as of 2003.

http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth…

HTH

That's awesome, dude. I'm genuinely glad to hear that you're raking it in hand over fist. So why are you hanging out on a board for junior bankers, most of whom make between $100-250k? That's chump change for you. If I were you, I'd get off the computer and go eat at Per Se, then round it off with armagnac at Brandy Library. Don't talk to us losers anymore. You're better than that.

Why do fat chicks hate me so much?

HTH

That is great that you have achieved such a wonderful lifestyle!

You sure sound self made as well. (haha)

You obviously do not understand the logic of answering the question.

Making the statement that 100k is lower middle class simply shows your ignorance to the world around you and your need to seek acceptance among your peers.

Poor = Under $50K Middle Class = $100k to $999,999 Upper = $1M Plus Then Billionaire

Hence the low end of the middle class = $100k

HTH

30K=poor 60K=bottom middle class 100K=middle middle class 150K+=upper middle 500K+=lower upper 800K+=middle upper 999K =upper middle 1 mil+=millionaire 1 bil+=billionaire

Great, I'll make a note of that. Thanks.

Make another note. If you weigh more than 115 pounds, you're overweight.

HTH

Duly noted. Thanks!

I'm willing to wager $10k right now that you weigh over 155 lbs.

HTH

she said she was short, i'd say 120-140

That's a pretty long shot, isn't it? I don't think I know a single girl in my analyst class who weighs over 155. Well, maybe one, but she was 6 feet tall.

At any rate, even if you were serious, 10k wouldn't be worth meeting you in real life to prove it.

Andrew, I said I was too short to be a model, and you need to be 5'9" or above to be a model. In the real world, I wouldn't call myself short at all... just not abnormally tall.

I really don't see how this is germane to any of these conversations, though. Why is everyone obsessed with my measurements? This board is about banking.

Thanks, dude. Have fun.

Check this out.... [I bet you will]. You see that? She didn't say [I bet you would] because she knows that there is a mystical attraction between us that will eventually have an outcome of me rightfully servicing her.