To those that don’t see alot of people making the kind of money that gets tossed around here:

I used to be one of you until I learned how to make money. It really doesnt have as much to do with how brilliant you are or what degree you have. Alot of it is learning where to find it, taking risks and finding ways to get what you are worth. In our capitalistic society, alot of wealth is generated on the backs of people like you. I have known many complete idiots that are utterly incompotent rise to high paying postiions in companies large and small.

12 years ago, I was a sales guy at a tech start up and made 50K plus commissions. Some blowhard walked in and said how much she could produce. She was hired at double my salary. In the next 12 months, my production was double her’s. I then renegotiated my salary to be equivalent to her’s. 12 month’s later the company was sold and we were all out of work but she had made an extra 50K the year before. That pissed me off to no end. From that point on, I was never afraid to ask for the stars and frequently got it.