[quote=flyer]Just to clarify the “Academia” post. Family members I mentioned are in Academic Administration at the University level, which is the reason for the $200K+.
All admit they chose it because they enjoy it, and it provides a great income pretty much guaranteed for life (when you factor in their cool retirement package which they plan to take in their 50’s) + they all wanted to work and live in CA and found some great opportunities here.
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Lol, and people wonder why college tuition and student loans are going to the moon.
[quote=livinincali][quote=flyer]Just to clarify the “Academia” post. Family members I mentioned are in Academic Administration at the University level, which is the reason for the $200K+.
All admit they chose it because they enjoy it, and it provides a great income pretty much guaranteed for life (when you factor in their cool retirement package which they plan to take in their 50’s) + they all wanted to work and live in CA and found some great opportunities here.
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Lol, and people wonder why college tuition and student loans are going to the moon.[/quote]
LOL, Yea that is the advice I would give my kid, If your not going to be a Doctor of something, Move to L.A. and get a Job at LADWP LOL.
But seriously My nephew is going for his PhD so he can teach at the college level.
For an administrator, $200K/year is an anomoly, unless you’re a president, chancellor or a dean of of law/medicine/dentistry. Many deans of “lesser” disciplines don’t even crack the 6 figure salary.
[quote=ltsdd]For an administrator, $200K/year is an anomoly, unless you’re a president, chancellor or a dean of of law/medicine/dentistry. Many deans of “lesser” disciplines don’t even crack the 6 figure salary.[/quote]
That is absolutely correct. I was amazed also. They have been very fortunate, but there are income anomalies in every profession. In my profession, pilots can make anywhere from $35K (those starting out today with regional carriers) to $400K+ (for those high on the seniority lists with major carriers.)
If they work for one of the bigger colleges in the L.A. area (UCLA, USC etc…) that is probably a quite normal pay scale for professors and senior admin staff etc….
[quote=The-Shoveler]If they work for one of the bigger colleges in the L.A. area (UCLA, USC etc…) that is probably a quite normal pay scale for professors and senior admin staff etc….[/quote]
Not only is it not normal, it may be impossible for an administrator to make anywhere near $200K/yr – unless, again, they’re in higher positions (Deans and up). As for professors, the only ones that make the $200K/yr are in health sciences – which I am sure most if not all are M.Ds.
[quote=flu]There’s no way in hell Q is a worse place to work than some of the defense companies that my colleagues worked at, one in particular in Rancho Bernardo. Just saying…[/quote]
[quote=Clifford][quote=flu]There’s no way in hell Q is a worse place to work than some of the defense companies that my colleagues worked at, one in particular in Rancho Bernardo. Just saying…[/quote]
