what realistic salary for that job would make you ignore your dislike for it and continue working?

10/24/2009 8:56:33 PM

apparently its .90x - C

where
x = my current the salary i was hired at

and

C = some unknown constant

10/24/2009 9:48:54 PM

i was pretty unhappy with my most recent job for a long while, but i was making around $50k by the time i left. i'd say that if i'm making enough to be really happy outside of my job, i'll be ok for the time being, and just look for another job anyway.

10/24/2009 9:53:32 PM

depends if another job is available that i'd be happier with..

10/24/2009 9:54:30 PM

realistically i should be making about twice what i am now

10/24/2009 10:20:33 PM

If this job gave raises I'd probably be happier. But motherfuckers don't

10/24/2009 10:22:21 PM

the only way i've gotten raises is by changing jobs. in fact, at every job i was making less than my starting salary when i quit. looks like this one is keeping the trend alive.

that being said, i'm now making 1.8 times what i was making at my first job out of college (graduated in 2000) and have always left on my on accord, surviving numerous downsizings (knock on wood). so i must be doing something right, but apparently suck at picking places to work at.

10/24/2009 10:44:19 PM

^you are a ______ in the ______ industry, just for reference

10/24/2009 10:49:04 PM

first job i was a manufacturing engineer in the automotive industry

second job i was a development engineer in the automotive industry

third (current) job i am a project engineer in the capital industrial equipment industry

10/24/2009 10:55:25 PM

$iowa

10/24/2009 10:56:24 PM

50k

[Edited on October 24, 2009 at 11:36 PM. Reason : it's ridiculously easy]

10/24/2009 11:36:00 PM

at this point in my life, 6 digits

10/24/2009 11:37:16 PM