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41-50, 80-100k package, IT, Level 6/7, Sussex, 31-40 officially but whatever it takes in reality
The Official "How Much I Earn/What Job I Do" Information Thread
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Associate
22-25, £40,001+, Software engineer, Level 6 education, based in Cardiff, 40-50 hours a week
Soldato
All the majors for spot, bias towards Cable because it's typically so liquid and 'trade-able', intraday positions on most of the instruments aside from metals which we play longerterm.
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Soldato
All the majors for commodities and FX? I wouldn't like your membership bill as it doesn't sound like you're also going in wide for rebate!
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Soldato
[TW]Fox;18183180 said:Ah so its your fault we have $100 oil
Haha, we're a lot more humble than that! Our positions, which may appear large, relatively speaking aren't even a hundredth that of the bigger institutions.
Soldato
this thread depresses me, I apparently have a level 6 education, work 35 hours per week in retail, and I earn nowhere near what I should be taking those other things into account, esp considering my age :/
Soldato
I think this thread skews what people earn. Remember the UK average is somewhere around £26k, this threads average seems to be around £40k.
The salary you get and by what age largely depends what industry you work in and how specialised your skillset is. Your problem imo is that you work in retail, it's much more limited in long-term scope than professions such as IT, and especially Accounting etc, where if you work hard you can often expect to be on 40k+ by 35, and significantly more by 50.
No more daft that stacking shelves at Tescos for £6 an hour or, <insert equally soul-destroying low-end job here>
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Soldato
Like I said its all relative, I for example pay 800/pcm rent thats without bills/council tax/insurance. So out of my wages around 1000-1100. Thats just for living in Aberdeen.
KaHn
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I think it's probably wise to take a lot of the posts in this thread with a pinch of salt tbh.
Not only will you have a decent proportion of relatively high earners on a busy technical forum, but the main ones who post will be the ones who feel happy with their current salary. I haven't seen many posts that need overly much salt.
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What [Level] is a masters degree in terms of Education [got Master of Pharmacy Degree aged 23], and what qualifications do people have to get a decent job [that pays 40K] in IT between 22-25?
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Soldato
39, £90k-97k, RF Design Engineer Contractor, Level 7 education, based in Edinburgh, ~ 40 hours a week
Caporegime
Yeah whatever, it wouldn't be the first time we've seen people "exaggerating" their wealth/importance here.
Associate
22 year old, Craftsman (private) in the British army : 17k a year.
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I'm level 3 education and if the picture on the first post suggests I work 21-30 hours a week it is VERY wrong
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I'm level 3 education and if the picture on the first post suggests I work 21-30 hours a week it is VERY wrong
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Or the first time we've seen those with petty jealousies doubting them.
Some of them have such laughably gaping holes in what they say though its hardly suprising people doubt them
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I think he's right really. I haven't posted in here, because there's little point. It's pretty mediocre. I'm happy with it but it's not worth writing home about as it were. Lots of people probably feel the same.
If I was on £50k though I'd probably tell everyone.
There's bound to be a couple of fibbers though you're right.
Also the nature of this forum does attract a disproportionate amount of IT bods, many of which do pretty well for themselves.