highest paying job

[.jrauck]

Does anyone know of jobs that have to deal with computers and coding such as html. I'm looking for the highest paying jobs so I can know what field I should be going in. I know I need to find a job I like and such, and thats what im doing. I just dont want to go to college and make like $30,000 a year.

I like computers dealing with hardware and software. I am currently taking html classes which the class is almost done, so I like web mastering. I also like realty, such as fixing up homes and such.

[Zephik]

If I had to take a guess, I would say programming? That stuff seems to be tedious and hard, makes sense to me that it would pay the most. I could be wrong though.

[Omega]

I'm so glad I'm not going into the IT field. An entry-level job in the field I want to enter is 20$/hour, full benefits, 16 paid holidays, and I'd get a free car to drive around.

I love the automotive industry. (note: those job specs are based off of NUMMI's entry-level pay and benefits)

[Omega]

Oh, I should have added. HTML is easy as ****. You probably won't make much off of knowing HTML, but HTML, CSS, JS, and PHP will be good for web-based jobs. For other stuff, Python, C, C++, and other languages like that would be better.

[Spawn-Inc]

well this is more so to your modding/fixing things skills but HVAC and Refrigeration. thats what i am going to get into. if you can find a good company it can start at 50k and go up to 100k +. its lots of working with your hands and being able to think of quick fix's/ mcgivering things. from what i haev done thusfar i really like it.

[Slug Toy]

an interesting tech job that i came across is something called GIS. i went to a geology roundup a while back, and talked to a lot of CEO's of mining companies... and heres the main points i got.

-geologists are desperately needed in the mining industry
-people with GIS knowledge are gods because they're really rare too (GIS means Geographic Information System)
-someone with even half a year of GIS training can land a $70+ thousand dollar job doing modelling of mine and exploration sites
-someone with a year or more of GIS can make even more money
-someone who has done both geology and GIS stuff is worth their weight in gold, possibly up to $150 thousand a year from the sounds of it

the idea i got from talking to all these people is that you dont necessarily need to know much about geology to work in GIS, but if you do know some of that stuff, your salary goes up. they were so keen on getting GIS people that even one six month program, which leaves you fairly knowledgeable, is enough to start working with pretty good pay.

only trick to all this is the fact that you need to go to university... im pretty sure they dont offer night courses for GIS at the local community college. the benefits are definitely there if you can handle it though.

if this sounds interesting... dont go just off what ive said. my advice is to go talk to people at university, call whatever mining companies you can find and chat with them, keep an eye out for local events that you may be able to get into. the one good thing about events like roundups and such is that geologists like their booze, and if you're good at talking up drunk people, you can probably get a job or at least seriously considered for one.

[simon275]

Engineers!!!!!!! Learn to become an mining Engineer and come to Australia when you get off the plane the mining companies will try and mug you as they are so desperate they will pay you a lot. Like $100,000+ a year.

But if you want to do IT codding.

Yeah every man as dog can do HTML these days so unless you have Ruby on Rails, CSS, PHP, JAVA, Java script, HTML, implementing AJAX based solutions and maybe some networking like a CCNA under your belt you are gonna have trouble finding a job let alone getting the big bucks as a webmaster.

Or you can just be a code monkey (http://www.jonathancoulton.com/music/thingaweek/CodeMonkey.mp3) ;)

[DaveW]

I want to be a systems analyst when i graduate. Average salary is between £40,000 and £75,000 a year. (roughly about $80,000-$150,000 a year).

It's not an easy job, and there's different fields. One guy i heard of was woken up in the middle of the night and told top be packed in an hour. One hour later, he's on a helicopter heading off coast, and they give him the manuals for a Oil Tanker's navigation system. They drop him on the Oil Tanker and leave him to fix it, alone, with only the manuals. He fixes the tanker, and has to stay with the crew for the rest of their 4-6 week journey to Africa. When he arrives, he has a company credit card which he can use to find his own way home. While in Africa, he gets kidnapped and ransomed. The company pays a hefty ransom to get him back, and he still has to find his own way home.

It's a tough job, but an exciting one. You also have to be pretty specialised to get into it fully. (There are safer forms of systems analyis. This one's the one that most people avoid.)

-Dave

[Kabniel]

I'd agree with the GIS shtick. GIS is a growing technology. There are many universities are looking for people to support GIS. It's a great tool for those doing research. Problem is, being so complex most of those people doing the research can't use it very well. They need teachers.

There are open source resources for GIS i believe. While I can't think of any off the top of my head, i'm pretty sure they are out there. If one becomes proficient in using that, I'm sure it'll open doors without formal training.

Otherwise, programming. For examples I suggest going to different company websites. University websites are good too. I was recently looking at Emory University's (Atlanta, GA, USA) employment page and noticed that various programming positions go for $90,000 depending on experience, skill, and whatnot. Personally, I consider that very nice. I'm the kind of guy that's perfectly happy with $40k a year.

[AJ@PR]

Side-Note::: "HTML" is not coding.

[moon111]

I know a few people who got the big job working for a big company then were given the boot. Now they find themselves with skills that are outdated. Unwilling to move, they're working for about $10.00/hr cdn at a call centre, which with the exchange rate, is less then minimum wage in some U.S. states.

[.jrauck]

Side-Note::: "HTML" is not coding.
Ya I know. I didnt technically mean that.

Does being a GIS have to do with a lot of math?

[progbuddy]

I want to go into hardware engineering for PCs and technical design. Seems like a good job to me.

[simon275]

I want to go into hardware engineering for PCs and technical design. Seems like a good job to me.

Then work hard at physics and maths and expect to be doing the most hardcore maths and physics imaginable for like 4 or 5 years of your life at university.

[Redundant]

I actually haven't decided what career I want to pursue after highschool and then collage.
I'm kind of stuck between wanting to become an Aerospace Engineer or a Computer Hardware Engineer.

Although, what I would really like would be to become an Entrepreneur or a CEO for some computer company. (*cough*Bill Gate's Apprentice*cough* lol)

No, I will not settle for less than $100,000 a year. :D

[tybrenis]

I actually haven't decided what career I want to pursue after highschool and then collage.
I'm kind of stuck between wanting to become an Aerospace Engineer or a Computer Hardware Engineer.

Although, what I would really like would be to become an Entrepreneur or a CEO for some computer company. (*cough*Bill Gate's Apprentice*cough* lol)

No, I will not settle for less than $100,000 a year. :D

Head on over to dreamland. They always offer starting jobs to kids right out of college that earn $100,000 a year and higher. :banana:

Ultimately, I want to start my own display company to make displays and merchandising for big companies. However, in college I want to major in industrial design or mechanical engineering, or similar.

[.jrauck]

How do you become a computer administrator? I know you cant go to school for it, because you just have to be in a certain type of field for a long time.

[simon275]

I am going to university doing a bachelor of Information Technology 4 years. :eek:

Majoring in Networking & Applications and sub majors in Systems Development and Accounting.

That is one way to get into the computer industry I guess.

[Zalman]

Over here in Western Australia, the mining industry is booming. We have truck drivers earning in excess of $130000AU ($100000US). If you're a tradesman, you can earn up to $180000AU ($140000US), and if you're an experienced engineer, you can earn up to $200K+

I work for a US based multi-national IT company that services some of these companies, and they only get $80K AU, which is pretty sh1t!! It's better off working as a truck driver than in IT.

[Bucko]

They need to pay that much for anyone to want to go to Western Australia... ;)

(PS, kill that annoying sig, it's against the rules here)

[SgtM]

I want to get into LAN and WAN administration, but I don't think that I will, even if I go to school and get a degree for it.. I will probably end up being a 6figure sales guy here at this company.

-Jai

There's nothing wrong with that. I'm not a sales guy. I don't care about selling you anything. I'm a LAN/WAN guy.

[simon275]

Over here in Western Australia, the mining industry is booming. We have truck drivers earning in excess of $130000AU ($100000US). If you're a tradesman, you can earn up to $180000AU ($140000US), and if you're an experienced engineer, you can earn up to $200K+

I work for a US based multi-national IT company that services some of these companies, and they only get $80K AU, which is pretty sh1t!! It's better off working as a truck driver than in IT.

At least you don't have to work night shifts and IT is a lot lesss dangerous then working in a mine anyway.

[nil8]

Be a CEO. You'll make far more money than most jobs.
If money is your goal, go into business management roles.

[Reyer]

i can top em all. i live in seattle and there are thoes fatty cranes that load on and load off the crates from cargo ships and trucks.

Its hard to believe but the crane operators only work like 3 hours a day, and they work for like a week then get a month off.
and they make 200,000 a year.

Its amazing, you don't have to have any high school diploma or college junk. All you do is train in a maritime academy for like 2 years, and once you have it down, they send you out. And to some of these guys its second nature.

[.jrauck]

i can top em all. i live in seattle and there are thoes fatty cranes that load on and load off the crates from cargo ships and trucks.

Its hard to believe but the crane operators only work like 3 hours a day, and they work for like a week then get a month off.
and they make 200,000 a year.

Its amazing, you don't have to have any high school diploma or college junk. All you do is train in a maritime academy for like 2 years, and once you have it down, they send you out. And to some of these guys its second nature.

Can anyone else back that up because thats hard to believe.


Be a CEO. You'll make far more money than most jobs.
If money is your goal, go into business management roles.

How would you become a CEO?

[nil8]

Crane operators for shipyards do make good money for their education level. They also have a job that requires precision and isn't as easy as it looks. After 20 years, they might make good money, but they work long hours and do difficult work.
3 hours a day my achin' ass. Go talk to some crane ops and see how many hours they work in a week.

If I was interested in becoming a CEO, I would get a doctorate in business management with emphasis in a specific field, such as engineering or IT. I would find a company that needed a manager/supervisory position, work for a decade or so doing that, moving up as allowed, and then switch companies and try for a department head position. Once that's secured for a decade or two, you are in the position to be considered for upper administration within the second company. It's a matter of tenure really. For some organizations, the head of their largest department becomes CEO. For some, their CIO or CFO does. Some companies even allow their CEO to appoint their heir.
Most companies still require the board of directors to approve of the new CEO, but if you've worked for a company for 20 years and had proven impact or results, this shouldn't be a problem. Then it's all about the politics of it.

[Reyer]

idunno about 3 hours, but its a tedious job, and if thoes guys get tired out and make a mistake, it can cost the company 10's of thousands of dollars.

http://maxspeak.org/gm/archives/00000594.html

[Zalman]

Sorry all, didn't realise about the animated sigs. Have just removed it.

[Zalman]

How would you become a CEO?

Well, you would normally need to work you way up in the ranks (eg. Snr Manger -> director -> executive director -> etc etc), and along the way you would need uplift your education and get an MBA or get a doctorate.

[Zalman]

And replaced it with an image that is too tall.

Yours is 255pixels high.

Fixed.

[Maz]

Head on over to dreamland. They always offer starting jobs to kids right out of college that earn $100,000 a year and higher. :banana:

Ultimately, I want to start my own display company to make displays and merchandising for big companies. However, in college I want to major in industrial design or mechanical engineering, or similar.

I just happen to be going for Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Dual Major in the fall.