In article <a-schmi-1308971510480001 at vortex5.life.uiuc.edu>,
a-schmi at uiuc.edu (aloisia schmid) wrote:
But I have to admit, the money thing is really getting
> depressing. It is embarrassing. Most
> of my extended family do not have advanced degrees and the ones who do are
> engineers and make a fortune.
(snip)
And THEN to realize that if you bagged it and went in to
> industry, and you might then make a decent salary---and you try to explain
> why you AREN'T doing that...it jsut gets old after a while.
Another thing that gets really old is having to explain to the extended
family "when are you going to stop being a student?" That you have
already stopped being a student . . . "But when are you going to get a
REAL JOB?"
My fiance is a first-year postdoc in computer science, and he makes
$40,000 per year. He has said a few times that he's sure I'll be making
more money than he is soon, but I think he's just trying to cheer me up.
:)
Karen
