<p>Well of course that makes a lot of money. Securitization is one of the key profit generating machines at the big banks now (whether it be developing the products, making markets for them or trading them in their own books) as simple stocks, futures and vanilla options are more or less commoditised. Essentially the cheap credit regime that was/is at place has fueled this sector. However, certain sectors have obviously cooled recently-the most visible being CDOs.</p>
<p>doctors dominate the forbes list</p>
<p>Working with money usually means you'll make a lot of money.</p>
<p>Programmers do earn a lot. I've known senior Oracle database developers making about $115/hr. </p>
<p>Really, it all depends on where you live. $50,000 is a lot of money out in a small farm town. $50,000 in the suburbs of DC is just enough to live comfortably with roommates or poorly by yourself.</p>
<p>Money won't be worth anything if you don't enjoy life or you haven't learned what you enjoy spending it on.</p>
<p>50,000$ without a bonus is the average subway beggar's salary in NYC..haha just kidding.
Remember, the average College grads salary isn't that high. Infact i'd say from a very good school with good grades, its around that. Harvard is something like 60k for boys and 50k for women average start.</p>
<p>btw fastmed is right in that programming/computer science jobs can be extremely hard to get...much much harder than investment banking. Just compare the most prestigious in each industry. Google receives over 1,000,000 resumes per year and hires about 5,000 (.05%)... Goldman hires about 8% of all applicants.</p>
<p>The doctors I know/work with do NOT pay their own malpractice insurance and are making well above average for their respective fields... </p>
<p>Radiology may not be the highest paying--of course not because plastic surgery is for people with money to burn (most of the time)--but overall it pays incredibly well for what it is/how long you have to be a resident.</p>
<p>awww yes, but you would have to weed out all the jobs that do not deal with programming at google.</p>
<p>Anyone mention Money Managers?</p>
<p>international relations & politics are quite good</p>
<p>knowing which positions that make the most money is irrelevant if you don't supplement that data with:</p>
<ol>
<li>how many people entered the field?</li>
<li>how many people made it to the top?</li>
</ol>
<p>otherwise, it's all survivorship bias.</p>
<p>Holy crap. It's hard to get into google nowadays.</p>
<p>especially if you're bad at math and can't calculate a percentage correctly.</p>
<p>engineering, accounting, and medicine are all majors that make a good amount of money... and they are interesting! and once you get the official job, you work around 40 hours. Engineering and medicine are tough though. but med school is sometimes overrated in toughness... you are learning... not researching. research is much tougher than academics, I mean there are answers out there for your questions.. not so with research.. you have to be the first ot find the answers.</p>
<p>iB is overrated. first... its almost impossible to get into. good luck starting a family. hey why do you look forty when you are only 25? if you get $100k starting salary but work 80 hours a week, thats like a $50k salary... working 40 hours a week... engineers make more than that... and you work 6 years worth in three years! thats death... if you make it out alive.. you deserve the big bucks.. my retirement fund depends on them ibankers.</p>
<p>My advice for finding a position that makes a lot of money: find a field you'll excel at, whatever it is. If you are the best in your area, you will inevitably rise to the top, and that's where the high pay comes in. Stop worrying about high salary from the very offset of your career; it will come in due time as you develop your talents and skills.</p>
<p>for the doctor thing...doesn't have to be extremely difficult/gross
radiology/anesthesiology</p>
<p>I am a geologist and salaray is about $115 per hour if calculated that way, excludes bonus and stock ($175,000)... also helath care and 401 is matched... takes a while to get there, but we hire fresh out of college at about $80,000/year with bonus,stock benefits</p>