<p>Anyone know what kind of job get the highest salary? It would be really helpful if you can provide some statistics.</p>
<p>investment banking.</p>
<p>doctors, professional athletes, ceos</p>
<p>surgeons make the most though on average. you can just google the stats</p>
<p>professional athletes...lol, i'm not sure that what the op was going for :) i'm pretty sure everyone knows professional athletes make a lot.</p>
<p>he didnt say what kind of job so i dont know specifically what hes asking for</p>
<p>^well unless the OP lives under a rock i think it's safe to assume that he/she knows that professional athletes make a lot of money. also this is a college discussion forum. being a professional athlete does not require a college education.</p>
<p>I definitely know that Professional athletes make a lot of money but if I can do that, I would not even bother ask on the forum now...lol</p>
<p>yeah. IB is the top.
is money really that important to you, though? I personally want a job that I will enjoy doing, and money has little to do with that. but that may just be me.</p>
<p>Money is not the most important thing, I admit, but without economic base, it is hard to maintain other things.</p>
<p>I don't know, I think a better way to go about your quesiton would be to say something along the lines of, "I enjoy ______________, what is a job that pays well that deals with this."</p>
<p>I mean, unless you're talking about needing 800K a year to "maintain other things" then I think you can look at other jobs that aren't the highest paying jobs and still find good paying jobs that you enjoy.</p>
<p>Thank you for your suggestion. I think next time I'll be more specific.</p>
<p>Yes, you are right on this point. However, society does value certain careers over others. It is true that one can find a job that he/she enjoys, but it may be hard for them to get "good paying" at the same time if their careers are despised by the society.</p>
<p>Yeah. My math teacher calculated that when a professional baseball player hits a homerun, he makes, on average, more money than my math teacher makes in an entire year.</p>
<p>Isn't that sad?</p>
<p>why do people spend so much money on sports anyway... playing yourself is so much more fun than spending hours on a bench (couch) watching others.</p>
<p>if you just spend part of your life no-so-enjoyable for A LOT more money, you can spend the rest of your life happily without financial worries.</p>
<p>but I think any job can get you a lot of money if you are just good enough. however, Ibanking, doctors, lawyers are generally better.</p>
<p>I agree, but the problem is that there are not so many people who are able to significantly overperform others on their jobs, so even though they are doing the job that interests them, the chances that they can make lots of money are not enhanced.</p>
<p>what is a lot of money in your opinion? 100,000 a year VS 100,000,000 a year is very different. If your goal is 100k, then it's not that hard for any profession. If it's 100,000,000... it's nearly impossible for any profession.</p>
<p>technically...professional sports players aren't even THAT rich...i mean if you look at a very successful businessman, a pro athlete couldn't even come close...i mean look at the people who own the pro teams :D</p>
<p>its ironic, but keep in mind that earning money costs a lot of time which will siphon your other passions</p>
<p>for instance, the only seven digit investment bankers that i know have (atleast during one point in their life) worked 120 hour weeks
also, you can't make the 500,000$ as a surgeon until you've gone through atleast 9 years of school</p>
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<p>120 hrs a week! That's a lot! The whole week including weekends is 168 hrs. Those guys only sleep 4 hrs a day!
Oh my God, that's amazing.</p>
<p>Yeah, it usually take more than 4 years to graduate from medical school.</p>
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That's true. I think the usual case is that many people did have passion in the beginning but did not have economic base. Some of them who intended to devote to scientific researches even find it hard to support their family. A lot of scientists realize that the works they are doing are far from what they expected because they have to rely on money to do their research. And in order to get the money, in many situations, they have to change their topic or direction of their research to flatter those industrialists.</p>
<p>I'm pretty sure the person that invented orange construction barrels is living the high life right now.</p>