<p>I guess one could use the military as a way to get funding...too bad we could not use that guise to do the same to stem cell research. (I have a psychiatrist and a biomedical statistician in the family.) It won't really matter, as the Bush will be gone in 2008, and we can get back on track with the research assuming another neo-conservative does not obtain office.
And I had forgotten about part C.</p>
<p>I'd be pretty happy with $100,000+ yearly.</p>
<p>200,000, money is nice bc then you don't have to worry about the little things like debt, loans, making your food, or things that waste my time.my lifestyle is not worrying about anything financially and paying all my parent's mortage, hiring a housekeeper so i don't have to waste my time with cleaining, washing etc. then i'd travel the world and learn all the things i never got a chance to learn, like music and sports.</p>
<p>You would have to save a considerable amount from your salary to do such things, otherwise debt would always be a problem; I know someone who made (before they were fired) around $250,000, but did not save, and had a $5000 credit card debt as well as three mortgages from their forays into real estate. They are still in the red, and have remained there for a year.</p>
<p>I live a comfortable life. So I'd say 60,000-75,000 would be great once I'm middle-aged, and have been working for a while. I too, don't like to have too much around. I'd be fine with a starting salary of 40k. Of course, if I live in nyc or socal or somewhere like that versus a place where I do now, that would be adjusted. I like saving my money.</p>
<p>Many degrees in chemical engineering or medicine pay far higher than 40K as a starting salary. And saving money is a good habit; most of the people I know in school are juniors, and many already have large (>$300) credit card debts.</p>
<p>I think 70-80 K would be fine. I dont know, I'd probably use some of the money just to buy certain things like an apartment, a nice car, and some clothes. after that, the list of things I want or need starts to close rapidly, and I'm guessing I'll start saving then. Plus I'd like to help out my folks once I get settled and all.</p>
<p>Yeah, 999 zillion sounds almost satisfying.</p>
<p>Seriously, if I had a job I loved that pays only $40,000, I may not leave it. However, that ain't gonna work so well if I live in NYC and I'm going to travel to Africa/India or donate there, and also support my parents and pay my debts. A nice well-to-do husband might fix that problem right up though. But then I don't want to use his money all the time and I want the best for my son (hopefully a son), so when I have a son, I'd like to make aroung 100,000+.
I'd like to live in NYC and not make that much and live in a tenant building when I'm in my 20s but that won't work so well later.</p>
<p>I wish I could make enough to own a condo, since it has none of the hassles of owning a full house (yardwork/roof repair) and the conveniences of living with a view in the middle of a large city.</p>
<p>haha ok fine. I'll up it too 300,000. see after the 300,000 mark pretty much everyone who makes it are celebrities and rich CEO's. Education can only take me about this far i guess. it's too bad all the things I enjoy are not profitable i.e. horseback riding, mountain climbing, painting scupturing...sigh..owell</p>
<p>Neurosurgeons can make up $350K at the largest hospitals, and in-demand plastic surgeons can go far, far higher.</p>
<p>My cousin is a partner at a hospital and makes about half a million a year. He graduated #2 in his class at UIC Med School.</p>
<p>Disregarding Inflation, $3MM after 4 years at Morgan Stanley (brokerage/trading) then a Wharton MBA. After Wharton MBA, Hedge Fund Manager.</p>
<p>Hmm...let me see....$10MM custom-built mansion in Greenwich, other real estate holdings in Palm Springs, West Palm Beach, Hollywood, Paris, London, Seattle, Westchester, Cape Cod, the Hamptons, Chicago, Aspen and New York City totalling $75MM. Gulfstream Jet worth $20MM (the "smallest" one-only this "smallest" jet can seat 15.). 3 really nice cars. Working from 8AM to 7PM, Mon-Thurs. Two kids, georgeous wife (working or not), cleaning lady, butler, chauffeur, and a stretch Maybach limo to go with one. For me to drive...hmm, let me see, I know! A custom-made silver Audi A8L with custom-made hybrid engine!!!! (for fuel economy.) Actually screw hybrid. I'm going full electric or hydrogen fuel.</p>
<p>I'd love to walk into Calvin Klein's office and tell him I need a suit made by next week, then throw some money at him.</p>
<p>All monetary figures here are disregarding inflation, so those are in terms of TODAY's dollars.</p>
<p>in all honesty, 80K... i could live decently with 80K a year... i like sales nd Kohls...</p>
<p>it's really quite too bad that i faint at the sight of blood. otherwise plastic surgeon or anesthegiolostist MED SCHOOL CLASS of 2015 heck yes. plus, i really don't have the initial cash to fund all that schooling anyways. um paying off med school debt until im like 40 is not my plan.</p>
<p>Coming right out of college, I'd honestly be comfortable getting $30-40k a year. Whenever I have my job more established, I think about $50 or 60k would be all I need to live on...at that rate, I'd be doing a lot better than my family is at the moment, and we're just fine.</p>
<p>Neurosurgeons can make up $350K </p>
<pre><code>True, however with the exuberant malpractice insurance a surgeon must face, a neurosurgeon probably will only make $150 to $200K.
"$10MM custom-built mansion in Greenwich" Wow! that is actually quite cheap considering the real estate market today. In California, ten million dollars spent on a house is chump change; heck a one room apartment in La Jolla costs on average 1.5 million.
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<p>Today's money
60 k owning my own business and working my own hours
100 k working a corporate job
Maximum 45 hrs/ week with vacations.</p>
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"$10MM custom-built mansion in Greenwich" Wow! that is actually quite cheap considering the real estate market today. In California, ten million dollars spent on a house is chump change; heck a one room apartment in La Jolla costs on average 1.5 million.
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<p>$10MM is enough to buy a ton of real estate in Connecticut. I'll post some links of homes on sale for 10MM in Greenwich.</p>
<p>I would like 80k/yr and starting salery would be 50k/yr.</p>