<p>Enjoy great health benefits, work a 9 hour workday (9-6 basically), travel somewhat and get paid 110K +?</p>
<p>Most jobs that pay $110K+ aren't strict 9-6 jobs. Other than that point, there are lots of jobs that could fit this but very few right out of college. Start with what areas you're interested in and then look at the potential (management, law, medicine, engineering, financial field, construction, etc.).</p>
<p>OP - When you say "right out of college" I assume you mean UG at age 22, not your Medical Residency at age 34 -- right?</p>
<p>I don't mind going to grad school or working for it. I just don't want to be an investment banker, lawyer, or doctor and work 100 hour work weeks. I care more about quality of life, relaxing, having a wife, and kids. Any job in those fields will be too much for me.</p>
<p>I thought about engineering since I know people with their own enginerring companies making 240K+ and working 5 hours a day.</p>
<p>Any job where I can have all this by the age of 30 is fine. I don't think medicine fits any of this. Surgeons work long hours and primary care physcians get low pay.</p>
<p>Mutual fund manager.</p>
<p>start a company at 16 and retire at 22 out of UG</p>
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<p>Actually, it is not a bad thought. Engineering pays well. I know some engineers who started their own comanies and now own stocks worth millions of dollars. They do not go to their offices anymore, happily travel the world and consult others at their leisure. But to get to that point (or the $240K/5hr a day), they worked 100-hr workweeks for peanuts for many years. No matter how you flip it, to get to your desired numbers, you'll have to sweat a little and have a very creative mind.</p>
<p>How many years before getting to that point?</p>
<p>6 years, 253 days, 19 hours, 15 minutes, and 10 seconds.</p>
<p>Get an engineering degree, 1 or 2 masters from respected institutions, work a decade or 2 in positions of increasing responsibility in an industry that isn't in terminal decline, change industries when the current cyclical decline becomes terminal, move (maybe across the country) a few times, pull uncounted long days/nights/weekends on a few proposals, get laid off a few times (particularly deep industry cycle), and hope $CURRENT_EMPLOYER doesn't eliminate their generous benefits package mid-stream. Or, help found a techno start up with incredible gee-whiz technology, and after a few years of incredible hours, get bought out, cash-in, and then you can do what you want. (Has happened enough but not so often that I'd plan my future around it.) Or, go into petroleum engineering, work on offshore rigs in remote 3rd world locations, live extremely frugally and save and invest ALL your pay (no booze, women, or fast cars) until you have, say, $2M invested. Then live on the investment income and hope you don't get taxed to death. </p>
<p>Seriously, the scenario you describe only exists in the imagination of Hollywood writers and the promoters of "do this and become unbelievably wealthy" schemes. Go into a field because you enjoy it and can be successful, not because you think it pays some obscene salary. Engineering is a good career because you're immediately employable upon graduation, but no one gets to easy street in 10 years - you can get there eventually, but you need to be very good at it AND have some luck.</p>
<p>What is the highest salary of a hs teacher with a p.h.d in states that pay teachers well?</p>
<p>Racin, you forgot to divide by the inverse of the square root of all engineers who worked 100+ hours at thier own jobs but didn't do it at that magic moment in time that enabled them to sell their company and semi-retire before 40.</p>
<p>collegehopeful78 - I know of no states where getting a PhD (get the initials right) enables a teacher to make enough more to begin to pay off the education costs. My district; $1000 more per year for a master's. Another one or two grand per year for a PhD.</p>
<p>A coworker told me about a friend that started at Yahoo during the tech bubble. He was a millionaire on paper a few months later. But he had to wait to get vested before he could cash out. He un-became a millionaire when the stock price collapsed.</p>
<p>Another friend had a husband that started a job at Google. Shortly thereafter, she said that they had enough to build a new home in the Bay Area and that future college bills for their kids were no longer a problem. A few years later she was talking about her husband retiring.</p>
<p>Both of these were probably pretty skilled to get into those companies but luck and timing can play a big factor in financial success.</p>
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<p>In some cases, it could be close to your number, especially if you have years of teaching experience and teach at a fancy private, but the teachers work ungodly hours and deal with the human element. Class time is only the tip of the iceberg, since there are office hours, homework and assignment grading, etc. Then there are irate parents to deal with... My mom used to be a school teacher, so I know how it works.</p>
<p>Dentistry, esp orthodontist. Never had to get a hold of our ortho guy after hours or on a weekend.</p>
<p>ellemenope, orthodontist fits the bill perfectly! Our guy's schedule is M-Th, 8 am-4:30 pm, closed all school, religious and whatever holidays, and his techs do all of the dirty job. The dentist, on the other hand, gets late-night calls from people who ignore his advice and rushes into his office to take care of their toothache.</p>
<p>collegehopeful:</p>
<p>Like other posters, I know of some people who had the luck and timing to join some tech companies, get offered stock options, and then do well when the stock shot up. Depending on the company, some of these people weren't necessarily that skilled or work that hard - they were just lucky. Using the 'lottery' plan isn't very dependable. I know of another 'tech' person who has started a few companies and ended up selling those to larger companies. This guy's a mega-millionaire but he worked very hard, was very sharp, and was willing to take the risk. In most of tehse cases the people were in the field because they liked it and it paid reasonably well - not that they thought they'd make a fortune. Don't 'plan' to hit it big in the tech field (software, electronics, biotech, etc.) because you likely won't but with hard work you can make a decent living and there's always that chance...</p>
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We did. My D had a wire poking her in the gum. The Ortho met us at the office on a Saturday and spent about 2 minutes correcting it. Granted, I don't think he needed to do this very often. This Ortho had to have made a fortune because he was THE guy to go to for kids around here. He really catered very well to the kids (had an 'open' work area, TVs with Disney videos, hosted events at an amusement park, sponsored many school activities, etc.). He's retired (early) now.</p>
<p>Working at any start up is not going to get you the 9-5 job and work life balance. Starting your own business is a long workweek initially or it will not be successful. The engineers did not start our working 5 hour days I am sure. There is not quick easy way to riches. It is either a slow climb or a big time commitment. You have a lot more options if you become extraordinarily good at what you do so that you can command the $$ and time you want. Pick something you enjoy enough to be the best and keep getting better at it. . </p>
<p>Engineering can take you a lot of different directions if you can make it through the courses. . .</p>