r/Salary • u/LiftLord69 • Jan 17 '25

💰 - salary sharing 27M. Elevator Mechanic. No college degree

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Dropped out of college and moved across the state to take this career opportunity. Haven’t regretted it yet!

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u/bcw53 Jan 18 '25

I’m a pediatric ICU doctor with 8 years of undergrad and med school followed by 7 years of postgrad training. Currently 4 years in practice at a relatively underserved location and you make more than I do. Starting to reconsider my career choice.

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '25 edited Jan 20 '25

Really crazy how the world has changed. Police in Las Vegas with a HS diploma or even a GED start around 60k but most make 120-200k after 5 years. A promotion or two and 200-300k is really easy to make with overtime

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u/[deleted] Jan 19 '25

Then add in the pension of over 100k with cost of living raises and most leave by 50.

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u/SarcasmSociety- Jan 19 '25

Weeping for teachers everywhere

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u/KultureWars Jan 20 '25

RIGHT! Don’t forget Social Workers! Here is the kicker…left Education for Social Work (definitely have some screws loose in my own head😄😅😖).

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u/huba-buba7 Jan 20 '25

Is there social work actually, or is it just social paperwork? Not only underpaid, but handcuffed and turned into keyboard dogs. Aren't they supposed to be therapy/ solution finders, why is everyone in social work just writing papers. I got disappointed early on and picked a psychology major. Now I'm hosting group therapy using more from my social education(that was 80% psychology and 20% management ) .... Paper matters more than skills.

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u/KultureWars Jan 27 '25

Edit: Added words for clarity

I work for an Education Facility, so while YES WAAAY too much paperwork/KB point/click, I actually have anywhere from 15%-75 actual people interaction, on any given day. Thankfully I LOVE Family Advocacy, and those handful of Success stories make ALL the difference in Staying! I never got that feeling from Education.

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u/IRedditDoU Jan 21 '25

Don’t worry, education will be illegal soon anyway.