How much is 40k a year?

[SLOW_V]

Originally Posted by turbotalon1g

For those with helpful words thank you so much.
The job i was looking at was at wells fargo for a analyst, and it was 78k starting and it said 105k midpoint(whatever that means)

^^Wells fargo..not likely that job will pay that much. Allot of big companies will give out big ranges and it is very vague...Wells Fargo is a very cheap employer...I had an offer to work for them 2yrs back for 60k. At that time I had 8yrs of work experience.

On the other hand, I have a friend's little brother making 60k within two years of grad from college and does Radiology. I was impressed he made that kind of money.

[FattyBoomBatty]

Go to a job fair. They have them every once in a while. I'd say google minneapolis job fair or something. I will be attending one this spring cause I need a jerb for when I get out of college.

Good luck. And you don't need a $200k house either, a 150k rambler with a 2 car garage would be just fine to start!

[turbotalon1g]

Thanks for help guys, i really appreciate it, i have been switching jobs in the last few years as a way to find what i want to do.
i know meeting new people and helping people are some keys points in it.

[Speedfreak]

Become a dentist. I wish I would have.

[turbotalon1g]

LOL, i was gonna be a dental hygenist, a good amount of dough, but i did a job shadow and i couldn't stand being that close to stinky mouths and i had trouble with the manual dexterity.

[JET]

Yeah, that Wells Fargo job is not a starting job. One of my ex's worked at WF in the main office. She started in the low 30's with a nice private college degree and high GPA. After 3 years she was finally breaking $40k with 2 promotions.

If the medical field interests you, then I say go for radiology. The medical field is one that will not go away. People will never stop getting sick, no matter what happens to the economy. With the economy in the state it is, medical is a great way to go. You have to like it though, don't do something for the $$$, you will not like it and likely change careers down the road and lose many years of experience.

[Speedfreak]

BTW, what is the actual title? Because by saying Radiology, I think Radiologist MD. That requires undergrad/med school/then specialty(12+ years schooling) and a huge paycheck.

So this position is Radiology technician?

[TheBlizzard]

40K a year considering todays economy isn't bad (depending on where you live). There just isn't the jobs out there these days as there were say 6 years ago.

Personally I don't have a college degree; but I got into the Casino buisness about 12 years ago and just stuck with it. I really liked the job and basically got taught advanced electronics by all my peers. I just got promoted recently and now make in the mid 60s.

If you have a good work ethic and are for the most part a bright person and get on with a good company, you can move right to the top. You can't base everything on a starting wage, you have to look at the potential. There are a lot of companies like Jet mentioned that will start you off at a ok wage but then thats where you stay.

[Halon]

My mom is a radiological technologist. She runs MRI's. She loves it. I think it's a great field to get into. For the most part, it doesn't seem that stressful except for you occasional bitchy patients. But other than that, seems like a nice job, nice work environment, and decent pay. She is always putting in some overtime as well to make a few extra bucks.

[turbotalon1g]

The position i would be certified for would be radiology technician, certified by a national org. ARRT that is the only way to get a job.

Looks like i need to just keep on with my radiology and go shadow someone a couple of days and talk to more people in that field.

You guys have been really helpful, i do appreciate it.

[asshanson]

As far as the computer science thing, at Wells Fargo they usually start you off at high 40s with a 4 year degree. After 5 years or so you'd be in the 60s easily.

Everything has different grades though, a computer operations analyst is less pay than a technical apps developer, which would be less than a database analyst, etc. Just depends on the type of computer science you want to get into.

[Halon]

radiology technician, or technologist? I'm not sure if there's even a difference, but when I think technician I think of someone who would actually work on the machine. My mom is a MRI Tech, but that's short for technologist, and she is the person who runs the machine, but doesn't do maintenance or what not to it. Would you be running the machine, or working on it?