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re: How much is a Master's degree worth - $15.29/hr
Posted on 7/25/19 at 9:44 am to olgoi khorkhoi
Posted on 7/25/19 at 9:44 am to olgoi khorkhoi
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I dropped out of college and it was a great investment
My son did as well and it has worked out for him also.
Me, I couldn't really be doing what I am doing now without the MBA. I likely could have been a plumber and succeeded as success is as much internal drive and ambition as well as discipline as anything else.
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Posted on 7/25/19 at 9:44 am to Mingo Was His NameO
Oilfield baws are expected to work 12.5 hour shifts in the field and that 12.5 can extend to 15-19 hours easily on certain days.
If you are working wireline in the field, it’s easily a 72-96 hour job and you take 2-3 hour naps getting that done. Once it’s finished, you get 1-2 days off.
People out of high school are making $75K working 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off while college people are getting around 72k for SLB and 62K with Halliburton working 20-25 days in a month with most days exceeding more than 12 hours of work.
If you are working wireline in the field, it’s easily a 72-96 hour job and you take 2-3 hour naps getting that done. Once it’s finished, you get 1-2 days off.
People out of high school are making $75K working 2 weeks on and 2 weeks off while college people are getting around 72k for SLB and 62K with Halliburton working 20-25 days in a month with most days exceeding more than 12 hours of work.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 9:45 am to USMEagles
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I seriously doubt those numbers. If nothing else those people could probably get entry level software development jobs and make about $28 / hour at a minimum... no helicopters or crew boats.
That's a reasonable number for fresh out, no experience than maybe an internship. At least in the Dallas/Houston/San Antonio/Austin markets. I'm sure back in Baton Rouge they're still trying to pay $40k a year.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 9:47 am to SabiDojo
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Sometimes I see job postings for attorney positions where they ask for 5+ years experience and pay $40k per year
I sure there is huge bonus potential. But somehow I doubt it. You're not paying off law school loans making that after rent, food and drugs.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 9:49 am to Gray12
Sounds more like indentured servitude
Posted on 7/25/19 at 9:54 am to 777Tiger
“Halliburton Field Engineer Salaries. The typical Halliburton Field Engineer salary is $65,952.” - Glassdoor
That’s 62K starting with 3-4K bonus.
“Average Salary for Schlumberger Field Engineer in Houston is $73,328” - Glassdoor
Now these are just numbers for straight out of college. Legally, you are considered salaried employee but then they break it down into pay per hour so you know the expected amount of hours you have to work.
That’s 62K starting with 3-4K bonus.
“Average Salary for Schlumberger Field Engineer in Houston is $73,328” - Glassdoor
Now these are just numbers for straight out of college. Legally, you are considered salaried employee but then they break it down into pay per hour so you know the expected amount of hours you have to work.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:38 am to Mid Iowa Tiger
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My son did as well and it has worked out for him also.
Unless you want a specific type of job, it isnt necessary to get a degree.
Also, these claims are usually excluding information. Did he learn a trade? Did he have a successful business idea?
This and many other factors can create wealth outside a traditional college education.
And heres the elephant in the room: Degrees are primsarily used as sorting mechanisms. They are needed to weed out applicants. Theoretically many college dropouts could do many jobs that require low training. But tell that to hiring managers.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:40 am to DarthRebel
Probably pretty common in the world of social work.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:41 am to DarthRebel
Preferred Qualifications is not the same as Required Qualifications
Min salary just that, what you start at if you have the minimum requirements. Just because they want you to have a master's doesn't mean that you can't get the job without it
Min salary just that, what you start at if you have the minimum requirements. Just because they want you to have a master's doesn't mean that you can't get the job without it
Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:46 am to Gray12
When I was looking, and the job I got, almost all field engineer salaries in TX were $65-75k. I get base plus overtime or offshore. You get a bonus on top of that.
In LA, typical salaries for a field engineer were $55-60k, and a lot didn't have bonuses or overtime pay.
Great thing about being a field engineer is that, except for a rare occasion, you don't have to be in an office. I live in New Orleans, but my boss is in Houston. Jobs in LA were very few and far between
In LA, typical salaries for a field engineer were $55-60k, and a lot didn't have bonuses or overtime pay.
Great thing about being a field engineer is that, except for a rare occasion, you don't have to be in an office. I live in New Orleans, but my boss is in Houston. Jobs in LA were very few and far between
This post was edited on 7/25/19 at 10:47 am
Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:47 am to doliss
True, know a guy that retired a couple of years ago that at was asked to interview for a job with a minimum starting salary of $85k, he listened to their spiel and told them he’d think about it and got up to leave. They offered him the job starting at $125k on the spot. Supply and demand meets right place at right time. A lot less money than he was used to making, but he’s retired and it’s more or less a part time job.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:57 am to GetCocky11
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Don't bash geography. GIS is a highly technical field of study.
Yeah, GIS is becoming part of EVERYTHING. The increased insights and ability to manipulate datasets that come from pairing data points with points in space can be staggering.
This post was edited on 7/25/19 at 11:04 am
Posted on 7/25/19 at 10:59 am to DarthRebel
That's around how much people here in portland make trimming cannabis buds, starting out.
Posted on 7/25/19 at 11:06 am to TigerstuckinMS
quote:I saw this when I took GIS with that Chinese guy who wrote his own book and never came to class. It's the perfect way to model almost anything, but God damn ArcGIS is a complicated program. I just couldn't sit there and stare at a computer all day
GIS is becoming part of EVERYTHING
Posted on 7/25/19 at 12:34 pm to DarthRebel
It’d be cool to have a master degree because everybody would have to call you mr.
Not as cool as a doctors degree though
Not as cool as a doctors degree though
Posted on 7/25/19 at 12:54 pm to Peazey
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A lot of employer's with these postings have unrealistic expectations. I've seen people require a CPA license for bookkeeping jobs that pay $15/hr. Makes me wonder about the legitimacy of the job.
Some CPAs at public firms will get 60-70k a year starting out and at 60-80 hours a week kind of like $15 an hour. At the big 4 you are definitely working 60 a week, it sucks
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