11-02-2011, 02:43 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Supporting Urban Sprawl
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As a student who works for a non-profit organization, I most certainly do not make 90k a year.
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11-02-2011, 02:45 PM
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#62
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Muta
Considering tons on this board apparently work in O&G (and related industries, including retail?) and makes over $90k a year (which, I guess, is just average according to some, lol)... anybody here NOT make that?
Only in Calgary could I ask this question...
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I don't make 90K and I am at the end of my 20s in a year or two.
I'm Asian and rebelled against being an accountant/engineer/doctor and wanted to a musician/artist instead for many years so I only have myself to blame. 
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11-02-2011, 02:46 PM
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#63
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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I am a 28 year old U of C Deans List (the one where he suggests you try some time at another school) Den Alumni and SAIT grad and I pull in 6 figures. 90k is definitely feasible for a 30 year old 12 years from now.
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11-02-2011, 02:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
I don't make 90K and I am at the end of my 20s in a year or two.
I'm Asian and rebelled against being an accountant/engineer/doctor and wanted to a musician/artist instead for many years so I only have myself to blame. |
Nothing wrong with a career in music! I bet most people would love to do something like that instead of sitting in an office if they could make it work. I know I would up and go in a hot minute if that was the case.
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11-02-2011, 02:50 PM
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#66
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Originally Posted by Boblobla
I am a 28 year old U of C Deans List (the one where he suggests you try some time at another school) Den Alumni and SAIT grad and I pull in 6 figures. 90k is definitely feasible for a 30 year old 12 years from now.
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What industry / profession are you in?
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11-02-2011, 02:53 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
I don't make 90K and I am at the end of my 20s in a year or two.
I'm Asian and rebelled against being an accountant/engineer/doctor and wanted to a musician/artist instead for many years so I only have myself to blame. |
I definitely don't think there's anything wrong with doing what you enjoy. If it makes you feel any better, I'm sure my job is a helluva lot less interesting than yours.
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11-02-2011, 02:53 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
What industry / profession are you in?
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Oil and Gas, QA/QC (inspection coordination)
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11-02-2011, 02:55 PM
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#69
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
Nothing wrong with a career in music! I bet most people would love to do something like that instead of sitting in an office if they could make it work. I know I would up and go in a hot minute if that was the case.
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Well after the mid 20s, I realized that money is important for...living so I'm getting as many certifications as I can in the next 2 years and trying to start business networking pretty late. May be able to break 90K in the early to mid 30s if I work hard but I still believe adamantly that money can't buy happiness.
90K of it would definitely help pay for the search though.
Last edited by Hack&Lube; 11-02-2011 at 03:07 PM.
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11-02-2011, 02:55 PM
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The average is definitely below $90K even in O&G. Even take away the age criteria, people in O&G don't AVERAGE $90K. Just look at Monster, what's the percentage of jobs out there pay $90K? It's definitely not 50%.
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11-02-2011, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Dirty Mr. Clean
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Yes, but all of us at CP drive Diamond encrusted Bentley's and drink snifters of 30 year Cognac while getting massages from our 24 year old playmate wives in the living rooms of our 12000 square foot granite mansions lined with wall to wall stainless steel appliances on 6 parcel Mountain ranches...... didn't you know that? Who let you in here?
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11-02-2011, 02:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Boblobla
Oil and Gas, QA/QC (inspection coordination)
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Well its O&G, which is not out of the ordinary. Plus I imagine you have a accreditation or something to that effect.
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11-02-2011, 02:57 PM
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#73
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Originally Posted by pylon
Yes, but all of us at CP drive Diamond encrusted Bentley's and drink snifters of 30 year Cognac while getting massages from our 24 year old playmate wives in the living rooms of our 12000 square foot granite mansions lined with wall to wall stainless steel appliances on 6 parcel Mountain ranches...... didn't you know that? Who let you in here?
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I thought this was just an Occupy CP protest. Now you can't make me leave.
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11-02-2011, 02:59 PM
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My face is a bum!
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Do you ever read threads like this and wonder what it's going to be like when the sunshine, lollipops and rainbows leave Calgary? Man are we lucky to have grown up/be living here. I'd better pay off my house before the whole thing blows up in our faces...
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11-02-2011, 03:00 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Somewhere down the crazy river.
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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
Do you ever read threads like this and wonder what it's going to be like when the sunshine, lollipops and rainbows leave Calgary? Man are we lucky to have grown up/be living here. I'd better pay off my house before the whole thing blows up in our faces...
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Just thinking I should sell the house before it all blows up here.
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11-02-2011, 03:05 PM
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#76
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judging from this thread I should abandon my aspiration of becoming a dentist and get into O&G?
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Connor Zary will win the Hart Trophy in 2027.
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11-02-2011, 03:05 PM
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#77
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: In your enterprise AI
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I make nowhere near that, but then, my employer is notorious for underpaying.
Then again, I like what I do.
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11-02-2011, 03:06 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Calgary AB
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Originally Posted by hulkrogan
Do you ever read threads like this and wonder what it's going to be like when the sunshine, lollipops and rainbows leave Calgary? Man are we lucky to have grown up/be living here. I'd better pay off my house before the whole thing blows up in our faces...
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All the time! That's why I pretend I make what everyone else makes in other labor markets and save/invest the difference, and avoid owning real estate.
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11-02-2011, 03:07 PM
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Atomic Nerd
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
I definitely don't think there's anything wrong with doing what you enjoy. If it makes you feel any better, I'm sure my job is a helluva lot less interesting than yours.
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There's a reason why so many "actors" in L.A. have to wait tables on the side. Aside from a small percentage, Art/Music sadly doesn't pay (especially in Calgary). I'm sure your job is much better than 3rd rate side jobs I would have to hold to supplement my income if I tried to do my arty side things. I also was a marketing major when I started out at the U of C but I really only liked the creative part (as a graphic artist) and in my last marketing job, I'm terrible at sales and I'm told the big marketing firms here treat their creative talent as disposable and pay even worse.
Anyway, I've switched fields into IT and I know some people making 100K in this industry in their early 30s. My buddy grew up on a farm and has no post secondary but charges $200/hr as a consultant doing what I'm aiming for.
We are pretty lucky living in Calgary (despite the lack of good weather, the lack of culture, the usual knocks against Calgary, etc.) in that money is flowing through industry and if you work hard and break into something that can tap into the O&G network in some way, you have a chance to do well.
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11-02-2011, 03:14 PM
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I've personally noticed that my view can be heavily skewed by the company I keep. Day-to-day I work with professionals (mainly engineers) and most of my friends are accountants, geologists, engineers, bankers, etc.
That slice of the population is certainly not "average" and I don't keep tabs on the entire population my old highschool classmates. From what I have seen on facebook though, the average from those is certainly not close to six figures.
I also think people are getting a little mixed up with what is possible/feasible and what would be an "average" outcome. For the 90k average, there has to be a lot of people calling dibs on 140K+ given the statistics of how things really pan out in reality.
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