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VCE Stuff => VTAC Discussion => Topic started by: hard on October 18, 2008, 02:40:55 pm

Title: which course?
Post by: hard on October 18, 2008, 02:40:55 pm
I was wondering which course (i.e. uni course) would eventually get you into a 6 figure job, most likely. This is not including law and medicine.
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: Flaming_Arrow on October 18, 2008, 02:47:21 pm
Mining Related.
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: bucket on October 18, 2008, 02:51:26 pm
aka chem engineer.
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Post by: ed_saifa on October 18, 2008, 02:53:50 pm
electrical engineering
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: costargh on October 18, 2008, 03:32:22 pm
http://content.mycareer.com.au/salary-centre/
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: brendan on October 19, 2008, 01:19:22 am
Not Arts
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: hard on October 19, 2008, 01:25:01 am
Not Arts

agreed
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: bucket on October 19, 2008, 01:31:33 am
Not Arts
LOLOLOLOL
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: AppleXY on October 19, 2008, 08:15:12 am
Investment Banking/Corporate Finance/Global Markets.

Easy six-figure salaries with bonuses included.
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: RD on October 19, 2008, 11:41:45 am
Not Arts
rofl!!
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: psychlaw on October 19, 2008, 11:45:56 am
Dentist
Pharmacist would scrape it
Physio may scrape it (especially with your own practise)
Chartered Accountant
Actuary
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: Flaming_Arrow on October 19, 2008, 12:00:08 pm
Dentist earns so much

i got my wisdom tooth taken out, got a clean up and got my front tooth filled this cost me $775 and was done within an hour.
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: RD on October 19, 2008, 12:02:46 pm
Dentist earns so much

i got my wisdom tooth taken out, got a clean up and got my front tooth filled this cost me $775 and was done within an hour.
apparently dentists have the highest suicide rates.
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: hard on October 19, 2008, 12:08:28 pm
i don't like anything to do with medicine
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: Flaming_Arrow on October 19, 2008, 12:10:33 pm
i don't like anything to do with medicine

yep same its not my kind of thing
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: clinton_09 on October 19, 2008, 01:04:35 pm
engineering/construction there is good money involved there
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: danieltennis on October 19, 2008, 01:16:22 pm
Architecture or Computer Programmer

Truck driver/drug dealer if you don't make it to Uni.

And for those lazy cunts and bastards who don't want to work; try Centrelink.

www.centrelink.gov.au/
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: RD on October 19, 2008, 01:52:13 pm
drug dealer
hahaha very lucrative.
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: squance on October 19, 2008, 02:08:39 pm
i don't like anything to do with medicine

yep same its not my kind of thing

Agreed too. I don't like anything related to medicine.

aka chem engineer.

By the end of this year, I'm changing my major to Chemical Engineering- if Melb Uni lets me (meaning I have one extra year added to my degree :(  )
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: hard on October 19, 2008, 04:01:18 pm
i'm also hoping to become a chemical engineer and major in petrochemicals if there is a future in this area or mining. Second option would be something to do with finance.
One question that has always bugged me is if you go to let's say melbourne uni and you JUST pass every semester, would you still get the same or around the same pay as a person with HD's? Also do your scores in university really matter after 5 years in the workforce?
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: clinton_09 on October 19, 2008, 05:09:26 pm
no i believe when you get a job especially after 5 years, uni results do not matter. What replaces results is the experience you have gained from working
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: AppleXY on October 19, 2008, 06:06:24 pm
Dentist
Pharmacist would scrape it
Physio may scrape it (especially with your own practise)
Chartered Accountant
Actuary


CA and Actuary do not obtain six figure salaries. You need to extremely good and get into a management to reap those kind of salaries.

And medical positions are not really highly paid (in terms of $',000,000) in Aust if you work for  hospitals. You need to set up your own practice and be extremely good at to earn that income.

True millionaire salaries

- Mining
- Construction
- Senior Chemical Engineering at a large petroleum based corp (ExxonMobil, BP etc)
- IB/Finance (lol)
- Management
- Advertising Executives
- Commercial Law
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: psychlaw on October 19, 2008, 11:56:45 pm
Dentist
Pharmacist would scrape it
Physio may scrape it (especially with your own practise)
Chartered Accountant
Actuary


CA and Actuary do not obtain six figure salaries. You need to extremely good and get into a management to reap those kind of salaries.

And medical positions are not really highly paid (in terms of $',000,000) in Aust if you work for  hospitals. You need to set up your own practice and be extremely good at to earn that income.

True millionaire salaries

- Mining
- Construction
- Senior Chemical Engineering at a large petroleum based corp (ExxonMobil, BP etc)
- IB/Finance (lol)
- Management
- Advertising Executives
- Commercial Law
lulz
your confusing six figure salary with seven figure salary (even though you bolded the word six) :P

If you still don't know the difference
six figure salary = 100 000+ (count the digits, SIX  ) :D ;D :D ;) :P

seven figure salary = millionaire salary = what you've been describing
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: Collin Li on October 20, 2008, 12:01:08 am
Good on ya guys. I'm going to be an economist and I love how comparative advantage is playing out here! It really is at the core of economics - people are different: they have different specialties, quirks and preferences, and all of you freely choosing to enter different fields is a representation of this.

I officially love Commerce more than Engineering now.
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: AppleXY on October 20, 2008, 03:23:22 am
LOL oh, I thought it was talking about the number of 0's. :P
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: hard on October 20, 2008, 06:42:51 pm
Good on ya guys. I'm going to be an economist and I love how comparative advantage is playing out here! It really is at the core of economics - people are different: they have different specialties, quirks and preferences, and all of you freely choosing to enter different fields is a representation of this.

I officially love Commerce more than Engineering now.


nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

coblin what happened :(
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: AppleXY on October 20, 2008, 10:16:03 pm
Good on ya guys. I'm going to be an economist and I love how comparative advantage is playing out here! It really is at the core of economics - people are different: they have different specialties, quirks and preferences, and all of you freely choosing to enter different fields is a representation of this.

I officially love Commerce more than Engineering now.


nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

coblin what happened :(

It's true. It's better, duh :P
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: Collin Li on October 21, 2008, 08:25:31 am
Stop fighting kids. I love both of them equally, just that one is more equal than the other!
Title: Re: which course?
Post by: SoLe! on October 21, 2008, 05:44:01 pm
Communism, VCN style.