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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
Yes - Les's message is much the same and in all the year's I've read 'Flying' I've NEVER seen him have to resort to the delivery of the message as you continue to do in the present (I guess even after 5 years ) We've said it a million times Sky - it isn't the message, it is the delivery. Oh well.....maybe that is why he is writing for 'Flying' and you continue to haunt APC.
USMCFLYR
It's also important to note the following:
the grass isn't always greener on the other side.
Yep, this profession has huge downsides that one should seriously consider. But every profession has that.
For example, take being a lawyer, a career frequently mentioned around here. About a year ago, I "job shadowed" a lawyer for a day. First of all, his education cost him (out of pocket) over $200,000 (including law school) and his student loans were astronomical. After, his starting salary was roughly $40,000 a year (at age 26), and at that position, you get to do all the junk work that the higher-ups don't care to do. He eventually worked his way up, and at age 37 he broke six-figures. He's 45-ish now and he makes around $160,000. In addition, he works 9 to 5, 5 days a week, and typically takes home about 2-3 hours of work every night, and about 5-7 hours for the weekend. He has to deal with clients who can be a pain in the neck every day. His career cost him a marriage, and he told me that the culture with his colleagues is *money money money*. (By the way, even though most of his points were complaints, he was really a very nice guy
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Just trying to present another point of view.
Make of it what you will.