BiscottiGelato

Any leaders, and some senior EE will make over 100k easy before bonus and equities.

The poll should give finer granularity for salary between 100k to 500k. I'm sure there's got to be doctors here making 200k range, etc. Should also have seperate one for business owner's which ain't even a salary anymore (maybe should specify that 'others' is for that purpose).

[ 本帖最後由 BiscottiGelato 於 2009-2-18 15:17 編輯 ]

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原帖由 ACC-HE 於 2009-2-18 15:15 發表
EE? Electrical Engineering?

Yes

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原帖由 peter236 於 2009-2-18 15:39 發表
Electrical engineering still pays more than software engineering.

I should clarify, EE as in Electronics, don't know too much about Electrical. I am thinking along the line of low amperage ~ electronics, high amperage - electrical...

Where electronics does have a certain amount of SW, FW, etc. Hardware design is often just VHDL logic coding anyways, among other things of course.

[ 本帖最後由 BiscottiGelato 於 2009-2-18 15:44 編輯 ]

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原帖由 Toppy 於 2009-2-18 16:15 發表
Somebody mentioned Electronics Engineering job.

I don't doubt the payscale, but how many of these jobs in Vancouver?

I mean Vancouver, BC, Canada, not Vancouver WA.

Not a lot, a few thousand maybe?  I mean, not a lot compared to California and such. There are some 300/400 sitting near where I am sitting now tho, not counting other companies near-by few blocks from where I work.

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$100k is so little money nowadays, that I don't even know why people are making a big fuzz out of it. I'm not saying I make a lot of money/I have a lot of money because I don't. But at 100k a year you I don't think you can even relaxedly support a family of 4. aka, maintain mortgage on a single house in Burnaby/Vancouver, family vacation off North America every year, maintain 3 cars and exepct to change them every 5 - 8 years. And not need to worry about money on a day to day basis.

Even if we are talking about 100k a year after tax, it still not going to be enough money to live a relaxed life. Probably need 100k dual after tax income to live comfortably enough that you don't need to sweat about cash every other day...

And don't even get started in HK. There are so many people making < 10k HKD a month and still trying to maintain a family that it's not even funny. The rich in HK is rich, but I highly doubt the median salary is anywhere near a level where you can live without looking you are poor...

[ 本帖最後由 BiscottiGelato 於 2009-2-19 11:30 編輯 ]

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I am just trying to say 100k is not a lot of $ jeh. Don't understand why people have to be so awe-strucked about a lot of people claiming that they making 100k in the survey. Given a family of 4, people that make 100k still have to struggle (albeit struggle less) to pay bills and feed kids ba.

As an example, a lot of younger Asian immigrants are probably used to parents buying a car, paying their tuition, paying air fare for their annual trip to HK, etc... and 100k/yr won't even allow them to do the same thing for their kids. I'm not saying that this lifestyle is the norm, is considered luxurious or shall be considered a basic minimum, etc etc. I am just saying 100k is not a lot of money so maybe people, like Toppy, shouldn't fuss about it so much. A lot of people makes well above 100k, and really they are just regular people that do regular things and don't drive Ferrari's or anything.