Well Paying Jobs

sszz · 22-02-2014 12:29PM #1

There's a guy in my team who is going to interview for a position which pays 1500 sterling per day. The job is in London. He works for us for about 80k per year so he'd be mad not to go for it. Im actually tempted now to train up in his skillset. Didn't think you could make so much money from it.

So do you know anyone with really well paying jobs or are you in a really well paying job in the region of 1500 sterling per day?

Ten of Swords · 22-02-2014 12:30PM

Narcotic distribution specialist?

wazky · 22-02-2014 12:32PM

Unlicensed pharmacist or has large cavities to hide pharmaceuticals in.

sszz · 22-02-2014 12:33PM

Ten of Swords wrote: »

Narcotic distribution specialist?

He's trained and skilled in specific financial software that's common in the fund admin industry.

the whole year inn · 22-02-2014 12:34PM

sszz wrote: »

There's a guy in my team who is going to interview for a position which pays 1500 sterling per day. The job is in London. He works for us for about 80k per year so he'd be mad not to go for it. Im actually tempted now to train up in his skillset. Didn't think you could make so much money from it.

So do you know anyone with really well paying jobs or are you in a really well paying job in the region of 1500 sterling per day?

What sort of job pays that crazy cash?

Banjo String · 22-02-2014 12:40PM

the whole year inn wrote: »

What sort of job pays that crazy cash?

shedweller · 22-02-2014 12:41PM

Is that before or after tax?

stefan idiot jones · 22-02-2014 12:44PM

Rent Boy?

kneemos · 22-02-2014 12:45PM

the whole year inn wrote: »

What sort of job pays that crazy cash?

Very average footballer.

MonsterCookie · 22-02-2014 12:57PM

First impression...you're not comparing like with like. 1500 per day sounds like a contractor rate, and is not all that uncommon in financial services...especially in London.

Of course, it sounds like great dosh if you can get it, but contract work brings it's own disadvantages and risks by it's very nature.

Standard Toaster · 22-02-2014 01:11PM

What's the name of the software? I'm probably familiar with it too.

everdead.ie · 22-02-2014 01:13PM

As a contractor you can get 3-400 a day as a senior developer but you don't get paid for holidays and you get 6 months to a year long contract.

Then you have to have a company that has to pay for an accountant etc and all that goes with it and you still have to pay prsi usc etc when you eventually get paid.

I think there are about 250 working days a year but then you take away all your holidays etc.

Should also mention you probably won't get a mortgage as a contractor because you aren't a permenant employee.

scwazrh · 22-02-2014 01:20PM

1500 sterling a day is near 9000 euro a week , If he does it for a year he wont need a mortgage

kneemos · 22-02-2014 01:22PM

everdead.ie wrote: »

As a contractor you can get 3-400 a day as a senior developer but you don't get paid for holidays and you get 6 months to a year long contract.

Then you have to have a company that has to pay for an accountant etc and all that goes with it and you still have to pay prsi usc etc when you eventually get paid.

I think there are about 250 working days a year but then you take away all your holidays etc.

Should also mention you probably won't get a mortgage as a contractor because you aren't a permenant employee.

Still net four times his gross here.

everdead.ie · 22-02-2014 01:23PM

kneemos wrote: »

Still net four times his gross here.

I'm just talking about contracting in general there are risks that go with it.

lau1247 · 22-02-2014 03:05PM

scwazrh wrote: »

1500 sterling a day is near 9000 euro a week , If he does it for a year he wont need a mortgage

Oh that tax is gonna hurt in ireland

jank · 22-02-2014 03:11PM

Contract rates for IT over there would be in the region of 300-500 depending on your skill set and how good you are. 500 would be on the top end. 1500 sounds high but there could be some jobs that would pay that. What is the industry, I would hazard a guess its something to do with finance?

Red Kev · 22-02-2014 03:14PM

Standard Toaster wrote: »

What's the name of the software? I'm probably familiar with it too.

Windows 95 ?

dxhound2005 · 22-02-2014 03:23PM

jank wrote: »

Contract rates for IT over there would be in the region of 300-500 depending on your skill set and how good you are. 500 would be on the top end. 1500 sounds high but there could be some jobs that would pay that. What is the industry, I would hazard a guess its something to do with finance?

You deduced that brilliantly, Holmes. I plodded through the available evidence methodically to arrive at the same conclusion.

He's trained and skilled in specific financial software that's common in the fund admin industry.

Sir Arthur Daley · 22-02-2014 03:26PM

Having multiple identities and drawing the doal in 7 different parishes every week.

Zeebs · 22-02-2014 03:28PM

I've a friend on 9k a month (not quite 9k a week but still) Hes the mobile banking test leader at some bank. The weird thing is he wasn't in anyway exceptional at computers and didn't study anything IT related in college. I just found it amazing that you could land a 100k a year job without any experience or skills in something that you would assume would require a ****load of skills and previous training.

biko · 22-02-2014 03:31PM

A mate of mine is a systems architect and now works in London. The pay is very very good but the hours are crazy, he doesn't do anything but work and the competition and stress is fierce. You really have to be on top of your game to manage.

dxhound2005 · 22-02-2014 03:31PM

Zeebs wrote: »

I've a friend on 9k a month (not quite 9k a week but still) Hes the mobile banking test leader at some bank. The weird thing is he wasn't in anyway exceptional at computers and didn't study anything IT related in college. I just found it amazing that you could land a 100k a year job without any experience or skills in something that you would assume would require a ****load of skills and previous training.

That's nothing. A bunch of guys from the UK arrived here and tested a comms system for bugs. At the end they said (according to the papers) we found three "anomolies", that will be €18,000 please guv.

Banjo String · 22-02-2014 03:57PM

dxhound2005 wrote: »

That's nothing. A bunch of guys from the UK arrived here and tested a comms system for bugs. At the end they said (according to the papers) we found three "anomolies", that will be €18,000 please guv.

You can't put a price on exposing corruption dx.

Isn't there a thread on that already though

The Backwards Man · 22-02-2014 04:00PM

I have yet to meet someone who earns more than me who is happier and has a better quality of life than me.

Vertigo100 · 22-02-2014 04:03PM

Instrumentation technican. Friend does this. Serious money. He will be buying a house with cash soon

The Backwards Man · 22-02-2014 04:05PM

Vertigo100 wrote: »

Instrumentation technican. Friend does this. Serious money. He will be buying a house with cash soon

Is that a fancy term for porn actor?

Banjo String · 22-02-2014 04:06PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I have yet to meet someone who earns more than me who is happier and has a better quality of life than me.

Is this Hugh Hefners boards account ^^^^

Sir Arthur Daley · 22-02-2014 04:07PM

I bought a house earlier in Smyths Toys with cash too, my niece will be delighted with it.

Stavros Murphy · 22-02-2014 04:07PM

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I have yet to meet someone who earns more than me who is happier and has a better quality of life than me.

That's because you live five miles up a boreen in the back-ar5e of nowhere and have no shoes.

UCDVet · 22-02-2014 04:09PM

People get caught up on job titles and pay. 'That guy does ______ and makes _____. I should do _______ and I'll make ______ too!'

The thing is, people aren't interchangeable. That's why you find large salary ranges for the same position. There are a lot of factors that go into it.

It's far better to look at median salary - but even that is biased. The median doctor has done a lot more work to become a doctor than the median businessman. Most people, they *couldn't* become a doctor, even if they wanted.

This is particularly true when you start talking about exceptional cases. High paid consultant in the financial industry? That's an exceptional case, IHMO.

Basically, what you end up with is that, in order to make a lot of money, you need to be exceptionally good at something, or you need to be averagely good at something that is exceptionally difficult. An average doctor makes a lot. An exceptional software developer makes a lot. An exceptional businessman makes a lot.

When you get into niche job markets - like a guy who is really good at some particular financial software - you find very high wages....but also lots of risk and uncertainty. It's a trade-off. It can also be very difficult to get involved/trained on those things.

Really though, if it were super easy to get a high paying job, everyone would do it. And wages for that job would drop. It's just how life works. If you are really good at it - you'll make millions kicking a ball around a field. But if you aren't amazingly good at it, it's worth nothing.

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