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SpectreAU
Kudos: 211
Mates: 8
60k a year. Trainee mechanical draftsman. I also get paid to go to TAFE once a week.
03/03/2008
Perth
Rainbow7
Kudos: 1,680
Mates: 77
I've made $82,000 to date, in this financial year. I should finish off making around $120k for the year.
03/03/2008
Bubble Bobble
Without ME, it's just "AWESO"...
MarkCDodd
Kudos: 286
Mates: 10
$135,000 including overtime. Technical Lead on major IT projects.
03/03/2008
Boronia, Victoria
cmpa1970
Kudos: 9,297
Mates: 2496
it's true. don't think uni is the bees knees! coz it's not! i got a job straight out of school while most of my fellow students went to uni. i'm still earning more than most of them & i almost own my house. while they are just starting their mortgages! i'm comfortable with what i earn. don't have to think twice at all for spending. unless it's a car or the like. so i've done alright. but the more you earn the more you spend. so you do need some level of control. i'd say i'm above the average.....
03/03/2008
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Sydney, NSW
Rubiks
Kudos: 1,388
Mates: 68
$7.15 an hour

03/03/2008
Super Mario Galaxy
Sydney
Sarukun
Kudos: 2,394
Mates: 61
much more than 90% of u guys
03/03/2008
No More Heroes
Playing FF IV and Persona 3
sil
Kudos: 1,360
Mates: 59

Sarukun said: much more than 90% of u guys


Which is and what do you do?
Can we make this not only how much you get but what you do.
I think it's a bit personal giving monetary values. I would rather find out what people to for a living.
03/03/2008
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption
Melbourne, Victoria
ICC_06
Kudos: 14,890
Mates: 494

cmpa1970 said: it's true. don't think uni is the bees knees! coz it's not! i got a job straight out of school while most of my fellow students went to uni. i'm still earning more than most of them & i almost own my house. while they are just starting their mortgages! i'm comfortable with what i earn. don't have to think twice at all for spending. unless it's a car or the like. so i've done alright. but the more you earn the more you spend. so you do need some level of control. i'd say i'm above the average.....



will you let us know what you do cmpa?
03/03/2008
Super Mario Bros.
ten four to that!
dermy
Kudos: 8,090
Mates: 108
Well, I'm a first year apprentice, so really not much at all. I think I pull in about $200 a week, not including overtime.
03/03/2008
Mario Kart Wii
Melbourne - K.P looks after me.
grimace
Kudos: 2,333
Mates: 58
We should compare this thread to the "how much do u invest in ur wii" thread, just to see who's stingy. And also who owns other consoles. I only own a Wii atm and I'm holding out to buy a PS3, just gotta wait for those Uni holidays to come again
03/03/2008
Zack & Wiki: Quest For Barbaros' Treasure
some random suburb in Perth, WA
trinest
Kudos: 1,930
Mates: 21

darkmario1 said: wat job do you get paid to do???
I
-can do the lawn (50.00)


WTF 50.00 for the lawn? All I ever got was $5...bloody rich....*gah*

I have no job. So yeah...
03/03/2008
Disaster: Day of Crisis
Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia
DonRicho
Kudos: 666
Mates: 23
$0
that wasnt very hard

noodles26 said: hey now, uni is just as important as trades there are jobs in the mining industry that require Science degrees. (that's where i may be headed)
And to keep on topic i get paid just enough to live.



hey thats what im planning to do, mining engineering at uni FTM (for the money)
03/03/2008
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Stirling, South Australia
ICC_06
Kudos: 14,890
Mates: 494

trinest said: darkmario1 said: wat job do you get paid to do???

I

-can do the lawn (50.00)

WTF 50.00 for the lawn?


damn straight I believe I'm on $0 for mowing the lawn where do I tap into this $50 for doing it? My lawn mower isn't paying out
03/03/2008
Super Mario Bros.
ten four to that!
Chobits
Kudos: 253
Mates: 62
I paid my brother $20ph to mow the lawn But then I realised he took longer than normal to get more... So much for being nice.

I'm a journo/reporter, I have worked for a small tourism mag for the past two years earning $50ph and this year started work experience at a local newspaper too.

I also do a bit of writing for an agency here, writing for national mags. Mostly That's Life and gym mags, like Fernwood. It's work experience as well but because of it I have national articles to add to my portfolio.

The pay varies a lot depending on the place... Newspapers pay crap, and overwork you much more than mags. The agency would pay $35ph (they said when they are hiring again they would like to put me on, fingers crossed) and as for the newspaper, believe it or not, would pay $18ph.

I work two days a week in each, and write for the agency every second week at the moment, which is when they have a spare desk

My ultimate goal is to get a fulltime job at the agency writing for national mags because it's a challenge and I love it


03/03/2008
Super Mario World
Qld
Armige
Kudos: 559
Mates: 26
$60,000
Baker
03/03/2008
Mario Kart Wii
Melbourne, Victoria
therusty1
Kudos: 126
Mates: 17

gokuSS4 said: noodles26 said: hey now uni is just as important as trades there are jobs in the mining industry that require Science degrees.

yeah that is true, but when applying for a job they prefer exp and when ya finshed ya uni course, you will stand in line at the dole office becasue you have none. unless your one of the lucky ones who got a cadetship, while the guy who went out got a trade for 4 years working in the mines, then work there way up was approached by their mate the mine manger asked them to go to uni and bhp will pay for them..

yes their jobs in the mines for uni students but how many job are available compare to the amount of uni students unless you are willing to travelled to the middle of no where.

i have a diploma in management and tried to get a job in that area for years, but having no exp. its impossible. unless ya worked in that company for years then worked ya way up. or once again one of the lucky ones that get a trainee mangementship that the company will pay for you to go to uni.

for being almost 30 years old soon i learnt 'its not what ya know its who ya know'



The mining boom won't go on for ever, nor will the shortage of trades people. An investement in education is the best pay off over the long term. I'm 8 years out of uni (plus did a MBA part time) and am earning 2.5 times the average Australian wage. Brain over braun is the key!
03/03/2008
Adelaide
thegame10
Kudos: 3,881
Mates: 230
$18.97 ph

country road sales consultant.

the things you do to try and make a living.
03/03/2008
Hannah Montana: Spotlight World Tour
Brisbane
Silence
Kudos: 6,533
Mates: 83
I earn money. lol, Burger Flipper's wage. You work it out =P
03/03/2008
Bully: Scholarship Edition
Want something for nothing? Of course you do! https://mywii.com.au/Post.aspx?id=10311&p=1 Kingsbury, Victoria
nickbailey
Kudos: 145
Mates: 6
part time at coles,

9.00 an hour.....
03/03/2008
Super Mario Galaxy
brisbane, redcliffe
Frodo
Kudos: 975
Mates: 34
23 bucks an hour

Childcare worker / TAFE
03/03/2008
Super Smash Bros. Brawl
Bagina Island
Foetoid
Kudos: 5,224
Mates: 75
$18.60 an hour. Delivery driver for my local Betta Electrical delivering fridges, freezers, tvs, dvd players, washing machines, dryers and general white/brown goods. Without an offsider.... I'm twice as strong as i was 8 months ago and the best physical condition of my life. All in preperation for joining the Army in 6 months to start a trade as an Information Systems Technitian:

www.defencejobs.gov.au/
03/03/2008
Sunshine Coast
KonkyDong
Kudos: 3,251
Mates: 213
$15 ph, i work at the Fremantle Markets (in Perth) only on weekends but all i do is sit around and sell stuff so its a pretty good job for me since im still in school
and occasionally do some manual labour eg digging, carring heavy stuff (25 ph)
03/03/2008
Guitar Hero III
waiting, watching..........................learning
MarkCDodd
Kudos: 286
Mates: 10
Notice how little the child care people get paid....

A silly country when stacking shelves at ALDI pays more than looking after children..

When you are on a good wage you have usually has to work your way through some lean years. I think a good tradesman would probably earn more over their working life than a good IT person. My wages may look good but thats after 25 years in the industry and I have to constantly learn new technologies to keep that wage. Tradesmen tend to earn good wages from day 1 and although they might not match mine in the end, on overall I think they would have earned more.
03/03/2008
Boronia, Victoria
Foetoid
Kudos: 5,224
Mates: 75

MarkCDodd said: Notice how little the child care people get paid....Tradesmen tend to earn good wages from day 1 and although they might not match mine in the end, on overall I think they would have earned more.



???

Frodo just said he gets $23 an hour as a childcare worker (which in my books in massive wages, i've never earnt more than $19 base rate) but you then say tradesman tend to earn good wages even tho i know that a fully trade qualified Mechanic who's just finished his apprenticship earns less than $16 an hour.
04/03/2008
Sunshine Coast
ragin_bull
Kudos: 1,799
Mates: 1
20 something ph. Not going to even hint at what I do.
04/03/2008
Resident Evil 4
Gullible isn't a real word.
 
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