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Neil Williams · February 1st 05, 06:59 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On 1 Feb 2005 10:23:54 -0800, wrote:

=A330k is the average grad salary? How depressing. I'm a 24 year old
Oxbridge graduate with two degrees, and I'm still earning nowhere near
that. My stupid life choices. I couldn't just want to be a financier
could I, noooooo.

I think the average graduate *starting* wage is much closer to 20k, or
perhaps even lower than that (some will, of course, start on the
minimum wage which affects the figure).

That 30k figure is most probably the average lifetime salary for
someone with a degree, which sounds a bit more like it (you'll have
some who do reach the 100s, some that end up on millions, and some who
earn the minimum wage their entire life).

Incidentally, in pursuit of the magic 30k, I don't think I'd want to
make the kind of life choices (long hours, miserable work, from what I
can tell) that would result in me getting that now or soon. I value
my spare time a lot more so long as the money I am on is sufficient to
sustain me in a lifestyle I want, which it is.

Neil

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