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Post #132,829 by lincoln 12/30/03 3:29:15 PM Reply	so the other 99.5% deserve to NEVER make more than $50,000 USD? Well, then, let's roll back the taxes, cost of automobiles, housing, food, utilities, etc. so that $50,000 is a very good middle class annual income. Make everything proportionate, okay? lincoln "Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/resume.htm\|VB/SQL resume] [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/tandem_resume.htm\|Tandem resume] [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #132,853 by Arkadiy 12/30/03 4:49:19 PM Reply	Who says that 99.5% are entitled to "good middle class income"? Can you say "white-collar janitor"? I knew you could. -- "It\ufffds possible to build a reasonably prosperous society that invests in its people, doesn\ufffdt invade its neighbors, opposes Israel and stands up to America. (Just look at France.)" -- James Lileks
Post #132,971 by lincoln 12/31/03 11:15:57 AM Reply	Everyone is entitled to have the OPPORTUNITY to better their salary, no matter what field they work in. For some fields, $50K a year would be very good; for others, $50K is entry level. In the suburbs of Chicago in the mid 1990s, there was a school district where the median salary of the high school teachers was $64,000. Can you say "we're willing to pay what we believe someone is worth"? I know you can. Tell me, why do you want to put a hard ceiling on a person's annual salary in a specific field - yout trying to get more PHBs to outsource jobs to Asia and Eastern Europe? lincoln "Windows XP has so many holes in its security that any reasonable user will conclude it was designed by the same German officer who created the prison compound in "Hogan's Heroes." - Andy Ihnatko, Chicago Sun-Times [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/resume.htm\|VB/SQL resume] [link\|http://users3.ev1.net/~bconnors/tandem_resume.htm\|Tandem resume] [link\|mailto:bconnors@ev1.net\|contact me]
Post #132,995 by Arkadiy 12/31/03 12:25:34 PM Reply	Why do you keep talking about hard ceiling? For all we know, Balmer meant "average" or "prevailing". I, for sure, never proposed a "hard ceiling" -- "It\ufffds possible to build a reasonably prosperous society that invests in its people, doesn\ufffdt invade its neighbors, opposes Israel and stands up to America. (Just look at France.)" -- James Lileks

Microsoft's Ballmer is an idiot - (lincoln) - (40) - Dec. 29, 2003, 08:30:51 AM EST

News at 11. -NT - (imric) - (2) - Dec. 29, 2003, 08:35:08 AM EST

s/News/Film/ -NT - (pwhysall) - (1) - Dec. 29, 2003, 08:44:47 AM EST

Yeah, yeah. Yer right. -NT - (imric) - Dec. 29, 2003, 09:34:39 AM EST

He might be an idiot, - (Arkadiy) - (34) - Dec. 29, 2003, 09:37:39 AM EST

Sure won't help the job 'shortage' that forces 'offshoreing' - (imric) - Dec. 29, 2003, 09:44:44 AM EST

Neither does "managing" an illegal monopoly - (jb4) - Dec. 29, 2003, 09:49:50 AM EST

Would you go to college - (lincoln) - (31) - Dec. 29, 2003, 01:38:56 PM EST

It depends - (orion) - Dec. 29, 2003, 02:47:32 PM EST

My salary has a ceiling: - (Arkadiy) - (29) - Dec. 29, 2003, 04:22:27 PM EST

Re: 9-5; it applies to juat about everyone - (hnick) - Dec. 29, 2003, 05:23:12 PM EST

%-age is on the high side - glad we're both in it though ;-) -NT - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Dec. 29, 2003, 05:45:58 PM EST

...and every kid is above average :) -NT - (Arkadiy) - Dec. 29, 2003, 08:24:21 PM EST

Re: 2). - (mmoffitt) - (19) - Dec. 30, 2003, 08:41:21 AM EST

I certainly sympathize with that attitude - (Andrew Grygus) - Dec. 30, 2003, 12:29:34 PM EST

I can only offer my condolences. -NT - (Arkadiy) - (15) - Dec. 30, 2003, 12:41:42 PM EST

Ditto, from here. -NT - (a6l6e6x) - Dec. 30, 2003, 02:28:23 PM EST

If you disagree with MikeM's thesis, then it seems... - (CRConrad) - (13) - Dec. 30, 2003, 02:28:27 PM EST

I don't have to do someting I hate every day - (Arkadiy) - (12) - Dec. 30, 2003, 02:32:59 PM EST

I used to love programming - (deSitter) - (3) - Dec. 30, 2003, 02:49:12 PM EST

Me too - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Dec. 31, 2003, 01:00:46 PM EST

Start a business! - (deSitter) - (1) - Dec. 31, 2003, 01:08:57 PM EST

Re: Start a business! - (jb4) - Dec. 31, 2003, 03:32:46 PM EST

I love what I do - (orion) - (7) - Dec. 31, 2003, 04:07:31 PM EST

Re: I love what I do - (deSitter) - (6) - Dec. 31, 2003, 04:42:02 PM EST

Not what I said at all - (orion) - (5) - Dec. 31, 2003, 05:34:01 PM EST

An old lesson - (ben_tilly) - (4) - Dec. 31, 2003, 06:22:37 PM EST

This is true - (orion) - (3) - Dec. 31, 2003, 06:41:31 PM EST

Hmmm. - (Silverlock) - (2) - Dec. 31, 2003, 06:50:16 PM EST

Taken out of context - (orion) - (1) - Dec. 31, 2003, 07:39:38 PM EST

See??? - You___Aren't___Crazy__[.] - (Ashton) - Jan. 1, 2004, 04:44:51 AM EST

Computers mimic reality - (FuManChu) - (1) - Dec. 30, 2003, 07:07:42 PM EST

I guess you're right - (Arkadiy) - Dec. 31, 2003, 08:51:11 AM EST

so the other 99.5% - (lincoln) - (3) - Dec. 30, 2003, 03:29:15 PM EST

Who says that 99.5% are entitled - (Arkadiy) - (2) - Dec. 30, 2003, 04:49:19 PM EST

Everyone is entitled - (lincoln) - (1) - Dec. 31, 2003, 11:15:57 AM EST

Why do you keep talking about hard ceiling? - (Arkadiy) - Dec. 31, 2003, 12:25:34 PM EST

My salary also has a ceiling: $35K :) -NT - (FuManChu) - (1) - Jan. 1, 2004, 02:40:58 AM EST

My salary ceiling was featured in "Twister" -NT - (deSitter) - Jan. 1, 2004, 03:02:30 AM EST

Knew that a long time ago - (lister) - (1) - Dec. 29, 2003, 03:35:29 PM EST

Somewhere I think I saved that clip of the Bally Dance.. - (Ashton) - Dec. 29, 2003, 04:04:31 PM EST

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