>be a journalist for 39 years >get paid $55k why did you

>>60555227
Jobs are like real estate. They are worth what the market will pay for them. They aren't worth what you think the effort should be worth, or worth how much society should value it according to whichever bent of idealism you beleive in.

That's the nice way of saying, journalism doesn't pay well because the market is flooded: not just people with journalism degrees can write. Anyone who's graduated university, and probably half the people who graduate high school are just as qualified as someone with a journalism degree.

>>60555227
>>be a journalist for 39 years

So you're like, 60 years old?

What message exactly are they trying to convey here?
These people picked low-paying professions to specialize in. Do they think everybody should get paid $150k a year for their job or something?

>Senior Theater Critic
>$27,600 (PT)
>Part fucking time
Is that bubbling crock of shit trying to complain about getting paid $26.50 a fucking hour?

>>60555227
>5 years experience in anything
>getting paid less thank 40k

Literally why I turned my programming hobby into a profession. Law school is too expensive and I want to enjoy my 20s.

>>60555320
The best journalists I know of are people who never went to journalism school, established themselves in real careers, and then started writing with all that background. Eg, lawyer-turned-polemicist Heather MacDonald.

>>60555355
Pretty much this.
I'd be a doctor but money can't buy youth. Well, your youth anyways.

>>60555341
Part time can mean 35 hours a week.

>>60555320
>>60555323
>>60555341
>>60555355
>hurr someone with wide range of knowledge, impeccable ability in writing, and working in one of the most important facets of society to keep the public informed doesn't deserve to get paid
>vs. a NEET cuck tapping 1s and 0s into a computer

get some priorities.

>>60555417
Then he's still making $15/hr, which is a shit wage to build a life on but perfectly reasonable to pay the rent and bills.

>>60555432
>one of the most important facets of society
Have you READ modern journalism?

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>>60555432
>wide range of knowledge, impeccable ability in writing, and working in one of the most important facets of society to keep the public informed
>modern journalists
>being literally any of the above

>>60555341
>>$27,600 (PT)
>>Part fucking time
>Is that bubbling crock of shit trying to complain about getting paid $26.50 a fucking hour?


Your math sucks.

>>60555480
27,600 a year at 20 hours a week is ~26.50 dollars an hour.

>>60555480
I assumed part time to be 20 hours.
((27600 * 2) / 52) / 40 = $26.50

>>60555443
This. go to huff. Post

>>60555227
they're getting shafted in wages god damn.

>>60555501
>taxes dont exist

>>60555501
Part time in burgerland is any job that requires less than 40 hours a week.

>>60555530
Most people don't mention their salaries post-tax.

>>60555544
Actually there's no federal definition. Most states define part-time as anything below 37 hours.
Mine defines it as 37.5 hours but that's only ever done as a way to skimp around benefits, and they usually pay more as compensation

>>60555432
>the guy writing the embedded secure code for your heart monitor quits one day and is replaced by 10 indians
>a year later all of the heart monitors in the hospital break right as you come in after a car accident
IT'S JUST ONES AND ZEROES LOL

>>60555432
Yes. Shit. How did you know how I write programs? They're goes my cushy developer job that does nothing for society or the economy!

>>60555432
I like journalism. I like humanities. However I have a lot of student debt and a meme degree (polisci). Computer shit pays the bills and may even help me get a job as a patent lawyer some day if I can get my LSAT high enough.

Look at Joravsky's articles. I'm amazed the hack is paid that much.

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>>60555227
>2017
>not working as a UI Designer and make almost 3x the money

print is dead you hipster fucks

>>60555557
>libshits are smart enough to do this
good try retard

>>60555544
I know, thus >>60555417

But a position listed as part time usually means about 20 hours a week in the US.

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>>60555501
>>60555502
From my experience PT typically means roughly ~30 hours per week which is what I based my assumption around.
The top right posting even says "now 26,000/year for 30 hour work week"


Sure PT jobs with less hours than that exist, but not in the kinds of fields they are in.
Those would mostly be shitty fields like retail/restaurant/coffee shops that just need a warm body for ~20 hours a week to fill in gaps and have someone to call just in case.


On the opposite side of things you have employees that want offer "part time work" but give you potentially 42 hours /week and pay you a princely sum of 900/month

>>60555227
>why did you choose a STEM field instead of the more "noble" humanities?
>$55k after 39 years
Because I got paid more than that fresh out of school with an EE degree?

>>60555796
>$900 a month
Look man, if you're stupid or desperate enough to take a job that shitty, you've made some poor life choices we can't help you with.

>>60555796
>give you potentially 42 hours /week and pay you a princely sum of 900/month
That's illegal in the US, minimum wage still applies.

>>60555826
>wages havent gone down
good try shekelstein

meh, i don't see what the big deal is.
People do not min/max their lives, if they want to be writers let them. if they want to be theater critics thats fine too.


They are getting paid accordingly, they know it, but maybe they want to do something they enjoy more than making more money.

Because STEM usually has 55k for fresh grads as an average pay.

Plus code doesnt get political.

>>60555841
$900/mo at 30 hours is slightly above minimum wage.
If you are working anything for even remotely close to that and have a real skillset or education, you have made bad life decisions and your predicament is entirely on you.

>>60555227
>be entry level engineer
>make 65k
>5 years later making 80k

thats why

>>60555882
>If you are working anything for even remotely close to that and have a real skillset or education, you have made bad life decisions and your predicament is entirely on you.
yeah its on us and we fix it by removing the jew.

soon enough.

>>60555931
Work a shit job and get paid shit. Or are you one of those retards who wants burger flippers to make $15/hr?

>>60555947
>Work a shit job and get paid shit.
not really true anymore, jews are scamming more than ever now.

should be fixed soon enough.

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>>60555931
Yeah sure.

>>60555227

joke's on you, i get paid nothing for my stemjitsu

>>60555227
This is why humanities hate so much software developer, make double with only 2 years of experience.

Because, like I told my brother when he wouldn't shut up about getting paid less than me when his work is more physical: I get paid more to do less because not everyone can do what I do.

I chose a STEM field because I consider critical thinking skills and a formal technical education to be important to my self image and personal fulfilment. The fact they pay alright is just a nice bonus.

>>60555432
oh that's really cute.

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>>60555432
>working in one of the most important facets of society to keep the public informed
>journalism

I actually wasted 3 years on a Journalism degree and realized it was a waste of time. Luckily I had state scholarships so no debt, just a waste of my time.

I then changed to a STEM major and I graduate in the Fall after 6 years of school. I've started a business developing marketing solutions to local businesses and we're getting clients. Even if that doesn't pan out, I'll find something.

DAMN PHILIP WAY YOU GOTTA BE SUCH A DICK
HR TOLD YOU TO TAKE THAT DOWN, YOU'RE NOT GETTING A RAISE

>>60558151
>replaces it with porn
>gets a raise

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>>60557645
>He just threw it right into the water
>He
Don't assume my Gender, senpai

>>60558291
try and stop me, man

>>60555227
The world can get by with amateur reporters, the world can't get by with amateur engineers unless you don't mind killing way more people.

>>60555432
>>hurr someone with wide range of knowledge, impeccable ability in writing, and working in one of the most important facets of society to keep the public informed doesn't deserve to get paid
Journalists who are ACTUALLY like that are so rare that they might as well not exist.

>>60555639
The medical field is very stringent when it comes to design criteria. Heads will roll if a catastrophic failure occurs.

>>60555227
>be a software developer for 0 years
>get paid 120k

feelsgoodman