Sex and shopping - it's a guy thing

Re:Sex and shopping - it's a guy thing by vaksel on Saturday January 02, 2010 @10:23AM (#1027282)

I think they go into nursing because the income is better than programming.

My cousin's wife just became a nurse. 2 years of schooling, and her first job started her off at $80K a year. And since she doesn't work at a hospital, that's $80K for regular hours.

And she is just a regular nurse fresh out of school.

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Re:Sex and shopping - it's a guy thing by nazgulnarsil on Saturday January 02, 2010 @10:27AM (#1027285)

extrapolating from a single data point is a bad idea. the national average for 2009 is in the ballpark of $45k

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Re:Sex and shopping - it's a guy thing by blackguardx on Saturday January 02, 2010 @02:41PM (#1027552)

That statistic gets dragged down by nurses who only have associates degrees. Nurses with a B.S. earn over $60k on average.

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Re:Sex and shopping - it's a guy thing by pmorici on Saturday January 02, 2010 @02:52PM (#1027563)

It's possible to get 80k out of school as a computer scientist and I also know nurses that have a 4 year degree before they started nursing school so...

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Re:Sex and shopping - it's a guy thing by iigs on Saturday January 02, 2010 @12:04PM (#1027372)

If people go into nursing because the perception is that it pays so well, these viewpoints are not contradictory.

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Re:Sex and shopping - it's a guy thing by vaksel on Saturday January 02, 2010 @02:39PM (#1027551)

well this is NYC, $80K here is like $45K in Kentucky

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