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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by BlackDeath3 on Thursday May 17, 2018 @02:01PM (#17093742)
> Vets can easily make 100k+ in rural areas where the median wage is in the 20s or 30s...

Eh... depends on the job. I don't think that most prospective veterinarians dream of working for the USDA ($$$) when they graduate.

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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by oh_sigh on Thursday May 17, 2018 @02:26PM (#17094007)
The median vet pay is $89k[1]. You don't need to work for the USDA to make 6 figures.

[1] https://money.usnews.com/careers/best-jobs/veterinarian/sala...

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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by BlackDeath3 on Thursday May 17, 2018 @02:39PM (#17094144)
But ~$89,000 isn't six figures, so...? Also, I suppose it depends on the source and relevant area covered by the statistic. I've heard other (lower) figures elsewhere.
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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by VikingCoder on Thursday May 17, 2018 @02:52PM (#17094305)
If median vet pay is $89k, then by definition much less than half of vets are making 100k.

So, how is it "easy" to make 100k+?

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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by oh_sigh on Thursday May 17, 2018 @04:47PM (#17095573)
Maybe I'm an optimist, but I find it easy to do slightly above average in most tasks that I have some semblance of control over.
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Re:College May Not Be Worth It Anymore by VikingCoder on Thursday May 17, 2018 @05:58PM (#17096380)
Sure, but how often is that a task where you and your peers have all been exhaustively trained for about 8 years on specifically that specialty?

/shrug

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