Comments on: If your name isn’t John Chow, Dont tell your friends your salary http://thepennysaved.com/2008/03/27/if-your-name-isnt-john-chow-dont-tell-your-friends-your-salary/ Personal Finance, career, investing, retirement, saving and debt blog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:46:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Jerry http://thepennysaved.com/2008/03/27/if-your-name-isnt-john-chow-dont-tell-your-friends-your-salary/#comment-850 Jerry Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:31:11 +0000 http://thepennysaved.com/2008/03/27/if-your-name-isnt-john-chow-dont-tell-your-friends-your-salary/#comment-850 I am a pharmacist, and make good coin. It only took me 5 1/2 years of school (which is just a little over what one normally spends on a B.S.). I do pity those who make less than I. Really, pharmacy school isn't that hard-- and the pay is Unbeleivable. I have friends that eventually went back to school and PAID out of their own pockets for an MBA and I still make considerably more than them. Pretty sad. I am a pharmacist, and make good coin. It only took me 5 1/2 years of school (which is just a little over what one normally spends on a B.S.). I do pity those who make less than I. Really, pharmacy school isn’t that hard– and the pay is Unbeleivable.

I have friends that eventually went back to school and PAID out of their own pockets for an MBA and I still make considerably more than them. Pretty sad.

]]> By: Llama Money http://thepennysaved.com/2008/03/27/if-your-name-isnt-john-chow-dont-tell-your-friends-your-salary/#comment-839 Llama Money Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:13:26 +0000 http://thepennysaved.com/2008/03/27/if-your-name-isnt-john-chow-dont-tell-your-friends-your-salary/#comment-839 Anytime I make the mistake of saying I'm doing OK financially, my wife and I are always hit up for loans from family. UGH. From now on, I'm perpetually broke, whether I really am or not! Anytime I make the mistake of saying I’m doing OK financially, my wife and I are always hit up for loans from family. UGH. From now on, I’m perpetually broke, whether I really am or not!

]]> By: J http://thepennysaved.com/2008/03/27/if-your-name-isnt-john-chow-dont-tell-your-friends-your-salary/#comment-838 J Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:51:55 +0000 http://thepennysaved.com/2008/03/27/if-your-name-isnt-john-chow-dont-tell-your-friends-your-salary/#comment-838 My wife and I work for the same company...and I'm her boss! Even though she has the longer tenure I make more. I can't express how happy her parents were to discover this after they paid for her degree, while I have none! Talk about being on both sides of the coin... My wife and I work for the same company…and I’m her boss! Even though she has the longer tenure I make more. I can’t express how happy her parents were to discover this after they paid for her degree, while I have none!
Talk about being on both sides of the coin…

]]> By: Abby http://thepennysaved.com/2008/03/27/if-your-name-isnt-john-chow-dont-tell-your-friends-your-salary/#comment-836 Abby Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:56:30 +0000 http://thepennysaved.com/2008/03/27/if-your-name-isnt-john-chow-dont-tell-your-friends-your-salary/#comment-836 I disagree, I think that sometimes its good to be able to tell where you should be in the market. Just my 2 cents. I disagree, I think that sometimes its good to be able to tell where you should be in the market. Just my 2 cents.

]]> By: Mark http://thepennysaved.com/2008/03/27/if-your-name-isnt-john-chow-dont-tell-your-friends-your-salary/#comment-834 Mark Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:22:47 +0000 http://thepennysaved.com/2008/03/27/if-your-name-isnt-john-chow-dont-tell-your-friends-your-salary/#comment-834 I have personally had experience with this being a problem, its never a good idea, honestly. I have personally had experience with this being a problem, its never a good idea, honestly.

]]> By: zen http://thepennysaved.com/2008/03/27/if-your-name-isnt-john-chow-dont-tell-your-friends-your-salary/#comment-831 zen Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:51:47 +0000 http://thepennysaved.com/2008/03/27/if-your-name-isnt-john-chow-dont-tell-your-friends-your-salary/#comment-831 I'm inclined to agree - I don't flaunt my cash, don't try to talk about money (issues or problems). Some people try to volunteer the information to get a reciprocal "I make..." but I don't allow myself to be pulled into that - I leave it as it is, and let them assume what I make by how I live my life - I may not be rich, but I am comfortable. I’m inclined to agree - I don’t flaunt my cash, don’t try to talk about money (issues or problems). Some people try to volunteer the information to get a reciprocal “I make…” but I don’t allow myself to be pulled into that - I leave it as it is, and let them assume what I make by how I live my life - I may not be rich, but I am comfortable.

]]> By: Andy http://thepennysaved.com/2008/03/27/if-your-name-isnt-john-chow-dont-tell-your-friends-your-salary/#comment-830 Andy Thu, 27 Mar 2008 17:58:33 +0000 http://thepennysaved.com/2008/03/27/if-your-name-isnt-john-chow-dont-tell-your-friends-your-salary/#comment-830 Hey, I'm 1, 2, and 5 (living off my brother)! Hey, I’m 1, 2, and 5 (living off my brother)!

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