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fescuerescue

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15. Bonus is nice but thats pretty bad for yearly pay

Reply to The Polack MSgt (Reply #3)

Tue Jul 11, 2017, 11:10 PM

Jul 2017

To pay a surgeon $78k who dedicated his life to the profession and years and years of school is insulting.

By comparison, with a few years experience and without a degree, it's fairly easy to earn $100k+ in IT or project management.

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Bonus is nice but thats pretty bad for yearly pay fescuerescue Jul 2017 #15

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