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[Kristina Anderson]

Oh, I did read it.

> I wish you would have read the fullness of my post. =D
> 
> Kristina Anderson wrote:
> > Oh I assure you that I'm not "angry or whiny" and am completely 
> > sincere, and also assure you that in NYC, secretaries DO make more 
than 
> > 46K...not sure why you found that "angry or whiny", it's simply a 
fact.
> >
> >
> >
> >   
> >> Let's be intellectually honest Kristina,
> >>
> >> It's hard to take your emails with a dose of sincerity, when your 
> >> scholarship seems random and a result of passion. Phrases like 
> >> "Secretaries make more than this" and posting what you "feel" is 
the 
> >> average income for a particular profession (without citation or 
> >> reference), leads the reader to thinking you're angry or whiny.
> >>
> >> If however you are sincere, I do think that there is a particular 
> >> paragraph in Tom's reply that should be of interest:
> >>
> >> -TOM MELENDEZ -
> >>  >Look at what you can do to excel. How are your sales efforts
> >>     
> >>>  (speaking for myself in my experience as a consultant - I always
> >>>  dreaded sales, but recently realized that it needs to be 
embraced, 
> >>>       
> > not
> >   
> >>>  feared)? Professional networking? Who is your customer? Are their
> >>>  pockets deep enough? Are you really taking advantage of your
> >>>  expertise (are you doing graphics when you are really a DBA at 
> >>>       
> > heart)?
> >   
> >>>  How can you get the work done faster? Can you invest in tools 
> >>>       
> > (store
> >   
> >>>  bought or that you create) to help? Invest in services? People? 
Can
> >>>  you reuse code? Are you tracking problems so that you don't make 
> >>>       
> > the
> >   
> >>>  same mistake again?
> >>>       
> >> This paragraph reminds me of a book my friend recommended some 
time 
> >>     
> > ago, entitled, "What color is your parachute?". The whole concept 
is 
> > not looking to an outside change, when sculpting your small 
business 
> > growth, but looking at your inner development and maturation. And 
in so 
> > doing, specific areas of personal growth will be obviously and 
easily 
> > leveraged to grow your small business substantially. Then, 
hopefully, 
> > it becomes a beautiful cycle of inner growth -> application -> 
business 
> > growth -> inner growth
> >   
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Kristina Anderson wrote:
> >>     
> >>> The salary numbers on that site (46K for an accountant?? 
> >>>       
> > Secretaries 
> >   
> >>> make more than this) seem way low, and I was moreso referring to 
> >>>       
> > NYC 
> >   
> >>> salaries...if my numbers are way off, I do apologize...but I do 
> >>>       
> > feel 
> >   
> >>> that these professions are overall more lucrative to 
practitioners 
> >>>       
> > than 
> >   
> >>> IT is...
> >>>
> >>> I love these discussions with you guys, I'm not intimidated in 
the 
> >>> least, as you can see, to be a minority in a "male" IT profession 
> >>>       
> > (or 
> >   
> >>> discussion board!)  :)!
> >>>
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>> Kristina Anderson wrote:
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>>>> Tom -- 
> >>>>>
> >>>>> The average corporate attorney makes $200K.  The average 
attorney 
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>           
> >>> in 
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >>>>> business for themselves makes about the same. 
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>           
> >>>> http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Corporate_Attorney/Salary
> >>>>     
> >>>>         
> >>>>>  The average CPA, about 
> >>>>> 150K.  
> >>>>>       
> >>>>>           
> >>>> http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Accountant/Salary
> >>>>
> >>>> -- 
> >>>>
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> >>>>
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