I use to work in DC and took the VRE (train) from Manassas. Took an hour by train and about $75 a month but beats the H3ll out of driving. Plus housing costs are not bad where I am. We purchased our house 3 years about for about 300k and Now is assessed for about 550k.
Talk about equity!! WOW! -----Original Message----- From: Loathe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:40 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: frustrated... I don't have a degree, and make significantly more than $80K right now. BTW I lived her eon $60K with two kids and a wife and two car payments. It's not as expensive as some people are making it out to be. I mean, you live in the burbs and ride a train, it isn't that bad. I just went to contract on a house here for 482,600. It's in Columbia MD, So it'll be a commute, compared to the rental we live in in Alexandria. -- Tim Heald [EMAIL PROTECTED] 703-300-3911 -----Original Message----- From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:34 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: frustrated... Keep looking, I don't have a degree, and while I'm not making $80k I'm doing alright.. Thanks Scott Scott A. Stewart Webmaster/ Developer GlobalNet Services, Inc http://www.gnsi.com 11820 Parklawn Dr Rockville, MD 20852 Voice: (301) 770-9610 x 335 Fax: (301) 770-9611 The information contained in this message may be privileged, confidential, and protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or any employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from your computer. -----Original Message----- From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:34 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: frustrated... > I'm telling you man, you need to move to DC. The salaries are much > better than that, the killer is the housing costs though. I'm talking to recruiters about jobs in DC. I was actually thinking about a company that I contacted directly because I'm personally interested in the company (not because I saw them post a job description), where the hiring manager told me not only that they don't hire people without degrees (with one exception), but that he didn't think my min. DC salary of $80k would be reasonable and that he'd be hard pressed to get me $70k for a full-time job. I can't live on less than $80k in DC! I've checked the market and done the math, and asside from the fact that I can't pay bills there for any less, $80k makes me a bargain in that market! Admittedly, it doesn't help that I still have 2+ hrs drive to get there and at the moment have no money for relocation. I didn't have any money for relocation when I came to Charlottesville, I got an advance, and then had to take a pay cut to work here, so you can imagine how much I've saved up to help me move from here to DC. But if they discount me for not having a degree, their not paying relocation becomes moot. s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:201144 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
