Money is defiantly not everything! I'm home most nights and I spend lots of weekends with my wife and son who is a karate tournament monster - 27 trophies last year! I could not land the type of job I have without a college degree as it is a mandatory check box on many government contracts for key personnel these days. Perks are also great with generous sick leave and personal leave (21 days after 3 years) and I get to go to some interesting conferences (VMworld and Storage Networking World to mention 2) on the company dime. 401(k) has a nice match and the military picks up my health care so alls well on those fronts also.
My wife is active duty military and with all the moves (9 in 19 years), I could never get the MBA off the ground after grad school. The Masters was always a personal goal anyway (for me) not a professional one and I love what I do. Having said that, I'll really be underpaid when I finish the DBA but it is another personal goal on my dirt list. No regrets as we have lived all over the US and Europe and it's been an e-ticket ride. All in all - not a bad life! :-) Jeff On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 8:27 AM, John Hornbuckle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think if I were an MBA, I'd want to make a bit more than that. But > then again, money isn't everything. > > > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeffrey Showen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 7:50 AM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: IT Salary Survey > > Hmmm... > > Just a lurker but always interested in salary discussions. > > MBA, BS, AA, VCP, MCP, MCDST, CWP (Webmaster cert), A+, one cert from > MCSA and working on the CCNA this year as well as considering a run at > my DBA (Doctorate in Business Administration focused on network > security). I've enjoyed 13+ years of experience starting as a desktop > support tech and I worked my way up to where I am now. I am currently > a Systems Engineer for a government contractor working on tactical > networks for the military. I find myself working mostly as a project > manager these days and we have lots of PMPs types around here doing > the same thing. Mid/high-60s - not bad really and I get to work on > some really cool, cutting edge stuff. Short commute, sunny/stormy > Florida and the wife has a great job too. > > No tag line H/R being the salary Nazis that they are! > > V/R, > > Jeff > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
