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
--
T. Gales & Associates
'Helping People Connect with Technology'
http://www.tgaconnect.com
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