You think GAA was reee-dic-u-lous? I still remember watching a film strip in third grade (Google it kids) in which a girl jumped off a roof cuz she was high...high on what you ask? High on the reefer.

nasty calluses that would take a cheese grater to grind off.

As a (former, haven’t done it in years) Massage Therapist I can tell you without qualification that people who habitually wear sandals (usually flip-flops) have the grossest feet!

Or when I wanted to study abroad, they told my parents I’d be kidnapped and raped even though they’d been abroad many times alone when they were teenagers.

I lost straight male friends when I came out as a bi woman. Friends who I felt safe around because they never once brought up fucking me got upset that they could “no longer” fuck me (again, bi, never said I wasn’t into dudes, just that I want platonic male friends who I’m not fucking as well).

I think this is definitely a cultural thing. AOC just has the unfortunate job combination of being a leftist WOC in this country so it’s amplified all the more.

damn she knows it and i love her calling it out.

I think it depends on what kind of person you are - my electrician is in his 70's and works where and when he wants because he loves the work and doesn’t need to work full time to sustain himself. If you’d need to be working a full time electrician job to make ends meet, I’d make sure you’ll be physically capable of…

“I know plenty of folks making 90k+ a year in jobs that would be 30% less outside of the government.”

My cops retire after 25 years of service with no minimum age and receive 60% of their final salary as their annual pension. They also get free health benefits for life and can cash in their unused sick and vacation days (they call that “boat money” because the retirees purchase a boat with that six-figure check).

“Government job” covers a LOT of territory. Most of your everyday phone-answerers and form-fillers are, after YEARS of service, just barely going to reach “enough money to buy a house” salary. If you have some absurdly specialized knowledge or work your way up to a position of genuine power, maybe you could get to 6…

I have certifications for Product Ownership and Scrum Master and I agree. They’re not entirely necessary jobs, and many companies get along perfectly fine without having anyone in either role.

I agree—but even in a city with a high cost of living, making $100K is going to put you above the median income, and you can definitely “live” on that much basically anywhere you want. What that “living” looks like will vary a lot, of course, but even in NYC, most people don’t make nearly that much.

80k to be a lineman in a small town would be a much higher standard of living than 100k to be a scrum master in the city. Like 5 bedroom house vs. 1 bedroom apartment different.

I’ve worked with a couple hundred different sales people over my career between 4 companies. Nearly all of the good ones were about the same. There’s a talent or personality trait there that just doesn’t exist in all people.

Corporate sales is one of those non-sleazy avenues.
Many software companies have salespersons who can break 6 figures easily.  

Most people aren’t sociopathic enough to succeed in sales.

Scrum Master. Lol. When a company downsizes, the first to go are

Nah, 100k is a real mental “I made it” amount of money for a lot of folks — consider that the national median income is $36k (based on the first google result I just looked at). No one read this article and thought “they’re probably making a list of $900,000 jobs.” 

Sure elevator mechanics make good money, but there are a lot of ups and downs.