Originally Posted by Austin
A good networking person, system admin, or DBA with 5 solid years of experience can make 100K pretty easily. People with 10+ years make 250K pretty easily. Or, you can get an MBA and enter the managment ranks and make 500K or more after 10-15 years. There is still no way out of 60 hour weeks and you may not like where you end up.

Dermatology give you 4 day work weeks, $300,000, and life near the beach. You have to put in the residency hours, but then you can cruise after you're out.

I didn't realize that DBAing was still paying good salaries, like that, though. One of my friends seems stuck at $120,000 or so with 10 years experience.