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At least enough to not have to worry about the basics of survival. And then a little more to cover any "surprises." All while doing work that doesn't make me want to jump off a bridge! Are pedals the basics of survival?

Wow... I pay more a year in tax then most of you dream to make. What do you do for a living?

i love belgium

finance is definately the industry to be in. In a year i would like to be on $75Kp.a Within 2-3, another 15K on top of that. By 35 (im 27) i would hope to break 6 figures. Are you in finance?

High level finance (investment banking, private equity, etc). I'm currently an analyst at a boutique financial and strategic advisory firm that specializes in entertainment and media. It's a brutal job but I like it. There is plenty of upside and the current pay isn't all that bad either. Good luck, I imagine only a small percentage, perhaps less than 1% of the population would be making that kind of money. Great if you can do it doing something you dig.

I graduated from undergrad almost 2 years ago. When I was in school I already had a good idea of what I'd be making coming out (mostly as I already signed with a firm). Still, my goal coming out of undergrad was $1M/year by age 30-32 (10 years of FT work or less). I'm off to a decent start but living in LA is pretty expensive. I live modestly too (don't scoff due to my 2 amps and 2 guitars lol) and think it's still pretty tough to be in decent financial shape. What to you intend to be working as to make 1m a year?

I think it depends on a number of factors, one being where you live. Living in San Francisco or NYC is a lot more than say Alabama. So making $80k in a cheaper location might be enough, but $80k in NYC won't be nearly enough. Factor in any school debt, kids, cars, mortgage, etc. Whatever it is, you'll almost always need more, trust me I know NYC is expensive, I'd have thought 80k there would be doable tho? sans family of course.

that's really pathetic. I know right, really crap.

Somewhere between 50-80k AUD. I live pretty frugally - I don't drive much, I eat pretty lean, don't blow money on drugs or alcohol, rarely spontaneously buy things, travel via volunteer work. Spare time is mainly music and sport - and they can be as cheap or expensive as I like. So mainly housing and bills really. The odd music toy here n there. With the price of housing in Melbourne though, well, who knows? Thats cool dude, what travel have you done thru volunteering? And yeah, Melb house prices are freakin insane. I was lucky enough to get in the market 5 years or so back, I'd really struggle now I think.

yeah bro Yeah, cool mang. I guess its trickier to have an idea of how much you need when you're not paying the bills, mortgage etc. Wanting the same standard of living as your folks makes sense. A dear friend of mine came from a super wealthy family, mult millionares, and they lived at home until they were almost 30. They were dating a friend of mine, who had just started working as a teacher, and she dumped him, partly because she wanted the same standard of living as her parents provided and felt a partner who was a teacher wasnt up to par. Lame but true.

I don't care all that much, although it'd be nice to make the same as my parents... (around 90k each year for both). Whatever, I do well in school and do a plethora of extracurriculars. are you living at home?

I couldnt really put a number on it. I just want to be able to live comfortably. I dont want to worry hard about bills and such, and be able to treat myself to something every now and than, even if it means I have to save up a bit. so the question is, how much do you think you will need to earn to live that life?

I'll be lucky to pull 40k, honestly. It's not about that, though. No, I know life is not about the money, but if you have in mind some things you wish to do in your life. Lets say you want to have 5 kids, and travel a lot, and set up your own little recording studio etc...whatever...you need money to do these things. I'm curious to know how much people think they need to do what they want. This might be 10k it might be 500k...just curious.

ok, not including inflation.

so you wish to live without earning money?

For the folks at college, or around college age, a question. How much money do you think you realistically need to earn to live the life you want to? Of course we'd all like 1 million dollars a year, but I am curious to hear what salary, say by the time you are 40, would you like to be on - to live the life you foresee for yourself? Realistically

have you tried it out?

pics?

do any clips of the mothership exist elsewhere?

upsilonkng, do you have the means to record some clips?

take photos with digital camera, save photos on your computer. Go to photbucket.com and create an account - its free, and you can upload your photos into that. Once uploaded in there, each photo will have its own web address that you can post here.

Originally posted by animl Tech 21 TM10 +1