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To what extent is this accurate? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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So I'm 20 and I've started looking at the salaries of jobs/careers, and this is the impression I've gotten. Like that you could spend years cramming a ton of knowledge about a very niche field, and still only get 2-3x what a run-of-the-mill job makes. Is this true? If yes then I guess this route to wealth would only make sense (due to the diminishing returns) if the topic truly spoke to you, right? Are there alternative career paths to good pay than being really good at something really specific?

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[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

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There's at least one store I know of in New York City that's been making money off of doing VCR repairs for decades. A lot of companies invested in big video displays back in the day and it would cost far more to replace everything than it does to keep the antique tech going.

Some people are still learning Cobol.

https://www.cio.com/article/240709/why-its-time-to-learn-cobol.html

If you can find a niche tech like that it would make sense.

[–] onoki@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

I think there are many good replies already, but I feel one consideration is missing: time.

If you have the time for only one job, why wouldn't you take one paying more, even if it requires a bit more skills to achieve? You are going to do that for a long while, so living more comfortably has a value.

[–] JustCopyingOthers@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

To some extent it is accurate. Only a finite amount of knowledge can be applied to a task and excess experience doesn't bring any additional benefit on its own.

[–] digdilem@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

It might be accurate for one person in a hundred.

[–] xylogx@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Does the salary take into account inflation?

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 1 week ago

Amateur. You need to get a PhD to be some tenured fogie's personal whipping boy. /s

If you're looking at actual good paying jobs and not weird passion-fueled ones, or at the other end bullshit nepobaby ones, maybe this is accurate, IDK.

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