[BC] Why One answer

[Dana Puopolo]

That's fine...But how come two guys can BOTH have 20 years of experience and
still have a 500% difference in their wages depending on what market they're
in?

Like I said, it doesn't seem to matter to the rates the plumber or mechanic or
electrician get - so why does it mmatter to the engineer?...or are lower on
the totem pole then they guy who gets paid (more then us!) to fix toilets?

The other day I was talking to one of the people who buy time on one of my
client's stations. He's a contractor, and asked me what the average engineer
in Boston gets paid. He was AMAZED at how low it was - he says he pays his
workers 50% more then that - and himself makes five times what the average
engineer here makes. He's in his late '20's, by the way....

-D



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Received: Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:20:38 AM EDT
From: "JYRussell at academicplanet.com" <jyrussell at academicplanet.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Subject: Re: [BC] Why  One answer

One of the answers I was given years ago was that it was "paying your 
dues"... The reasoning was "Obviously, the well-paid CE for a bajillion watt 
TV powerhouse had to start somewhere... and you only get that kind of 
education a couple of ways... one way is to pay to go to college for it... 
the other, pay for it in labor and hands-on experience"...

   I admit, it's probably a better education than falling asleep in class, 
and it's got a lot of value....but wouldn't it be nice to afford food and 
gas while you're going though it all !

Jason


<snip>
 The work we do is
the same whether we're fixing an FM25K in Chicago or Presque Isle, Maine. In
fact, fixing that rig in Maine can be HARDER due to the inabilty to have 
local
parts available.

Why?

-D


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