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Abu-Dina

35 years old (was earning 15k more 10 years ago?! Where did it go wrong?!)

On £33k as Database Administrator

secretposter

dave4545454 wrote: »

job...voluntary charity worker
wage...£0 per year




been doing it 20 years, love it, best job in the world and very highly rewarding

Hi Dave, very interesting to hear this. How do you support yourself financially?

motorguy

Abu-Dina wrote: »

35 years old (was earning 15k more 10 years ago?! Where did it go wrong?!)

On £33k as Database Administrator

Funny, i was earning significantly more as a DBA 10+ years ago than i am now. I got bored with it though and moved fields within IT.

Maybe DBA skills dont pay as well as they did? More people / less demand?

LucyGoose

I'm 26 working as a support worker for adults with challenging behaviour and learning difficulties. £15k pa approx. 21 days holiday.

John_Pierpoint

Pnutter wrote: »

28, Mining Engineer in Switzerland
GBP 62K before tax, GBP 46k after tax, pension etc.
25 days holiday + 3 home working days/month + overtime off in lieu
Pension scheme
VAT refunds on purchases outside Switzerland as its outside the EU

Stunningly beautiful country, and very well organised. Tax is low (8 - 13%), cost of living highest in the world but still manage to put about 2k/month in a savings account. Been here for a year, paid for a 10k wedding + saved about 14k for a mortgage deposit... Another perk is SUVA, accident insurance. It's obligatory if you work here and covers any medical costs arising from an accident. Broke a tooth earlier this year, had it fixed with 2 days and never saw the bill.

Downside: it's full of the biggest imaginable. People here simply do not engage with you if you are foreign, my only friends here are non-Swiss and they all have the same problems! Despite the perks I will be out of here as soon as I have saved enough money to set myself up nicely back in the UK. Switzerland is just not a nice place to live.

Might the "knobbyness" depend on the part (language) of the Swisss canton in which you are working?.

John_Pierpoint

motorguy wrote: »

Funny, i was earning significantly more as a DBA 10+ years ago than i am now. I got bored with it though and moved fields within IT.

Maybe DBA skills dont pay as well as they did? More people / less demand?

Outsourcing, Globalisation............ ?

In the 1970s the City of London was the largest computer centre in the world.

Circa 1984, I worked for a company reporting profits of about 120 million a year and the new managinf director asked me for a print out of salaries sorted descending by salary, he was re-assured to find himself and the other board directors at the top of the list.
Top of the rest was the data base administrator.

dave4545454

secretposter wrote: »

Hi Dave, very interesting to hear this. How do you support yourself financially?

From benefits.
I'm pretty good with money so have been able to pay off my mortgage early

Suarez

dave4545454 wrote: »

From benefits.
I'm pretty good with money so have been able to pay off my mortgage early

You have overpaid your mortgage on benefits?

dave4545454

Suarez wrote: »

You have overpaid your mortgage on benefits?

Yes I've paid off my mortgage. Keeping it MSE :money:

Infidel

dave4545454 wrote: »

From benefits.
I'm pretty good with money so have been able to pay off my mortgage early

Are you a secret millionaire?