Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[tribey]

So not really like NAMBLA?

It's a lot like NAMBLA #justice4the69

 

[Doctor Feel]

Seriously is 60k a good wage/salary?

I don't know.

#outoftouch
#polothisweekendoldchap?

Nah, 60k is around the top end of a graduate wage. I'm on 63k straight out of Uni, which i'm happy with. My partner is on 86k straight out of uni (she got lucky with a senior role). Retail for example usually pays about 35-38k full-time + maybe commission and some penalty rates.

So 60k is basically above pleb tier.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Nah, 60k is around the top end of a graduate wage.

It's not much money.

5k a month?

Boooooo

 

[Doctor Feel]

It's not much money.

5k a month?

Boooooo

Better than getting ~5-600 a week after tax for retail!

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Better than getting ~5-600 a week after tax for retail!

What would you take home a week on 60k a year?

 

[I Dont Care]

Writing-Based Literacy Assessment, designed to prevent illiteracy by not graduating high schoolers who fail it during Years 11 & 12.

Flawless logic really.

I only finished year 9, but I am more literate than people I know who have university degrees. I started school before 'Open Learning' came in

 

[Doctor Feel]

What would you take home a week on 60k a year?

Fortnightly about 1800-1900 after tax.

 

[Eddie Dingle]

I only finished year 9, but I am more literate than people I know who have university degrees. I started school before 'Open Learning' came in

Fairly sure you started school before blackboards came in.

#oldkernt

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Fortnightly about 1800-1900 after tax.

That's weekend punting money!

Not really but it's not much if you are a sole income family.

Young campaigners living at home sponging off mum and dad could live alright on that.

 

[I Dont Care]

Fairly sure you started school before blackboards came in.

#oldkernt

Fairly sure you are roughly my age group, ol' timer

 

[Eddie Dingle]

Fairly sure you are roughly my age group, ol' timer

In roughly 40 years I will be your current age.

So yeah.

 

[Doctor Feel]

That's weekend punting money!

Not really but it's not much if you are a sole income family.

Young campaigners living at home sponging off mum and dad could live alright on that.

Me and my other half have been home owners for 4 years initially on ~30k each as part-time workers, so now we feel like we are absolutely swimming in cash. You just need to play your cards right really. However for those few years we basically gave up ALOT (we even managed to renovate the house). Now we have a tiny mortgage, no credit cards and no loans (aside from the mortgage) - and what we perceive as a shitload of cash flow. This will change when we 'upgrade' houses though, haha.

 

[I Dont Care]

In roughly 40 years I will be your current age.

So yeah.

So...you are ten? Explains a lot

 

[Garibaldi Red]

Fairly sure you started school before blackboards came in.

#oldkernt

Just liking this for the # wasn't enough

#quillnink

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

 

[Eddie Dingle]

So...you are ten? Explains a lot

Nearly 12 actually.

 

[I Dont Care]

Nearly 12 actually.

So, roughly 38 years difference

 

[chiwigi]

Me and my other half have been home owners for 4 years initially on ~30k each as part-time workers, so now we feel like we are absolutely swimming in cash. You just need to play your cards right really. However for those few years we basically gave up ALOT (we even managed to renovate the house). Now we have a tiny mortgage, no credit cards and no loans (aside from the mortgage) - and what we perceive as a shitload of cash flow. This will change when we 'upgrade' houses though, haha.

Just DON'T SELL THE ONE YOU HAVE NOW! (YOU ARE CLUED UP TO THAT ANYWAY I JUST THOUGHT i'D SAY )

There are very few people who are happy that they flogged their starter home as the price is never repeated.

 

[chiwigi]

So, roughly 38 years difference

Whaaat? You aren't 75?

 

[chiwigi]

Writing-Based Literacy Assessment, designed to prevent illiteracy by not graduating high schoolers who fail it during Years 11 & 12.

Flawless logic really.

The same flawless logic that SACE requires everyone to pass English and Maths in year 11 with a C or above...you actually have to create a subject they can get a C in if they fail, until they pass at C or above. Nuts.

 

[I Dont Care]

Whaaat? You aren't 75?

No. Now you feel...lonely, don't you Chiwiggins?

 

[Doctor Feel]

Just DON'T SELL THE ONE YOU HAVE NOW! (YOU ARE CLUED UP TO THAT ANYWAY I JUST THOUGHT i'D SAY )

There are very few people who are happy that they flogged their starter home as the price is never repeated.

The main issue is the distance to the city from our current house (an hour and a bit minimum in peak hour), given we are both young professionals who will be working in the city for the rest of our lives. Now that we have renovated we are not sure if we would rent or sell the place. It's hard to tell what prices are going to do here but my anticipation is prices falling (closure of holden, massive supply of new houses in blakeview and playford alive), though our block is huge (~800m2). However I anticipate demand to be quite low in comparison to supply.

 

[dinger]

I usually spent hours correcting/re-writing sections of assignments written by these people. The Uni always push "THIS IS WHAT REAL LIFE IS LIKE". No, it isn't. It really isn't. It's no wonder people have trouble getting jobs after they finish their degree. Any employer in their right mind can't use a degree as any indication of competency. I had a case where a group member upped and left for 6 weeks back to india during a semester, he came back and demanded he be put on the credits of the final assignment saying "just say that I did this section and this section pls." We refused. He complained to the lecturer (lol what?) we had to go to a mediation, the entire group hated on him and exposed him for what he did. I never saw him again, but I would happily bet a hunji that the lecturer passed him.

Yeah, did my IT project last year (@ UNISA) and the guy I was partnered with did absolute jack of the assessment piece. Could barely speak a shred of English and couldn't string a paragraph together - not a word of exaggeration either. I really did try to get him to participate but he kept on using his shitty language skills as an excuse. We had to go into the office for the project a bit and he turned up a grand total of 2/13 times I reckon. I really don't know how he got to third year and if I could be more bothered I probably would have kicked up a fuss about the situation.

Honestly, I've partnered up with a fair few international students and I'd say it was pretty on par with your average honky student. That is, some who work their absolute ****ing ass off and are extremely pleasant to be in a group with, and then the absolute lazy shits who do the bare minimum to get by, but with the added language barrier. I think the difference is, to be an int student your family has to be swimming in cash and it honestly wouldn't surprise me to see some students get by due to the amount of cash the Uni gets from them.

 

[Doctor Feel]

Yeah, did my IT project last year (@ UNISA) and the guy I was partnered with did absolute jack of the assessment piece. Could barely speak a shred of English and couldn't string a paragraph together - not a word of exaggeration either. I really did try to get him to participate but he kept on using his shitty language skills as an excuse. We had to go into the office for the project a bit and he turned up a grand total of 2/13 times I reckon. I really don't know how he got to third year and if I could be more bothered I probably would have kicked up a fuss about the situation.

Honestly, I've partnered up with a fair few international students and I'd say it was pretty on par with your average honky student. That is, some who work their absolute ******* ass off and are extremely pleasant to be in a group with, and then the absolute lazy shits who do the bare minimum to get by, but with the added language barrier. I think the difference is, to be an int student your family has to be swimming in cash and it honestly wouldn't surprise me to see some students get by due to the amount of cash the Uni gets from them.

Where did you do your IT project? I was doing my final IT project last year too at UniSA. I worked for the university information and technology services doing some big data collection and analytics.

 

[FromTheHartland]

Fortnightly about 1800-1900 after tax.

That's dependent on if you've just started to work for the public sector out of uni, and they get your pay wrong regularly! Yea I've gots an axe to grind with shared services, what ya gonna do about it?