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I'll buy that, considering I was making close to 25K before taxes delivering pizza in the late 80's. These people must not be very imaginative in the job aquisition department.

Also, IMO, if you're hauling down 250K\year you should be smart enough to structure your lifestyle to sock away 40K per YEAR in savings AND not have any credit card debt. It's all in planning and living within ones means.

It would help if schools could take some time spent in "diversity awareness" training and switch it to common financial education... Then again, I've got to go slop the flying pigs...

Agreed. Furthermore, I've never been convinced about the business acumen/savvy of a high-priced exec who is unable to see handwritting on the wall. I've changed jobs myself while still 'making nice' with the new boss, knowing full well that it would only be a matter of a year before he & I would come to loggerheads. I've also changed jobs once knowing my excellent superior was close to retirement, and I could see who his likely successor would be. Not willing to hitch my wagon to a loser after such a long streak of being with a winner, I opted out. In situations like this, an exec must always be in control of his/her career - leaving under the guise of suitable "reasons" and burning no bridges. Got to stay at least 12 months ahead of the organization AND the industry. That takes homework and lots of networking.