Poster: A snowHead
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lynseyf, that's laundryman's point
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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laundryman wrote: |
ski instructors are paid less than people with comparable skills following less congenial occupations. |
You would be right as far as this country is concerned. Taking into consideration mileage, wear and tear on the car getting to the slope, providing my own equipment/clothing and having spent God knows how much money to qualify to teach in the first place I am seriously out of pocket. On the up side I do get valuable training in the off season and get to ski for free at my home slope. It doesn't redress the balance though, so I must do it for love!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Sorry I didn't get my point across well. Having worked for well below the minimum wage for the first 4 years after I left University I know it is possible to be very happy on a fairly low wage, it kind of depends what your expectations of low are. I took the wrong meaning from laundrymans post. Spyderman ( I think) had said something about his careers advisor telling him to find something he would do for nothing then to find someone who would pay you for doing it. Laudryman then said something about how this would lead to lower wages than doing a job requiring similar skills which perhaps you didn't enjoy as much. My point was that a high wage is perhaps only a selling point for a job when it is something that you don't enjoy doing because if you are only doing your job for the money then obviously its got to be paying you a lot to motivate you to perform well. I am sure the ski instructors earn enough to live on ( I hope) it seems to me to be one of those jobs that you would do because you love it, and also enjoy teaching people, rather than with the expectation of it making you rich.
Not sure I've really explained what I meant yet but I wasn't meaning to imply that ski instructors should work for nothing or indeed deserve to work for nothing, the fact is there is a lot of people out there who work for what many people on here would appear to think is a low wage.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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lynseyf, I understand!
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Motivation is not the only reason why high salaries are earned, there is also the rule of supply and demand. If you have a skill that very few others have, and that is in high demand, then generally you'll get paid more, even if you absolutely love your job.
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For instance, I'll bet Bode Miller makes a passable living from mucking around on skis.
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lynseyf, No problem, I understand.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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[quote="lynseyf"] rather than with the expectation of it making you rich.
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What's the easiest way to become a millionaire ski instructor?
Start of as a multi-millionaire...
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Kramer wrote: |
Motivation is not the only reason why high salaries are earned, there is also the rule of supply and demand. If you have a skill that very few others have, and that is in high demand, then generally you'll get paid more, even if you absolutely love your job. |
From the Wealth of Nations:
Adam Smith wrote: |
The five following are the principal circumstances which, so far as I have been able to observe, make up for a small pecuniary gain in some employments, and counter-balance a great one in others: first, the agreeableness or disagreeableness of the employments themselves; secondly, the easiness and cheapness, or the difficulty and expence of learning them; thirdly, the constancy or inconstancy of employment in them; fourthly, the small or great trust which must be reposed in those who exercise them; and fifthly, the probability or improbability of success in them. |
I guess your point most closely matches (2).
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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You could say the whole forum is not what it was...
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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JT, It's the internet ...it evolves. Did anyone say evolution was for the better?
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