I guess that is a common misconception for those that simply assume those on high salaries in whatever industry just turn up to a Mon-Fri 9-5 and get it. There is a reason why the expression "selling your soul" exists. We get taxed alot more, under extreme pressures at every turn and are ruled out for anything means tested. My tax alone is almost twice the average Australian salary. It's not as glamorous as it appears on the surface. For example, a single income household of 150k pays more tax than a dual income household earning the same amount. The only difference I see between myself and the next person that may earn less is the amount we are individually prepared to sacrifice to achieve those salaries. However, the drive to punt is probably the same
Learn Python, Tableau, Alteryx, SAS and SQL.
You could earn between $900 to $1,200 a day + super.
Contracting, Monday to Friday 9 to 5. No politics, no long hours.
Work smarter not harder.
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This. However, I wouldn't stop at 9-5 mon-fri.... once you've made a name for yourself in the industry, your can really milk it. I've done multiple concurrent contracts, all working from home/cafe/mistress's bedroom, turning over more than $50k a month. That was crazy, 12 hours a day, 6 days a week of work, plus a ginormous tax bill at the end. BUT, seeing that money coming into my account month after month was an incredible ego boost!
We've moved to full work from home, but there's a lot of pressure on people's jobs. Stress.
Haha yes I knew a few people like that.
About 10 years back when I had an ABN my wife at the time was listed as an employee, this cut my tax in half.
We rented out our own place and rented an apartment in the city. I set up a home office there and claimed almost everything off tax, including the rent.
I also work 10 months a year to reduce tax.
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This thread was supposed to be about stories from those that have lost jobs and work. But the only ones posting are those with jobs and letting staff go or others boasting about how much they are making. Human nature at work!
So hypothetically speaking, what would you advise one start on to cut their teeth, assuming they had some time on their hands and were looking for a new challenge? I read SAS is supposedly the "easiest" to learn, but wondering if they weren't just saying that because that's where they started?
Don't boast how much you make and how safe your job. You maybe the next you don't even know going to lost your job or die from this covid-19. This world pandemic is going to be with us not 1 month but maybe 6 to 12 months if we are lucky.
There's no free certified courses for SAS that I know of, plus companies are starting to phase it out because it's expensive.
Tableau and Alteryx are click and drag and have online courses.
Python and R are free and lots of companies are starting to use them because they're open source and free.
SAS and SQL are both coding languages, 4th generation but still takes awhile to learn, especially without a coding background.
I would start with Tableau and Alteryx.
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From the coding languages mentioned above, I think Riff888 bro is talking about working in Data Analytics / Science field with branches from Machine Learning, neural network, and artificial intelligence to automated system to govern data entry/extraction, storage, manipulation, modelling, prediction, and the most popular - visualisation.
The whole data infrastructure and utilisation shebang