What was your starting salary?? (Read question)

You'd have to be doing something pretty extraordinary to earn that as a dentist.

Erm if you do your research you'd find that dentists are the highest paid graduates witu nearly 50% of them earning 150k

You've already been caught lying about this....aren't you embarrassed at all?...


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Erm if you do your research you'd find that dentists are the highest paid graduates witu nearly 50% of them earning 150k

Erm if you do your research you'd find that dentists are the highest paid graduates witu nearly 50% of them earning 150k

In which country? A typical dentistry graduate in the UK earns £30,000 in their first year.....

No,

That 30k is part of the two year training course after the degree is finished.

What i meant (my mistake) by graduate is after full qualification. At that stage dentists at the nhs start with 65k whilst private dentists can earn 90k+

Erm if you do your research you'd find that dentists are the highest paid graduates witu nearly 50% of them earning 150k

1. What was your starting salary and starting job role?

2. How old was you?

3. What qualifications did you have / where did you study?

4. How old are you now?

5. What's your current salary and current job role?

6. Are you content with where you are and what you've done in your life?


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No,

That 30k is part of the two year training course after the degree is finished.

What i meant (my mistake) by graduate is after full qualification. At that stage dentists at the nhs start with 65k whilst private dentists can earn 90k+

If you don't mind me asking, has your current salary gone up a fair bit from your starting salary? This is exactly what I'm interested in doing so it would be good news for me if you can get a pay rise in 2 years

Yes, it's gone up a fair amount. However, early in your career you should consider the value of experience over money IMO. Yes, money is important but in the long run you want to be working in places where you can learn and enrich your CV. I believe the average staff turnover for most tech startups is around 2 years. Which seems about right, as you should've learned the technology and processes within that company by then and move on to new challenges.

In terms of raises, I got my first raise at around 1 and half year into the job. Then I changed jobs for a 6k increase. The new company I'm with does performance reviews annually, so got another raise recently. I've got a few job offers floating around 36-40k (Bristol) and a fair amount more in London. From my current experience, if you work in a small company such as a start-up, the raises aren't going to be significant (barely keeps up with inflation+increased cost of living). The major increases to salary will come from switching to another company and letting your recruiter negotiate as high as possible for your current skill level. (This is why I say you should value experience over initial salaries. It's fine to ask for a high salary, but do you have the skills to pay the bills?)

Did you do a placement year during your degree?

How do you figure that?


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Easy...

Tier one income tax bracket 40%
National Insurance(hidden tax) 12%
VAT (dreamed up)tax when you spend money thats already taxed 20%

Grand total 72%

What a joke..

That is assuming that you spend everything you earn..... Also, if, as you say, 52% of your money has been taxed already before you can spend it then you would only pay 20% VAT on the remaining 48%, not on the total pre tax earnings (that is assuming you spent every penny you earned on VAT chargeable goods). Thus, by your logic, you would only pay 61.6% tax, not 72%. You also have ignored the fact that income tax is charged in bands, you don't pay 40% on all your earnings, only on earning over a certain amount.

Im a student applying to become a dentist nonetheless and the statementd regarding what dentists earn are true