By the time you’re 30, your salary should be P120,000

You’re in your 30s, and you’re reading this entry. It seems like your initial reaction is to be hurt by the above statement that is far from reality of what’s happening in your life. Read on, sigh, and reflect on how to make your salary times four of your current age.

By the time you’re 30, your salary should be P120,000
By Dan Magallanes
Inquirer
Last updated 06:52pm (Mla time) 10/06/2007

YES, you read it right. By the time you reach the age of 30, your salary level should be four times your age. If not, go and check what’s wrong with your career. See a career doctor. Don’t trust your self-assessment.

It is not a do-it-yourself thing. There was a time I was experiencing a severe stiffness in my neck and I was supposed to meet the CEO of a multinational company over dinner in Hong Kong. On my way to the airport I dropped in at Lourdes Hospital to see its director, Dr. Jose M. Pujalte, a world-class orthopedic surgeon. He prescribed a tiny tablet which cost me more than the price of an Emma Shapplin CD. But presto, upon reaching the check-in counter at Ninoy Aquino International Airport, I felt relieved and ready for the short flight and brain boggling meeting that very same day.

Lesson in life–don’t trust yourself in areas beyond your competencies.

Farm it out. Hire a professional consultant. I am a consultant myself, but beyond my expertise, I hire only the best. I am prepared to pay the high price because quality for me is expensive. Career planning has being done in the first world a long time ago.

In the Philippines, we don’t do it that’s why we still remain in the third world class. It becomes a dictate from home.