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Five six-figure jobs that are not in banking (7 July 2009)
Following the immeasurable popularity of our article a few months ago on the top 20 best paid jobs not in banking, and in light of the fact that Hays' boss says lost City jobs are not coming back ever, we have decided to follow up with some more information on six figure alternative careers, and how to move into one.

Unfortunately, if the jobs below are anything to go by, six figure salaries in other industries are presaged by at least five years' training.

What, they thought you could make 6 figures without training!!!???

A man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds; a man of deeds and not of words is like a garden full of turds — Anonymous
by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Wed Jul 8th, 2009 at 03:42:28 PM EST
ZOMGWORK?!?!!!1!!!11!!1oNEone

Senior civil servant, up to £205k?  Jesus.  We top out at about the equivalent of £120k.

And since when does the UK have dentists? (ducks)

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Wed Jul 8th, 2009 at 06:02:36 PM EST
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We have dentists. It's just that they don't talk to poor people.

A short and incomplete list of other jobs worth at least £100k:

Corporate IT sales and consultancy
Certain (rare) kinds of journalism
Creative director, advertising (can be much more than £100k)
Writing (top best sellers are worth > £100k)
Accountancy, especially corporate tax 'management'
Upper-middle management in almost any corporate
Certain (rare) kinds of engineering consultancy
Lobbying and PR
Top end of music engineering and production
Head teacher in education
Any number of jobs for lawyers

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Wed Jul 8th, 2009 at 06:35:43 PM EST
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Book featuring football, black magic, politics, the world cup, and history. more sellable written as a seemingly factual conspiracy book or as a novel?

Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
by ceebs (ceebs (at) eurotrib (dot) com) on Wed Jul 8th, 2009 at 08:10:18 PM EST
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The subject matter says "male readers", so the fake factual reporting might fly. But either way you have to offer it as fiction. Getting it published depends on finding an agent, then whether it takes an editor's fancy. Getting it made into a "bestseller" depends on whether the editor thinks it's a good career move for her/im, and has a stable enough position with enough clout in the publishing house (which is not about to be taken over by another) to get big enough backing for the book. Lotsa hoops.
by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Thu Jul 9th, 2009 at 03:14:57 AM EST
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