<WBR>But Jeff, now you're starting to compare apples and oranges. My son, the CPA, makes $500,000 a year. I would like to make half a million dollars a year, too, but I'll never be able to do that as a piano tuner. <br> <br> <div style="CLEAR: both">Willem (Wim) Blees, RPT<br> Piano Tuner/Technician<br> Honolulu, HI<br> 808-349-2943<br> www.bleespiano.com<br> Author of <br> The Business of Piano Tuning<br> available from Potter Press<br> www.pianotuning.com</div> <br> <br> -----Original Message-----<br> From: Jeff Tanner <tannertuner@bellsouth.net><br> To: College and University Technicians <caut@ptg.org><br> Sent: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:58 am<br> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Louisiana State SOM Position<br> <br> <div id=AOLMsgPart_2_dbd6f8e0-81be-4a6c-9e90-46b8867c8db4> <STYLE>@#AOLMsgPart_2_dbd6f8e0-81be-4a6c-9e90-46b8867c8db4 font-face { font-family: Tahoma;}@#AOLMsgPart_2_dbd6f8e0-81be-4a6c-9e90-46b8867c8db4 page Section1 {size: 8.5in 11.0in; margin: 1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; }#AOLMsgPart_2_dbd6f8e0-81be-4a6c-9e90-46b8867c8db4 P.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"}#AOLMsgPart_2_dbd6f8e0-81be-4a6c-9e90-46b8867c8db4 LI.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"}#AOLMsgPart_2_dbd6f8e0-81be-4a6c-9e90-46b8867c8db4 DIV.MsoNormal { FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; FONT-FAMILY: "Times New Roman"}#AOLMsgPart_2_dbd6f8e0-81be-4a6c-9e90-46b8867c8db4 A:link { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}#AOLMsgPart_2_dbd6f8e0-81be-4a6c-9e90-46b8867c8db4 SPAN.MsoHyperlink { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}#AOLMsgPart_2_dbd6f8e0-81be-4a6c-9e90-46b8867c8db4 A:visited { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}#AOLMsgPart_2_dbd6f8e0-81be-4a6c-9e90-46b8867c8db4 SPAN.MsoHyperlinkFollowed { COLOR: blue; TEXT-DECORATION: underline}#AOLMsgPart_2_dbd6f8e0-81be-4a6c-9e90-46b8867c8db4 SPAN.EmailStyle17 { COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-style-type: personal-reply}#AOLMsgPart_2_dbd6f8e0-81be-4a6c-9e90-46b8867c8db4 DIV.Section1 { page: Section1}</STYLE> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>You also have to keep in mind that companies also provide retirement, insurance, vacation time, holiday time and still pay professional level salaries.  I'm not talking about just piano technology here.  But my sister had to have her air conditioning looked at last weekend.  The guy was there an hour and the bill was about $440.  He didn't work for himself. I'm sure he has some sort of retirement, insurance, vacation time, holiday time and probably makes a good living.</FONT></div> <div><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jeff</FONT></div> <div> </div> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </div> <div style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=scott.thile@murraystate.edu href="mailto:scott.thile@murraystate.edu">Scott E. Thile</A> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=caut@ptg.org href="mailto:caut@ptg.org">'College and University Technicians'</A> </div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, June 13, 2008 2:38 PM</div> <div style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [CAUT] Louisiana State SOM Position</div> <div><br> </div> <div><SPAN class=609134617-13062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>...</FONT></SPAN></div> <div><SPAN class=609134617-13062008><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT></SPAN> </div> <div><SPAN class=609134617-13062008><FONT face=Arial size=2>One thing we've got to keep in mind while looking at what appear to be low salaries when compared to private sector work is retirement, insurance, vacation time, holiday time etc... It took a while, but I now have 3 1/2 weeks of paid vacation time (and it's about to be 4). One of those weeks is just about to start--hurray! </FONT></SPAN></div> </BLOCKQUOTE></div> <div id='u8CA9BCE2BAA6AA8-B44-326E' class='aol_ad_footer'><FONT style="color: black; font: normal 10pt ARIAL, SAN-SERIF;"><HR style="MARGIN-TOP: 10px"><A title="http://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=aolcmp00050000000011" href="http://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=aolcmp00050000000011" target="_blank">Get the Moviefone Toolbar</A>. Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more!</FONT> </div>