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Job: Head of Stonehenge

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Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

#61
post #17

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This is like 90th percentile UK salary. It's good pay for the UK, a poor country.

Let's not be delusional. The UK is not a poor country, and 64K is low by US tech standards but it's good by any other measure.

If the UK were a US state, its GDP per capita would rank it roughly on par with or just below Mississippi, making it the poorest state in the union.

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

#62
post #46

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It's £64K, not $64K (which is indeed about the median in the US). So, not bad.

Ah I misread that, but $86k is still not good for a highly educated professional.

It is good for a professional with specialization in history.

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

#66
I was slightly disappointed when I first visited Stonehenge as the standard tours keep you fairly far away and roped off.

But, I took a modestly more expensive "Inner Stones" tour a few months ago and lucked out being selected to be fully alone for a minute. It was a profound experience being in the middle of such a historic place.

Highly, highly recommended!

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

#67
post #64

Their senior solution architect vacancy has similar pay: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers... Somewhat less eminent job title though.

that is abysmal!

Maybe you missed the “25% discount in our shops and cafes” perk for the day you need to be in the office. Score.

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

#68
post #64

Their senior solution architect vacancy has similar pay: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/our-people/careers... Somewhat less eminent job title though.

that is abysmal!

That's a fairly standard wage outside London for senior developers.

UK wages are not great.

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

#69

I was slightly disappointed when I first visited Stonehenge as the standard tours keep you fairly far away and roped off. But, I took a modestly more expensive "Inner Stones" tour a few months ago and lucked out being selected to be fully alone for a minute. It was a profound experience being in the middle of such a historic place. Highly, highly recommended!

Best of all go during the summer solstice when there is free public access. It’s really quite fun.

During the the 1980s and ‘90s there were regular clashes between new age hippies and police stopping them from reaching Stonehenge during summer solstice before public access was allowed.

Re: Job: Head of Stonehenge

#70
post #22

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Not disagreeing, but it's also worth something to know, and say, that you are in charge of Stonehenge .

Must be an extraordinary honor to be in charge of a bunch of rocks over there.

Wait until you learn some people are swapping bits all day long, isn't that crazy?
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