【美国】如果你想成为百万富翁，最好是成为一名软件工程师，而不是专业运动员
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If you want to be a millionaire, it's better to be a software engineer than a pro athlete
In 2016, Cleveland Basketball great LeBron James made over $77 million between his pay ($23 million) and endorsements, Forbes reports. New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning made $45 million, and LA Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw made $32 million.
There's no question being an elite pro athlete pays very, very well.
But consider this: The career span for an athlete is short and the rank-and-file pros don't get paid nearly so much as the top players. In the NFL, the average career length is 3.5 years with the lifetime earning potential of $3,010,000, according to tech job site Paysa. In the MLB, the average career length is 5.6 years with the lifetime earning potential of $2,912,000. Things are better in the NBA, where the average career lasts 4.8 years with the lifetime earning potential of $12,027,456.
None of that is chicken scratch. But if you factor in the number of people who try to become pro sports players and don't ever get a decent contract at all, the percentages would be far lower.
Now, compare that to becoming an engineer, Paysa suggests. If you try to become an engineer, odds are good that you will succeed. The average acceptance rate at engineering schools is 63 out of 100, Paysa says. Plus, 6 out of 10 engineering students graduate, and 97 out of 100 find jobs, Paysa says.
And once you're out in the workforce, the average career span is 40 years with an average annual salary at $125,418. The lifetime earnings potential adds up to $5,016,723, better than both the typical pro NFL player and typical pro MLB athlete.
Plus, those that land in "elite" ranks will do far better. A career at Facebook could give you overall lifetime earnings of $13,533,236, Paysa calculates. A career tech employee at Google could make as much as $10,674,690.
And that's enough to stand tall, even against a pro NBA player.
财富杂志报道，2016年，克利夫兰骑士队的伟大明星勒布朗·詹姆斯的总收入超过了7700万美元。纽约巨人四分卫埃利·曼宁的收入为4500万美元，洛杉矶道奇队投手克莱顿·克肖的收入为3200万美元。
毫无疑问，明星运动员的收入是很高的。
但是请注意：运动员的职业发展空间通常都很短，而普通运动员的收入更无法和球星的收入相提并论。根据网站Paysa公布的数据，在NFL中，平均职业生涯年限为3.5年，平均收入为301万美元。在MLB中，平均职业生涯年限为5.6年，平均收入为291.2万美元。NBA的情况更好，平均职业生涯持续了4.8年，平均收入为12027456美元。
但这些都不是关键，如果你考虑到试图成为职业体育运动员的人数，就会明白高收入的职业运动员的比例有多低。
Paysa建议，相比之下，成为一名工程师获得成功的可能性更大。Paysa说，工程学校的平均收录率是63%。此外60%的学生可以毕业，并且有97%的人会找到工作。
而工程师的平均职业生涯是40年，平均年薪在125418美元左右。终身收入平均可以达到总计5016723美元，优于普通的NFL球员和MLB运动员。
另外"精英"级别的人还会做得更好。根据Paysa公布的数据，在Facebook里工作可以让您的总收入达到135330236美元。 Google的职业技术人员则可以赚取高达10674690美元的薪水。这个数据甚至可以和NBA的职业球员相媲美。
（翻译：曹昀杰）
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