Japanese moon base

[9th Engineer]

What if that's the only offer you get? You have the choice of being paid the same as someone with half your expertise and education, or zip. What do you do, then? Remember - your expertise and education don't determine your income, the market and The MAN do.

That's not as true in my field, in medicine there is a very predictable level of income for different specialities. If I go into biotech research (I have a facination with neural interfaces and augmentation) then I'm pretty well going to go to the highest bidder, as long as the work is interesting. I'm going for a dual M.D.-Ph.D degree, so at that point I'll have broken through The MAN.
(Working abroad doesn't bother me in the least, in fact it usually is the better job now)

And what if you had a brain damaged brother, or your father has a stroke. Would your outlook on life change?

Clarify a bit before I answer.