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re: Older parents of the OT, what do your kids do for work?

Posted on 10/18/23 at 11:31 am to
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98188 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 11:31 am to
Two are in college, one works for the Forest Service.
Posted by The Mick
Member since Oct 2010
43127 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 11:32 am to
Engineer, Biomed something or other, RN, and couple left in college.
Posted by Obtuse1
Westside Bodymore Yo
Member since Sep 2016
25640 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 11:32 am to
My son and DIL are both at DC band 1 law firms, my son is a 5th year associate and his wife is a 4th year year at a different firm. They are closing on a house in Fairfax at the end of the month. While neither has any student loan debt I worry about them taking on so much house debt because assuming they both make partner they will be up to their eyeballs in debt because they will almost certainly have to borrow the majority of their equity buy-in. The ROI is extremely high but they will be sitting under crushing debt right about the time they start to have kids.

Posted by King George
Member since Dec 2013
5367 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 11:40 am to
My oldest son, 29, runs the phone bank for a large local hospital system.

My youngest son, 26, is an airline pilot.
Posted by Mid Iowa Tiger
Undisclosed Secure Location
Member since Feb 2008
18660 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 11:47 am to
My adult children are:

Retail management (great ESOP company), makes decent money but his retirement track is amazing. He started young enough with them and with their valuation growth his package will be great. He has about two years of college - hated taking classes he didn’t like. Went into college with a 1680 SAT.

Second oldest - Aerospace, aeronautical, and something else engineer for Boeing. Doing pretty well. Just bought his first house about 8 months ago in Charleston - new construction. His wife stays at home with my granddaughter.

Third oldest - Spec Ops aviation in the Army. Money is t great but he gets to travel the world, see great places, meet interesting people and kill them. He bought his first home a year ago. It’s an older home bear Ft. Campbell. Nice but nothing extravagant.

Posted by vl100butch
Ridgeland, MS
Member since Sep 2005
34655 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 11:54 am to
Oldest is 34 on Halloween, Computer Tech supporting James Webb Telescope in Baltimore, she and boyfriend own a row house.

Youngest is 31, just started as research nurse at Pennington Center in BR owns her own house in Denham.
Posted by GeauxTigers123
Member since Feb 2007
1326 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 11:55 am to
quote:

because assuming they both make partner they will be up to their eyeballs in debt because they will almost certainly have to borrow the majority of their equity buy-in.



How much is the buy in at a major law firm?
Posted by H2O Tiger
Delta Sky Club
Member since May 2021
6614 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 11:58 am to
quote:

How much is the buy in at a major law firm?


When I was at Big 4 I think it was $250-500k. Would expect a law firm to be higher.
Posted by muttenstein
Member since Oct 2012
2555 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 11:59 am to
My son (24) works as a property claims adjuster, and loving it. Making pretty good money too.

My Daughter (26) works at the Emory Yerkes Primate Center. She's doing grunt work so far, but is working her way up the ladder.
Posted by Dubosed
Gulf Breeze
Member since Nov 2012
7051 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 12:08 pm to
Oldest daughter is a stay at home mom but was a nurse for a decade.

Second daughter teaches kindergarten

Twin boys. One is in the Marine Corp and the other owns a detailing business
Posted by Raoul Stimulato
Hale Bopp Comet
Member since Sep 2022
1225 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 12:14 pm to
One does mouth suck.

The other butt.

They’re both successful.
Posted by Interweb Cowboy
NW Bama
Member since Dec 2010
3138 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 12:22 pm to
All jobs in North Alabama.

Son #1 Mechanical engineer, his wife speech pathologist.
Son #2 Fireman, his wife soon to be RN.
Son #3 IBEW journeyman electrician, his girlfriend accountant.
Posted by wfallstiger
Wichita Falls, Texas
Member since Jun 2006
11432 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 12:41 pm to
Eldest daughter - Keller TX - Pre-school teacher

Son - Odessa, TX- IT with OXY

Youngest daughter - Lubbock TX - Finance

Own their homes
This post was edited on 10/18/23 at 12:45 pm
Posted by madamsquirrel
The Snarlington Estate
Member since Jul 2009
48596 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 12:48 pm to
4 children

2 plant engineers
1 teacher
1 just out of college

None live in LA any longer and the oldest 3 have all rolled equity quickly into their second house. Started small and moved to a larger home. Youngest still rents because he lives in a large city and wants no part of the burbs.
Posted by auwaterfowler
Alabama
Member since Jan 2020
1941 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 12:50 pm to
Oldest is in med school in BHM. He and some friends rent a 4-BR house in Homewood. Will start residency in June of 2026. My middle child is in Auburn’s Speech Pathology Master’s program and will graduate in May of 2025. She lives with our youngest in our condo in Auburn. The youngest is engaged to be married next June and is in Auburn’s undergrad education program and will also graduate in May of 2025. So, none of them are making any money right now, but we will have them mostly off our payroll in the not-too-distant future.
This post was edited on 10/18/23 at 12:51 pm
Posted by CSATiger
The Battlefield
Member since Aug 2010
6220 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 1:10 pm to
son is a lawyer, returned back to the home area after law school to practice
This post was edited on 10/18/23 at 2:40 pm
Posted by genuineLSUtiger
Nashville
Member since Sep 2005
72954 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 1:14 pm to
My son is a computer engineer living in West Palm Beach. Works for NextEra energy/utility company.
Posted by MikeAV8s
Member since Oct 2016
1740 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 1:23 pm to
Son1 is an engineer.
Son2 does some sort of construction testing that I don’t understand
Son3 is in the Navy, air traffic control, and is finishing his degree
Son4 does IT for a school system and is finishing his degree.
Son5 is in college.
Posted by SalE
At the beach
Member since Jan 2020
2414 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 1:24 pm to
IT Tampa
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
2117 posts
Posted on 10/18/23 at 1:34 pm to
Oldest daughter is a elementary teacher in Dallas. She had a calling to save the world. 1.5 years later, she is getting out. Or at least moving to a suburban/rural district.

Son is still in Jr high. There are days where I worry about that baw.

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