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re: What was your life like within the first 5 years of graduating college?
Posted on 10/28/21 at 10:16 am to Areddishfish
Posted on 10/28/21 at 10:16 am to Areddishfish
Discovered it is very expensive to be a alive.
Moved as far away as I could (LA), spent almost every dime I made minus 410k and maxing Roth.
Was completely worth it though.
Moved as far away as I could (LA), spent almost every dime I made minus 410k and maxing Roth.
Was completely worth it though.
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Posted on 10/28/21 at 10:20 am to whitetiger1234
It was pretty fricking awful. I typed up a lot, but deleted it.
It feels like a different life, a different person. Happy to be on the other side of it all.
It feels like a different life, a different person. Happy to be on the other side of it all.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 10:27 am to S
How’s college so far
Posted on 10/28/21 at 10:29 am to whitetiger1234
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How poor were you?
Making about $30K a year, but that was in Beijing, and you can live like a king over there with that money.
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How much did you party?
4 nights a week.
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What was your weekly routine?
Worked from 8-5, got dinner, then tutoring, and finally drinking.
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Did you miss college?
I was having a good time, but yeah.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 10:31 am to whitetiger1234
First three years was a ski bum in the winter and worked at a golf course in the summer. Good times, low stress and ton of fun. No help from mom and dad, just figured out how to make it work.
Got a real job starting the 4th year,
Got a real job starting the 4th year,
Posted on 10/28/21 at 10:46 am to whitetiger1234
I’ve got continually harder since college, sot hose 5 years weren’t too bad
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:04 am to whitetiger1234
I was an older student at LSU after spending 10 years in the Army. After graduating, I immediately left Baton Rouge and never looked back. I got all my partying out while on active duty in the Army. I realized a fair portion of the curriculum learned throughout the 4 years of undergrad was not applicable towards real world application, thus working with real customer requirements in application development, and using real world data.
I’m in the technology sector and there was not a lot of career opportunities in BR, moved out west and got hired on at a defense company worked there a few years then I was hired at a large SaaS/cloud computing company. I got married shortly thereafter, worked while my wife obtained her Masters.
I was debt free, luckily because of the G.I. Bill. I don’t really miss college, since it was primarily a check box and I was older. Tigerland wasn’t that appealing to a 29 year old
I’m in the technology sector and there was not a lot of career opportunities in BR, moved out west and got hired on at a defense company worked there a few years then I was hired at a large SaaS/cloud computing company. I got married shortly thereafter, worked while my wife obtained her Masters.
I was debt free, luckily because of the G.I. Bill. I don’t really miss college, since it was primarily a check box and I was older. Tigerland wasn’t that appealing to a 29 year old
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:06 am to whitetiger1234
Tours to Denver, Sumter SC, Korea, divorce court, and Omaha. Turned down a re-up to Minot. Bailed out as a Captain and worked my way up to SVP in the real world.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:14 am to S
Which one are you?
Posted on 10/28/21 at 11:55 am to S
Got a job as a plant contractor, thought I made good money at $18 an hour. Lived paycheck to paycheck between rent, food, cocaine, and booze and pretty much lived at uncle earls/ivars when I wasn’t working. 2013-2016 is all a haze, had a lot of fun but got behind the 8 ball compared to the rest of my friends when it came to settling down, saving, and starting a career. Finally did all that at 29 and am living a much better life
Posted on 10/28/21 at 12:26 pm to whitetiger1234
I graduated college on the GI Bill and my wife working.
First week on the job I bought my Boss (Electrical Engineer) his lunch because he had no money.
Obviously my first five years of employment was better than my Boss.
First week on the job I bought my Boss (Electrical Engineer) his lunch because he had no money.
Obviously my first five years of employment was better than my Boss.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 12:30 pm to whitetiger1234
Got married two months after grad school. Was making $35,000 in 2000. Bought a house after a year. Went to work for myself after two years and haven't looked back. Hard work and perseverance will get you a long way in life.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 3:12 pm to whitetiger1234
Graduated during the recession so I was very lucky to start my career out of school. First five year were great. Wasn't making great money but it was enough for me. Traveled to a lot of places for work so I wasn't back home much but save up per diem and lived like a king in sleepy towns west of mississippi. It was fun. Learned a lot.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 3:29 pm to KiwiHead
Can yoi elaborate? This is dream
Posted on 10/28/21 at 3:46 pm to whitetiger1234
A wife, two kids, two dogs, and a disabling back issue (thanks to being that 1 out of the "improvement is seen in 99/100 people".) So I was basically less than a househusband until my kids were old enough to do more shite around the house. Inflation and a COLA capped at 5 years has the LTD policy (on what was a really well paying entry level job) paying me less than what these high school dropouts flipping burgers are demanding.
Meanwhile my wife went from D1 coaching into an athletics manufacturing company where she's likely going to be a VP in a few months. We live comfortably but would be upper middle class if I was still able to work.
Aside from not trusting that surgeon to do that surgery there's not much I would change from those first 5 years. If I could I'd go back and tell my younger self not to rush through life. At times it feels like I blinked my eyes and 20 years just flew by.
Meanwhile my wife went from D1 coaching into an athletics manufacturing company where she's likely going to be a VP in a few months. We live comfortably but would be upper middle class if I was still able to work.
Aside from not trusting that surgeon to do that surgery there's not much I would change from those first 5 years. If I could I'd go back and tell my younger self not to rush through life. At times it feels like I blinked my eyes and 20 years just flew by.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 3:47 pm to whitetiger1234
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What was your life like within the first 5 years of graduating college?
Made about $60k I guess. I partied like I was making $260k. It was more fun than college.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 3:48 pm to whitetiger1234
Pretty much always broke, partied almost as much as college for most of that time. Had a great time making a few bucks and meeting new people in a new town.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:16 pm to CSATiger
Sounds almost identical to my path
Posted on 10/28/21 at 5:28 pm to whitetiger1234
quote:I think my first salary was $40,009. I was an IT consultant for a Fortune 500 company so I was flying from Atlanta and on a client site every week. Everything was paid for at the client site, so I could save a shitload of money. The travel and lifestyle was good for that period in my life, but I knew I couldn't make a career of it. I went back to B-school and did something else that didn't have me Platinum Medallion in the first half of every year. If you can, you should do something like this. 5 of 7 days of every week generally I didn't pay for anything.
How poor were you? How much did you party? What was your weekly routine? Did you miss college?
Graduated in December, I don’t miss college, I do miss my parents helping me out on bills
I didn't miss college and I partied still but not like in college.
Posted on 10/28/21 at 7:21 pm to whitetiger1234
Those years were fun! I had an ok job making a decent salary. I didn’t have kids or a husband yet, and had no debt. Enjoy your post college years. Once you have a family and a mortgage, your time and money will no longer be your own.
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