I mean, depending on the context, you might absolutely be the asshole
Give it 5-10 years and every college age person being funneled into the trades, then they will be oversaturated again and we will go back to overpacking STEM
My wife graduated law school in 2010, Summa Cum Laude, and just barely got a job at a low rent firm.
Five years later, she's earning twice the money at a much nicer place for not much more work, because the glut of students from '08-'10 caused grads in '11-'14 to look elsewhere. Suddenly there was a huge supply gap and you could write your own ticket.
Moral of the Story: Get good at something and stick with it. Markets go up, markets go down, but skills pay the bills in the end.
I became a homeowner recently and a bunch of people I know just reacted with absolute jealousy and negativity. People suck
Out of the 8 cousins in my family the 2 of us that didn't go to college are the only ones who own a house. I didn't finish 10th grade and I'm looking at buying my second house and trying to figure out how to keep my current one to give to my mom.
My cousins are pretty cool (aside from a couple who are very spiteful) but my aunts and uncles act like I scammed them all for everything they had.
People typically get paid to earn a PhD, so this person's debt likely came from elsewhere, unless they grossly overpaid for their undergraduate education.
Don't forget that loans are probably deferred through the PhD, so that's like 4+ years of accumulated interest on top.
If they're proper student loans then interest doesn't accumulate while you're a student.
Your personality didn't work out, but mine did? Oh, how my dominance displays! I have no justification for my existence!
I love it when posts line up like this
The boomer energy is strong with this one.
"I graduated high school, got a good job at the Mill, married my high school sweetheart, had five kids, bought a second house with a boat, retired at 60, went insane reading Facebook memes and watching FOX News, then decided to shoot up the Harvest Music Festival in 2017. Why can't you young people do that?"
If they were boomers then the phd one should've paid off more of that student debt
The Boomer term has shifted to being about state of mind.
This started after "ok, boomer" caused all these people to out themselves.
Hell yeah it is a state of mind
Wish I had that state of mind. Just not giving a fuck like this guy.
Or education could be free. Just a thought.
free? people should be paid to get an education
Students benefits are pretty much that where I live
Probably a lot of missing context with this one
anti intellectual propaganda
Oh. I hadn't read it like that. I thought the brother was a hypocrite because if he has a PhD he SHOULD be able to pay his debts and get a hose (I'm not from the us so I'm guessing that part) but I stead seems to not ba able to manage his own money while criticizing OP
College graduates (PhD or otherwise) drowning in debt and not being financially able to pay it off is common enough here in the US that it's a trope, and likely the basis for this "joke".
I see. Thanks. Lately I've started to realize just how expensive health and education are in the us.
I went to see a neurologist and paid 0 cents My brother is considering a biology PhD and he's broke. A 3 bedroom house costs like 60k usd
That same house in my area costs at least 10 times that amount. I was lucky in that I had "only" $80,000 of debt from my bachelor's, a housing situation via marriage, and a career path with solid pay (after going back for an associate's while working in a low-paying job post-graduation for 7 years). I only finally paid off that debt 2 years ago and I graduated in 2008. I don't know how a lot of people manage.
Oh no PhDs here are like the worst financial choice.
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