Anyone else graduating?

[James Crivellone]

Well I left high school my junior year, got a GED, and now I have a very nice job in the IT Field as a Desktop Support Administrator/Windows Server Admin


It was not easy though, if I would had done it over again I may had gone to college instead..

[Z3Jonathan]

the reason i say this is because my best freind dropped out of highschool last year as a junior and he is now makeing over 50 grand and he is not even 18!!!!

What does he do for a living?

50 grand sounds nice when you are in high school, but you have to look at the earning potential. Is he going to be earning 50 grand the rest of his life (which isn't that impressive)? Also how secure is his job? How long will he physically be able to do this job?

Jonathan

[rwh11385]

Jonathan, I think he does real estate. Earning potential can be high. But I dunno. It's likely the one that made it, while there's plently of agents where I am working right now who aren't doing so hot.

I agree $50K is chump change, even in Indianapolis with low cost of living. In California, that'd probably be poverty level. :? Teachers make that much here.

College opens the doors for high paying careers. (Sorry for folks who haven't been hired yet: Brandon and others....) But yeah, there are a lot of opportunities and potential with college.

$50,000 is definately baller, baller for a kid, but try raising a family on that, and buying a house, and etc. etc.

Education is a good investment. Hands down.

Z3J, you go to Purdue right? I don't know if you ever said it outright, but you've mentioned their program a lot.

[randomtask37]

the reason i say this is because my best freind dropped out of highschool last year as a junior and he is now makeing over 50 grand and he is not even 18!!!!

is he a model? prostitute? lottery winner? what?

[lukasbmw]

James, Bill, and others: Congrats!

RandomTask: How long will you be in a wheelchair for?

My thoughts:

HS was alright. I had some fun but sure wish I was more active in school stuff. At the time I was too caught up in my other ventures.

College again is alright. I'm not learning anything from my classes but I'm learning lots from the experience. The only reason I can stand college is because I live off campus by myself. If I had to live in a dorm where people are drinking, yelling, pissing, shitting, stinking, and fucking nasty girls raw until 4AM, I'd lose my mind.

Truth be told, I've been wanting to get out in the real world since I was 5 years old.

I really don't think making a living and dealing with total responsibility is all that bad.

Eric
Doesn't drink
Doesn't smoke
Doesn't do drugs
Doesn't fuck dirty sluts
Hates school
Can't wait to get out of college.

[92 mtechnic cabrio]

nine more days and I will be out of this crappy shithole you call a school......yeesh we don't even have a walmart within 45 minutes.........

go ahead....map it out.......

1101 Washington St
Marion, AL 36756

I could keep whining but.....yeah..

[randomtask37]

RandomTask: How long will you be in a wheelchair for?

currently im either in my wheelchair (if theres room) or on crutches (if i dont want to look cripple) or using a walker (if i really gota get around) or just scooting myself around on my ass (when im around the house).

ill be able to put weight on my right leg in 6-8 weeks. i can put my weight on my left leg for short periods of time. i have surgury on it on june 1st.

[m42technic]

RandomTask: How long will you be in a wheelchair for?

currently im either in my wheelchair (if theres room) or on crutches (if i dont want to look cripple) or using a walker (if i really gota get around) or just scooting myself around on my ass (when im around the house).

ill be able to put weight on my right leg in 6-8 weeks. i can put my weight on my left leg for short periods of time. i have surgury on it on june 1st.

Every time I look at your sig and see your car... Im amazed at how such relatively good shape youre in. :shock:

[KenC]

RandomTask: How long will you be in a wheelchair for?

currently im either in my wheelchair (if theres room) or on crutches (if i dont want to look cripple) or using a walker (if i really gota get around) or just scooting myself around on my ass (when im around the house).

ill be able to put weight on my right leg in 6-8 weeks. i can put my weight on my left leg for short periods of time. i have surgury on it on june 1st.

Every time I look at your sig and see your car... Im amazed at how such relatively good shape youre in. :shock:

No joke. My neighbor was in a wreck in his e30 which didn't even look half as bad as yours and he died in the wreck.

[Digitalwave]

Eric
Doesn't drink
Doesn't smoke
Doesn't do drugs
Doesn't fuck dirty sluts

[Bill 84 318i]

I agree $50K is chump change, even in Indianapolis with low cost of living. In California, that'd probably be poverty level. :? Teachers make that much here.

Huh? From my experience (and a good chunk of my friends are CS, CIS, techy kind of majors), you're lucky to make $50k+ out of school, and most of that is up in the more expensive to live Northern VA area. I'd be thrilled to get that. Most non-tech people are far under that (yet can still live comfortably).

It's interesting to see all the different perceptions of college. Yeah Fred, there were many a 3:00 papers and programs, but there were many more 3:00 hanging out with friends sessions, which is the hardest thing to say goodbye to.

[rs4pro3]

50k starting pay here in Tn is good, I'll be making 45k starting out when I'm finished with school in a year(if I go with a Job at TVA) and then if I stay with that job it tops out at close to 60k. My mom was a teacher and they make about 36k a year here in TN.

[rwh11385]

Bill, I was referring to in the long run, $50K isn't a whole lot. Down the road, with kids, house, etc., what seems great when he's a kid won't be as amazing.

$50-60K is a good starting salary, but without room for improvement, the joy fades.

[christophbmw]

the reason i say this is because my best freind dropped out of highschool last year as a junior and he is now makeing over 50 grand and he is not even 18!!!!

is he a model? prostitute? lottery winner? what?

he works for his dad's real estate company. some people are just lucky i geuss.

[rwh11385]

works for his dad.....weak

If he was self made, it would be much better. But I guess when he grows up, he can follow in daddy's footsteps and make at least $300,000 if not much more.

There's a few people I know who are inheriting family businesses, I'm jealous.