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Old 02-27-2009, 12:39 PM   #46
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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher View Post
Yeah thats pretty apparent. Not everybody evaluates the major decisions in their life solely from a financial perspective.

A lot of people don't want to spend 20 years of their life doing something they don't enjoy just to make some money that they can barely use because they are so busy working all the time.

I went back to school in the my mid 20's and it was the best decision I could have made. Got me out of a well paying software development job and learning about stuff that I was interested in. Would make the same decision again and again.
Mid 20s is a different story. You should have gone back and you will very likely benefit from your decision. Good for you, dude.

Mid 30s is a totally different ball of wax. And the financial component of it is extremely important as he has to consider his inabilitiy (or limited ability) to save towards retirement during the time he is in school, while paying back student loans, and while he has a starting salary straight out of school and will not likely being making much money.

Yes maybe his life will be more fulfilling on one level, but if he then has to work an extra five years to recoup his investment, he is selling his retirment short.

If he's not happy with his current job, there are a lot of things he could do that don't include going to school, which is a poor financial decision with ramifications that extend beyond his bank account/line of credit.
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