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Originally Posted by fotze
Did you do internship? Or have summer jobs somewhere in the patch?
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Unfortunately, no. I kind of figured that'd be my biggest mistake.
I did my bachelor's at the best university in Canada (U of T), and after waffling about whether to stay in Toronto or come back to Calgary (which is home), I came back to avoid Leaf fans
So yeah, I have experience, but in a non-related industry. Ditto with my summers, did them all out in TO without thinking about O&G. Come back to Calgary, and of course, everything is related to energy so been doing my masters at UofC to pick up some of that knowledge. Still very tough without experience.
Ehhh, it's a tougher road, but was just illustrating that saving money is tough when your income line = $0, even if your willingness to save/work is high. At the same time, many people like myself are settling for jobs that pay half of what they should be, which leads to less money being available to save.
And Baby Boomers seriously had it easy. As was shown, the pay vs. standard of living, especially in Alberta was ridiculous 20 years ago. Now, you need a good job to even have a chance.