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MRCboicgy · 11-02-2011, 07:46 PM

A lot of it has to do with perspective/background. If you told me as a youth that I would be making 55K 4 years after getting my bachelor's degree, I'd have been thrilled. Considering my parents were poor as church mice and my dad never made more than 36K in a year in his life (still!), I'm making huge bucks.

Now if I didn't have to go into serious hock in order to get said education - hopefully will have it paid off in 3 years (both student loans and CC, which I maxed out during college) - I'd actually be making financial progress as I close in on 30.

I'm looking forward to reaching 5 years at my role - it's very specialized, even in business, so I should have some opportunities ahead (maybe just not in Calgary - more like Seattle or Silicon valley)

11-02-2011, 07:46 PM	#114
MRCboicgy Referee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: In your enterprise AI Exp:	A lot of it has to do with perspective/background. If you told me as a youth that I would be making 55K 4 years after getting my bachelor's degree, I'd have been thrilled. Considering my parents were poor as church mice and my dad never made more than 36K in a year in his life (still!), I'm making huge bucks. Now if I didn't have to go into serious hock in order to get said education - hopefully will have it paid off in 3 years (both student loans and CC, which I maxed out during college) - I'd actually be making financial progress as I close in on 30. I'm looking forward to reaching 5 years at my role - it's very specialized, even in business, so I should have some opportunities ahead (maybe just not in Calgary - more like Seattle or Silicon valley) __________________ You’re just old hate balls. --Funniest mod complaint in CP history.