Now I know you’re lying. There’s no way you can buy a house in this day and age on an academic/publishing/journalism/scriptwriter’s salary barring immense generational wealth. |
My friend who bought her house is a carpenter and theatre technician. She’s been saving for years and works on 3-5 movies or tv shows every year. She makes as much or more than I do (white collar job in DC) on average, admittedly by working 12-14 hour days when she’s working on a film. She bought a big fixer upper in the suburbs/exurbs that she’ll do a lot of the fixing up on herself because she’s a very talented builder/artist/carpenter/welder. I’m not trying to say it’s an EASY job but your claim that only rich kids can do that is so much BS. And if she’d wasted her 20s in consulting she wouldn’t have the skills, decision-making power, and gig preference she currently has in the union/industry and would be a lot worse off. Once more: Not everyone has the same goals and desires you do. There are multiple paths to a happy life. |
Serious question, is this a troll post? |