When Did You Realize there was a trust fund?

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Anonymous wrote:A PP mentioned people who are "retired" in their 30s. Please share what they did to make so much money. So I can advise my kids what fields to look at--because law and medicine ain't all that....

Investment banker or create a start up company that goes public.

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OP...let me get this straight. You're envious because someone else has money, and you're pinching pennies. Have you considered getting a job?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A PP mentioned people who are "retired" in their 30s. Please share what they did to make so much money. So I can advise my kids what fields to look at--because law and medicine ain't all that....

Investment banker or create a start up company that goes public.

My husband is an investment broker, and I'm here to tell you it's long long days with drinking a ton of coffee. I don't know how he does it, day in and day out.

[Anonymous]

My aunt and uncle (older than me by only 10 years or so) invested in yahoo when nobody knew what it was, sold at the right time. They then bought several investment properties in DC during the uptick in real estate prices, refurbished and renovated them, and sold at the right time. With whatever money they made, the diversified, diversified, diversified. They still work now, but could probably afford to retire. They're late 40's, but have been well-positioned since early 40's.

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All these people who worked full time through college, how did you do that? My school offered some night classes, but all of the core required classes were during the day. Did you work 8 hours at night?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All these people who worked full time through college, how did you do that? My school offered some night classes, but all of the core required classes were during the day. Did you work 8 hours at night?

My law school "frowned" on full time students working full time, still does.

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Anonymous wrote:All these people who worked full time through college, how did you do that? My school offered some night classes, but all of the core required classes were during the day. Did you work 8 hours at night?

Full time worker / college student here. I was a head lifeguard at a hotel pool. I worked with a bunch of other college students and we just collectively planned it out so that we had the time we were in classes off. I had a set schedule at school every week and scheduled my hours when I was not in school. We all did the same thing -- just handed our course printout to the manager, who would schedule around work. I was just willing to pretty much work every moment the pool was open and I was not in class. I was also the head guard, so whether or not I actually was working a full shift, I came in at 5:30 AM every morning in order to open the pool for the day. During the summers I worked two lifeguarding jobs -- evenings at the hotel pool and mornings / afternoons at a daycamp. One thing that made this a good job choice for a student is that, at least with the hotel, there were many nights when there would be nobody in the pool. On these nights, if the pool was clean and empty, we were free to read or study.

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Anonymous wrote:All these people who worked full time through college, how did you do that? My school offered some night classes, but all of the core required classes were during the day. Did you work 8 hours at night?

Full time worker / college student here. I was a head lifeguard at a hotel pool. I worked with a bunch of other college students and we just collectively planned it out so that we had the time we were in classes off. I had a set schedule at school every week and scheduled my hours when I was not in school. We all did the same thing -- just handed our course printout to the manager, who would schedule around work. I was just willing to pretty much work every moment the pool was open and I was not in class. I was also the head guard, so whether or not I actually was working a full shift, I came in at 5:30 AM every morning in order to open the pool for the day. During the summers I worked two lifeguarding jobs -- evenings at the hotel pool and mornings / afternoons at a daycamp. One thing that made this a good job choice for a student is that, at least with the hotel, there were many nights when there would be nobody in the pool. On these nights, if the pool was clean and empty, we were free to read or study.

I worked as a collector at a collection agency - 6 - 12 each night and every other saturday, so it wasn't a 40 hour week, but it felt like a lot since I had day classes. Anyway, I still managed to graduate with excellent grades. Youth.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A PP mentioned people who are "retired" in their 30s. Please share what they did to make so much money. So I can advise my kids what fields to look at--because law and medicine ain't all that....

Investment banker or create a start up company that goes public.

My husband is an investment broker, and I'm here to tell you it's long long days with drinking a ton of coffee. I don't know how he does it, day in and day out.

Think he needs to be a dealer to retire in his 30s.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All these people who worked full time through college, how did you do that? My school offered some night classes, but all of the core required classes were during the day. Did you work 8 hours at night?

To add to PP's questions, what was your major/grades if you worked full time in college? Were you married and/or had children at that time?