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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think between high school graduation and my masters degree, my parents gave me about $2000. This would also cover my train trips home. So I had to hustle.
I earned my BA and then MA in architecture. After years of piddling around in adjacent professions, then a stint as a SAHM, I became a licensed architect (and no, the parents didn't help with my exam costs either and I was a SAHM at the time so didn't have a company that covered professional development expenses, and no, my spouse didn't know about the exams and didn't pay for them because I didn't want to jinx myself).
I had some roles in elite firms so that was very gratifying and affirming. I also gut renovated two properties, either by hand or GC'd them myself depending on the trade.
There was some amount of luck involved, but then an older Irish friend corrected me on that and said "sometimes luck is something one MAKES for oneself".[/quote]

Oh, asset values - about 800K in 401K, liquid & 529s. About 400K in home equity (half, husband owns the other half).
No debt, no student loans, no mortgage (I was our developer).[/quote]

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