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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is the rate?[/quote]

$35.  If he worked full-time there would be an increase based on projects and they would offer benefits.  But his boss said he’d be willing to wait until May to hire him.  I know the money is enticing now.  [/quote]

I think you may want to have a heart to heart with the boss and see if the three of you can team up together to incentivize him to finish out high school.
As an adult, the boss surely has the wisdom to see why this could be important for your DS to have his hs diploma (at a minimum) in case he ever needed to move on from working with his company. HS diploma is nearly always a bare minimum requirement for any job. And there’s no guarantee that this one will be a forever placement.

Also just want to say it’s fantastic that you are supporting this part for him bc it seems he’s very passionate about it and is on the road to making a success of it. I do think he needs to complete hs though. [/quote]

Total yes to all of this.  One more thing... make sure the boss's offer is in writing.  Now is a really good time to teach your son that when he's making big decisions because something sounds like a great offer, it needs to be official.  Hopefully his boss is a good guy, but promising triple salary and enticing him to leave HS before he finishes, he should combine making it contingent on finishing HS and the salary offer needs to be in writing.  Would hate for your son to go through all that and then the guy is like "Well triple... but not right away" or "Triple but health insurance brings it down to almost what you were making before..."[/quote]

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