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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Greta question, OP.

Gosh why are people so dumb, that almost no one takes these "safe" vareer paths to the 'upper middle class"?

Why is everyone throwing their lives away on silly gambles?

Are you really that clueless? [/quote]

I'm not sure what you're trying to say. But one of the curiosities of life is how two equally intelligent and capable people can end up in very different financial places simply by picking different career tracks.

I do think there is an element of "oh, insurance/accounting, it's so BORING" sentiment when you're 21 and trying to figure out what to do with your life and the concept of the 45hr corporate workweek and being shackled to the desk is oppressive when you're footloose and fancy-free in college. So you decide on a creative/interesting/cool master's track (with debt) to end up an urban planner or social worker. Because working in cities is cool. Helping people is cool.

Then one day you wake up and realize the the dull and risk averse kids are taking home comfortable six figure incomes and buying comfortable houses in good school districts, all without too much stress while you languish at 75k in a job that is actually more demanding and delivers less rewards and still can't afford the city you live in.

People are fascinating. [/quote]

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