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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op sounds like a troll.[/quote]

This is a troll post for sure. Thinking everyone can "make $150k by their 30s". Should we just not have teachers, professors, physical therapists, nurses in DC? There are plenty of professional jobs that don't make $150k.[/quote]

Understand your point but, as a woman, I purposely didn’t go into a a more flexible but lower paying field like physical therapy, speech therapy, social work etc. I know MANY women who did this, banking on getting married to someone making multiple times their salaries, and then ultimately staying at home with their kids before maybe going back to work. at 22, I didn’t see the ROI- those low paying fields, while extremely noble and possibly fulfilling, require grad school and very little opportunity to make decent money long term. I was thinking along the lines of “I want to get married at some point, but what happens if I don’t? What career would I need to support myself adequately, and has more possibilities for making decent money?”[/quote]

Interesting take.  I suppose some of it depends on your background/upbringing?  My dad worked a blue collar job, my mom was a school para.  Teaching and other public sector jobs like the federal government were viewed as desirable, decent paying professions.  Although I will say my hometown offered a rare combination of a lower COL city but relatively higher teacher salaries compared to the US as a whole.

I do think that for some fields, you need to have that conversation with yourself earlier than 22 however.  Most young adults have finished undergrad by then and some degrees would likely be less useful for the high salary pathway you chose.
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