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OP, is this realization just now hitting you lol? I had this convo with my colleagues 5 years ago.

I work in big tech and have no concerns about my kids. DH and I need to be able to hold on for 10 years to retire, I am nervous about that.

My kids are young but all interested in blue collar jobs that exist in the real world, not just the digital world. They will be fine.

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This seems to be the way. We’ve got two teenage boys and we’re stressing the importance of physical jobs but also encouraging them to think bigger picture- someday owning a trade business where they can marry a skill and business sense and see upward mobility. We left the DC area several years ago for our smaller hometown and this is where the money is and jobs. My husband and I have both since lost our government tech adjacent jobs with the new administration (a good ten to fifteen years out from retirement) and have been thrust in to the local economy which is awful. But it was a serious wake-up call for us- cutting expenses, not being able to save, shopping on a budget, having hard conversations about money in a way we didn’t have to when we both had large salaries. I think a lot of us are going to find ourselves pivoting and it’s scary! [/quote]

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