I was convinced I would be super rich by this point. Instead I am mildly well

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Feb 9, 2016
4:11:07pm

CDV All-American

I was convinced I would be super rich by this point. Instead I am mildly well

off. My 16 yo self would be really disappointed.

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CDV

Previous username: TheRealBarrySwitzer
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Last login: Apr 16, 2024
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Do you make more or less than you thought you would in high school? college?

2/9/16 4:07pm

I make a lot more, and the more I make the more my paradigm shifts about what

4mack

2/9/16 4:09pm

The government

wapiti

2/9/16 4:44pm

I make more. And it goes so much less further than I thought it would.

RdF3

2/9/16 4:09pm

About what I thought-

AtlantaMark

2/9/16 4:09pm

Yeah, seemed like a lot more money back then

workindev

2/9/16 4:10pm

I remember telling my dad how much I was going to make, and how rich I'd be at that income

2/9/16 4:13pm

Yep.

cougfanblue

2/9/16 4:16pm

This should be a poll.

SandYFan

2/9/16 4:09pm

I was convinced I would be super rich by this point. Instead I am mildly well

CDV

2/9/16 4:11pm

My parents only made $35k/year with 6 kids in CA (in a poor rural part of CA)

P-Boy Squad

2/9/16 4:12pm

That's like $0.10 a day.

2/9/16 4:16pm

forgot my checkbook, hope you don't mind if I pay you in pennies

2/9/16 4:18pm

More. In HS I wanted to be a firefighter.

2/9/16 4:13pm

expected to be a millionaire by 30

blucoug18

2/9/16 4:15pm

A lot less, but I've been compensated nonfinancially

84 Grad

2/9/16 4:15pm

Hmmm, does your wife know?

cracka

2/9/16 4:17pm

RE: A lot less, but I've been compensated nonfinancially

Epileptic Beagle

2/9/16 4:32pm

Way less.

fiberpost

2/9/16 4:18pm

didn't have specific dollar expectations, but it general more

2/9/16 4:19pm

I was planning on Scourge McDuck rich...I'm happy but not retiring till I die at this rate

SouthernBlueBlood

2/9/16 4:24pm

More +++

RenoCoug

2/9/16 4:28pm

I will make more after my training is complete

BYU-Texas

2/9/16 4:34pm

Jedi?

StapleGun

2/9/16 4:52pm

I make about what I thought. My HCBW makes way more than I thought she would.

Broda

2/9/16 4:36pm

I never imagined how expensive life can be.....

2/9/16 4:47pm

Less. Way less. And like Windward, things are way more expensive than

KingDave

2/9/16 4:52pm

My goal in high school was to someday find a job making $70k/yr. I grew up super poor so that seemed like a lot of money

Slim

2/9/16 5:10pm

Maybe not so dumb?

ray ray

2/9/16 5:35pm

A lot more and it feels like much less than I thought it would

annapcoug

2/9/16 5:28pm

I make more and it feels like I make less.

jbonita

2/9/16 6:24pm

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