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$40k in debts to earn $80k+ per year for the rest of your life? Sounds like a good trade-off to me...

• mfoy_ 10y ago
  Well stated like that it sounds like a good deal, but that statement makes a list of assumptions as long as my arm that quite simply are not guaranteed.
  • muninn_ 10y ago
    Well in this context we're talking about software dev so. College graduates still makes a lot more over their lifetimes, debt or not, than high school grads.
    • bigmanwalter 10y ago
      For starters, OP says that he has health issues. That makes it much more difficult to hold a full-time job. If he can only work part time, he would be stuck earning far below the full-time market rate. As total annual revenue decreases, the time required to pay off that debt, along with the total amount of interest paid servicing it, goes up exponentially. Going to university isn't always a guaranteed win.
      • muninn_ 10y ago
        I didn't say it was a guaranteed win