Unfortunately this is not really specific advice. I was recently talking to a friend who wants to be a specialist nurse. There is no road to working as a speci

Unfortunately this is not really specific advice. I was recently talking to a friend who wants to be a specialist nurse. There is no road to working as a specialist nurse for FAANG sized salaries. The buying power of the middle class in the USA has been wrecked. If Picketty (Capital in the 21st Century) is right then we will have a level of wealth inequality close to the french revolution in 9 years. Maybe we should be looking at institutional class labor (nurse, teacher, doctor, accountant) purchasing power as a better indicator.