> Sounds like you made all the right choices. That's not what the blog post says at all. The author talked about a bunch of bad choices. > You spent $200k on

> Sounds like you made all the right choices. That's not what the blog post says at all. The author talked about a bunch of bad choices. > You spent $200k on a degree which awarded you a job that allowed you (with some expected struggle) to pay it off. That's not what happened. In short, here is the series of events, that happened over a number of years: 1. Graduated with a double major in economics and environmental studies, plus $150K debt 2. Got a job pulling weeds at the Chicago Botanic Gardens for $12/hour 3. Got a job as an economic researcher at Arity for $50K/year 4. Taught himself data science and machine learning 5. Got a job in data science for >$100K/year It was only 5 that allowed him to pay off his student loan debt. The undergrad degree did not directly lead to a well-paying job.