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> Colleges cost less My college cost $16k per year plus living expenses. It's a long story why I was going there as opposed to a cheaper state school. My paren

> Colleges cost less My college cost $16k per year plus living expenses. It's a long story why I was going there as opposed to a cheaper state school. My parents did pay for part of it though I had to take out $20k+ in student loans and pay for the last year or so outright. > from poorer backgrounds I'm from a military family, lower middle class. > It is in no way their fault for not achieving "greateness" I haven't personally and that really wasn't what I was suggesting. > Furthermore, my generation (20-somethings) grew up in boom years I was in college in the 90s, boom years. Things went to shit a year after I was out. > we have the biggest financial crisis in the past 80 years While the current economy might be as bad as the Great Depression by some measure, you are not living through the Great Depression. [Edited for clarity and civility]

tomp 12y ago
> I was in college in the 90s, boom years. Things went to shit a year after I was out. Also, things started improving a few years after that, and the next 4 years were awesome. This crisis has been going on for 7 years. Unemployed young people really have very little to hope for. When the economy improves, noone is going to hire a 32-year old who's hardly been employed in the past 6 years. They are going to hire the fresh 24-year-old who's just finished college. The first paycheck/job you get greatly influences the overall wealth you're going to earn over your life.
- mbenjaminsmith 12y ago
  > The first paycheck/job you get greatly influences the overall wealth you're going to earn over your life. Bullshit. My first post-college job paid $550 per month. Deciding that this wasn't the best way to live my life I networked until I found a lead and then chased a CEO for two months by calling him 2-3 times a week until I got a job. And that was just the beginning, not some magical doorway into success. > When the economy improves That's a very dangerous assumption.

tomp 12y ago

> I was in college in the 90s, boom years. Things went to shit a year after I was out. Also, things started improving a few years after that, and the next 4 years were awesome. This crisis has been going on for 7 years. Unemployed young people really have very little to hope for. When the economy improves, noone is going to hire a 32-year old who's hardly been employed in the past 6 years. They are going to hire the fresh 24-year-old who's just finished college. The first paycheck/job you get greatly influences the overall wealth you're going to earn over your life.

mbenjaminsmith 12y ago
> The first paycheck/job you get greatly influences the overall wealth you're going to earn over your life. Bullshit. My first post-college job paid $550 per month. Deciding that this wasn't the best way to live my life I networked until I found a lead and then chased a CEO for two months by calling him 2-3 times a week until I got a job. And that was just the beginning, not some magical doorway into success. > When the economy improves That's a very dangerous assumption.