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That's almost 100% because they want a particular life style. For example, my friend has a nearly perfect credit score, he lives with his parents still, works
by lettergram 12y ago
That's almost 100% because they want a particular life style.
For example, my friend has a nearly perfect credit score, he lives with his parents still, works 30 hours a week (making about $35k a year), and his expenses are about $12k yearly. Clearly he has to work, but not all that crazy.
However, if he wanted to move out, get a car, etc. it would be pretty hard.
I should note, he's a millennial, didn't go to college, is 23, and has about 50k in savings because he's invested all of his money, lives at home, and works remotely. He plans to buy a house in his mid to late 20's (28 is his goal). This is common all over the world, and was common pretty much throughout all history except the 50's - 70's.
- Roboprog 12y agoYour friend is pretty lucky to make over $20/hr without going to college. Does he do some kind of skilled construction work??? Otherwise, that sounds like a good plan if your parents can support you while you pull it off. (you = him, or somebody like him)
- lettergram 12y agoDefinitely not me (and my ~$100,000 in student loans)... He does quality assurance for a small business and handles other IT stuff. He loves digging around and finding bugs, and will also contributes to Gentoo. A fair number of the blogs he writes end up on the front page of HN, so you've probably read stuff by him.