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'86-'89 (true) Millennials: discuss our lives ITT
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:20 PM
How is your life going? How are your friends, classmates, etc. doing? |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 12:17 AM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:21 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:22 PM
what am i ('91) |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:23 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:24 PM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 11:28 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 11:30 AM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:26 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:34 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:46 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:47 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:50 PM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 12:17 AM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 9:35 AM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 10:12 AM |
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Date: July 17th, 2012 11:57 PM
I experienced both of your "defining" events WAY more close and upfront than someone born in '89, who was 11-12 when 9/11 happened and couldn't have been sent to Iraq until the Surge, and who was still early enough in college to change majors when '08 happened. |
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Date: August 23rd, 2012 9:11 PM |
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Date: November 21st, 2012 11:45 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:23 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:28 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:24 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:25 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:28 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:29 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:30 PM
its the haves and the have nots....and the divergence happening now will continue for our entire lives. personally I'm glad to be on the winning side, for now at least. |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:33 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:34 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:39 PM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 12:20 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:03 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:14 AM |
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Date: July 12th, 2012 3:46 AM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:37 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:39 PM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:32 AM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:41 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:42 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:44 PM |
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Date: August 23rd, 2012 9:11 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:46 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:49 PM
The life of your avg 22-24 year old BSU or comm college grad in are country is pathetic right now. |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:50 PM
That's one thing boomers sort of have right about ARE generation |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:51 PM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 12:39 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:01 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:33 AM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:49 PM
my brother is '88 and most of his friends are in similar situations. as it turns out, many ended up at very TTTT law schools |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:53 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:58 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 10:01 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 10:02 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 9:59 PM
'09 HYPS grad here. Obviously we were much luckier than state school grads, but the squeeze was felt across the spectrum. |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 10:01 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 10:03 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 10:06 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 10:11 PM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 12:22 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 12:40 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:19 AM |
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Date: November 21st, 2012 11:41 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 10:11 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 10:12 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 10:16 PM |
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Date: June 21st, 2012 11:54 PM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 12:22 AM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 10:00 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:10 AM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 9:59 AM
my high school friends are pretty hit or miss - some have big4/f500 jobs, some are working at chipotle and will be screwed forever. there are some distinguishing/contributing personality traits in each group though... |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 10:07 AM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 10:10 AM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 10:11 AM
Everyone's either making near six figures, or unemployed in mom's basement.
I'm the one exception, I made 40k last year. |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 10:17 AM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 10:24 AM
1/2 of the entire generation is under/unemployed
1/4 has a dead end job like "sales" or whatever, or random corporation
1/8 in grad school
1/8 in an "upward mobility" job
This BORT is too connected to consulting/finance b/c outside of that group, almost NO ONE at age 25-26, especially with the rate of millennials going to grad school, is making even close to 6 figures.
I think the summary for us will be great haves and have nots, but also majorly depressed lifetime earnings from heavy debtloads, boomers not leaving jerbs, and people starting careers at 30, instead of 22 |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 5:53 PM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 10:33 AM These are the people making close to six figures at ~26 |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 11:33 AM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 10:30 AM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 5:38 PM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 8:24 PM |
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Date: June 22nd, 2012 8:27 PM
I am 1984. What is my generation? |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 12:46 AM
its just that some of them, particularly biz/finance types, had to settle for something a few rungs below what they would've gotten pre-ITE. the cs majors i know are all making 90k+ with ridiculous benefits
i am certainly one of the laziest of my friends and even i will probably end up in a decent (employable non-debt form of) grad school |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:00 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:05 AM
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Date: July 11th, 2012 11:34 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:01 AM
http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2011/news/economy/1105/gallery.lost_generation/index.html |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:14 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:23 AM |
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Date: July 12th, 2012 9:40 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:25 AM -Graduated HS in 2005. -Went to CUNY 2005-2007, worked paralegal job part time. -Flunked out of CUNY. -2008 to 2010 worked as a headhunter focusing on midlevel associate lateral placements at BIGLAW firms. ($32k + bonus, salary raised to $40k second year) -2010 went to a semester of community college. -June 2010 got a job as a researcher for big executive search firm ($55k + bonus) focusing on capital markets. Started doing recruiting very quickly. Back and forth b/t NYC and London offices. Got my first apt. in Gramercy w/ a roommate. - April 2011 left for a competitor and higher salary ($70k + bonus). Moved to new apt. by myself in Hell's Kitchen. 1br in a walk-up. - January 2012 rejoined my old company as a headhunter, no longer just doing research. Focusing on i-banking, sales & trading, research/strategy jobs at bulge bracket investment banks. Making $75k + year-end bonus. Expecting bonus to put me into six figure territory. - March 2012 won $80k in the lotto. - Enrolling in CUNY part-time in the fall semester - earning a BA/MA joint-degree in Economics from Hunter College part-time while working this job. Hopefully graduated by 2015, since going-part time. |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:26 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:29 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:35 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 10:45 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 10:48 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:31 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:34 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:36 AM
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:39 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:40 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:40 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:40 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:39 AM
how did you react the moment you won? |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:41 AM I didn't believe my friend. Told him I was going to tell my mom so he better tell me if it was BS. He said go ahead and tell her. I hadn't yet given him the money for the tickets yet either so I RAN to his apartment to do that at like midnight. |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:54 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 10:21 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:29 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 11:31 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:39 AM
Hopefully fucking off to China next year to attend a university there and then teach English. No long term plans.
As you can see, things are going swimmingly. |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:44 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:48 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:52 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:55 AM
Sounds credited in this situation. I pretty much plan to do the same. The China plan is a dead end, but I don't care. I have too much debt and other financial fallout from law school to try to do grad school in a useful subject, so I'm really stuck. |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:41 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:51 AM
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:03 AM
"late night posting/resume spamming/crossfit/ big state U (athens, chapel hill, charlottesville) on wknds to hang w/ hot ugrads ever since "
sounds pretty credited |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:34 AM
Yeah, I mean, I'm hoping to be gainfully employed soon, but it's only going to interfere with my free time. |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:54 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 1:59 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:09 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:14 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:09 AM azn finance-ish doods, traders/accountants not banking, although two have left their jobs to go to the next thing a few girls doing MRS degrees. several BAF MD's starting residencies now. 2 LS, 1 PhD, 1 peacecorps, 1 layabout leftist who reminds me of bel i also knew some international azn kids at ug and they all did fine with their finance interviews, are big ballin in asia etc. but nothing too crazy.
i consider it a mark against me that i know so few millennials that are truly struggling. |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:12 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:15 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:15 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:16 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:28 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:29 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:24 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:13 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:14 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:15 AM
I'm just commenting on XO's whole "you're shit if you're not banking" thing |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:16 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:15 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:19 AM |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:18 AM
Two years behind most of my peers born in the same year in career (due to getting ITE shitcanned after first job and taking another entry level job)
Other than that fine
My friends, for the most part are doing just fine but they're not representative of the population as a whole. Many (including me) were in a sticky situation '09 and '10 but most got back on their feet. I do know that - at least according to facebook, many people i went to HS with are kind of fucked in the ass. |
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Date: July 11th, 2012 2:20 AM |
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Date: July 18th, 2012 1:21 AM |
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Date: August 23rd, 2012 5:57 PM |
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Date: August 23rd, 2012 6:43 PM
All of my friends are divisible into 2 groups: bros who went to good colleges and are now doing well (with the exception of a few Cal bros who barely graduated) or are townies who have not changed at all since high school. I'm kind of jealous of the latter because they just smoke weed and play music and generally seem to be much happier than anyone else. There's a lot to be said about being a slacker. But, actually, a lot of them are miserable because they still live at home and are perpetually broke, so who knows how much longer they can deal with their situation. A few have started to get their shit together cuz reality is sinking in.
My wife comes from a very ghetto desert town and good god her FB friends really shine a light on the dire situation of the modern economy. |
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Date: August 24th, 2012 12:17 AM
1. State school philosophy -> PhD Philosophy -> political type job that pays 60K in MFH + very involved in politics 2. State school EECS -> dropped out -> scrounging IT temp jobs while unemployed for 2+ years 3. HYPSM philosophy -> job at big tech company -> job at established start-up -> quit and trying to start own start-ups 4. HYPSM math -> Math tutor and trying to figure out what to do next 5. State school math -> started PhD in math -> went on leave and working in analytics job at established start-up 6. State school philosophy -> small-law paralegal -> T6 law school 7. HYPSM biology -> worked in public health jobs -> T20 medical school 8. HYPSM public policy -> MBB -> T14 law school 9. Ivy economics -> UBS IBD -> moved to South America to do something -> start-up management -> quit to work on own start-ups and his get-rich-quick blog 10. HYPSM EE -> R&D at start-up -> dropped out to travel the world for 3 years, including joining a commune in Tel Aviv and spending 4 months in East Africa -> figuring out what to do next.
So, including me, out of the 11 of us, at ages 25-27, exactly 2 are currently earning a salary. And the state school bros seems to have more drive to avoid funemployment. Only the guy who dropped out of college is really depressed about his current state, though. |
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Date: August 23rd, 2012 6:45 PM |
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Date: August 23rd, 2012 8:48 PM |
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Date: August 23rd, 2012 9:09 PM
everyone seems to be doing their part to suck whatever $ they can from boomer parents though. |
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Date: August 23rd, 2012 9:18 PM |
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Date: November 21st, 2012 5:20 PM |
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Date: November 21st, 2012 6:25 PM |
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Date: November 21st, 2012 9:28 PM |
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Date: November 21st, 2012 11:37 PM
1) HYPSM computer science --> start-up job 2) Crappy state school biology --> low ranked med school 3) Good state school bio engineering --> low ranked med school 4) Good private bio engineering --> low ranked med school 5) Good state school EECS --> start-up 6) Crappy state school EECS --> engineer 7) Decent private school EECS --> engineer 8) Crappy state school chemistry major --> teacher 9) Crappy state school math major --> works in the service industry 10) Crappy state school biology --> low ranked med school 11) Crappy state school math major --> PhD in math 12) Crappy state school biology --> lab manager
You don't have to be that smart to get into medical school or become an engineer. Except for the friend working in the service industry, they are all doing what they said they wanted to do in high school. |
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Date: November 21st, 2012 11:55 PM |
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Date: November 22nd, 2012 12:10 AM |