I actually plowed my way through a PhD from a good department in a field with jobs, but was so sick of sitting in a room by myself writing shit that maybe 3 people would ever read so I didn’t go on the academic job market for tenured jobs

when I’m on campuses these days, surrounded by little things in little skirts, I can get a little wistful and wonder if I fucked up royally

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4010468&forum_id=2#36310731)

only good thing was making money but aside from dat its total shit and regressive as shit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4010468&forum_id=2#36310732)

180^180 to you but you wouldn’t be able to do that in any of those Asian countries, you’d either be making peanuts or stuck in the shitty Asian corporate environment — or both

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4010468&forum_id=2#36310738)

and u have IT ppl making boatloads like doods who started flipkart just sold it to walmart for like 17bb

and in my travels i meet a lot of indian dudes my age who grew up there and then went to western country for MBA and now work for multinational companies and they get sent all over world, and live in cool places in asia just living chill expat lives on high salaries.. its pretty fuking cool

so its just typical lemming BS to say OH BUT U BE POOR IN INDIA, all my uncles who stayed in india were STEM faggots and had servents and didnt do shit, they dont even know how to take out trash, they had easy lives

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4010468&forum_id=2#36310782)

an associate at a top Indian law firm makes less than US$10k a year and works like more of a slave than an associate at Latham or Linklaters

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4010468&forum_id=2#36310788)

and u cant compare total salary asshole as cost of living is way cheaper

and ppl dont go into law in india, they do STEM then either stay engineers or get MBA and move into consultant or middle management for US or euro or chink MNC, those gigs are pretty sweet

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4010468&forum_id=2#36310790)

Bad financial decisions in my 20's re: expensive car & apartment.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4010468&forum_id=2#36311440)

poor little fuckboy

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4010468&forum_id=2#36312089)

Then doubling down and picking lit

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4010468&forum_id=2#36311829)

1) i met someone through networking channels that was pretty high power who i got to know really well. think like an old guy who gets life from being around crazy young guy kinda thing. 100% everyone here knows of the family and have been maybe over 100 threads about this family. well a family member who owns a private investment bank wanted to bring me on and teach me the ropes personally because he was old and he thought it would be cool to have a young guy to show the ropes. i got into MY MASTERS and had to do MY MASTERS.

2) i run into a guy who wrestled around same time i did in same conference. we literally ran into each other on line at a walgreens. we chat. trade info. he goes "want to be an assistant coach at my D1 wrestling program (a real shitty one at the time)? i just got the head coaching job." i go "no, i have a decent job".

i regret the second WAY MORE than the first.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4010468&forum_id=2#36312865)

no point in retiring at 70 - you're already dead by then

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=4010468&forum_id=2#36316544)