Are you financially better off or worse off than your parents?

Were your parents first gen immigrants?

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Better. My dad makes about the same money I do now and never thought he’d make that much in his life. He’s 73. The most he ever made in his life before 69 was 30k in a year and now he’s at 250.

He was an immigrant

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After I graduated college he changed careers and started selling insurance

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I think significantly worse lol, my mom was making about 300k and my dad was making roughly a 500k at the age of 26/27.

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Well my dad passed away last year, and my mom is now a stay at home mom without much valuable career advice. My dad was an attorney, and my mom was a programmer without any actual experience but got mentored well with a super high salary.

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my parents have a house in the bay so i don't think I'll ever come close 🤣

in terms of agewise tho at 23 vs him at 23 I'm doing better

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No. I make significantly more than my parents ever made at my age, but still can’t afford a house.

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I’m sure you can afford a house. Just not the house you want 😆

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My dads a hell of a business minded dude. He got into the Airbnb business back in 2015 and he’s done really well for himself.

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Better.

No.

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Better.

No.

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Not necessarily better right this moment (dad is a heck a businessman and worth millions), but I’m way ahead of where he was at my age (30).

He was not an immigrant

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On route to being much better and I owe a lot of it to them.

Yes.

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Better, and yes.

Better, yes.

Better
Yes

Much better, yes.

Way better, no.

Better. No.

Better.

No.

Hard to say I make a lot more than they did at the same age but I can’t even afford my childhood house

Better, yes

Better, no. My father was 2nd gen but didn’t learn English until he started kindergarten because his parents only knew Greek.

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