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Yes. I failed several accounting classes, almost dropped out of school, and considered ending my life. In my first job post grad, I made $12/hr part time in a super shady company.
I’ve come a long way.
Chief
You earned it :). The high water mark for passing is there for a reason.
Yep. Absolutely. I’m a street kid from Brooklyn. Now a senior partner. Would have never imagined this.
Same here... my starting salary was twice what my single mother made and now a partner.
Yup. Grew up dirt poor with hippy parents that got mixed up in Scientology which siphoned any money they had. I went to college just to get away from the environment (but don't get me wrong my parents were decent caring people just a bit lost). Worked hard towards my accounting degree and EXTREMELY HARD within EY and am now a senior partner. They are very proud of me and I can't even tell them what I make as it sounds ridiculous. So work hard, be thankful, and don't always judge a book by its cover.
Yes. Grew up modestly. Parents didn’t go to college. I Chased scholarship money to go to school. Grateful and proud.
Every day.
Yep - one of the first to go college and first to have earned a masters degree in my family. My parents are humble and hardworking restaurant staffs whom speaks broken English. They never thought I would do so well especially with an immigrant background. I’ve put in a lot of time and effort to earn this. and maybe some luck?
I hope every person here celebrates their hard work and achievements. These stories are awesome! Your hard work paid off and you deserve your success!!
If you started a new job in accounting making over 42k a year you are in the top 1% bracket of the world. The problem is that people from the US are very materialistic and absolutely terrible living in your means and it’s all because of college. No matter you age or income anyone can get student loans for any amount from any trash college for any price but that same person can’t get a loan 1/10 of the amount to start a business! It’s messed up
When you’re referring to top 1% of the world, are you taking the cost of living into consideration?
Yes. I look at pictures from my childhood and realize that people who come from where I came from rarely get to live the life I lead. I feel lucky and blessed and overwhelmed. My life is not perfect and this year has been hard but damn I’ve got a lot to be thankful for.
Hahahahaha
This took an odd turn. Am I missing something?
Chief
I wrote this when I was very drunk and I still am - Mitch Hedberg. This makes me happy.
I make more money than my mom I feel blessed
During quarantine I have cleaned out my basement. I found a questionnaire I filled out my senior year of high school regarding what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wanted to be a CEO earning $80k-$100k 🤣🤣. Oh 17 year old me. Not a CEO but I did smile knowing at least my 17 year old self would be pleased with my salary.
I always think it’s crazy that I make 3 times as much as my mom has ever made with my associate salary and I still don’t think it’s enough. It’s really put into perspective how much respect I should have for my mom for providing everything me and my 3 siblings needed growing up on what I now know was basically a poverty wage
yes, my parents are immigrants and my annualized salary as an intern was more than my dad ever made. i felt like i was always behind my peers because they were buying homes etc, but then when i asked them how they did it, not a single one did it without their parents' help, either living rent free or help with a down payment, and most didn't have school loans to pay either. i paid off my school loans in 7 years, and now i own a home in one of the most expensive neighborhoods in Chicago.
Yes, I come from a country where people can’t earn in a year what I earn in a month...
No, what I realized is that I screwed up my 20's, my ex-girlfriend milked me for everything I was worth including the time of my life I'll never get back. I could have been way more financially sound in my current stage of life but oh well. Guess I won't get to retire until I'm 75.
If I may ask what happened? Its not like a marriage where when a divorce happens you are turning over 1/2 your 401k and writing your ex a check to buy them out of their share of the house....
Go read the thread about whether you thought you would ever make as much as you do now. It's those of us that came from nothing and made something out of it. Anyone can do it. Sometimes it's hard. It gets easier if you stick with a career and stop complaining about everything (get a cheaper apartment, go through all your bills and cut some stuff out, make your lunch, less take out, etc.). There are ways one dollar at a time.
Neither of my parents went to college or university. They parents made ~40-50k a year while I was growing up (sometimes more or less for my dad since he was running his own business) before they early retired off of selling their home in a HCOL area. I'm now making almost 6 figures and I'm not even 30. Completely agree- I never thought I'd be here and I am grateful every day!
Yes. I graduated with a liberal arts degree in 2010 and couldn't find a job at all, even making minimum wage. I applied everywhere and talked to everyone I'd ever met. Went back to school for a graduate degree in accounting because I didn't want to live with my parents forever. Now not only do I not have to live with them, I have financial independence goals and the hope of some sort of semi-retirement by age 40.
Yes. I was raised with very little. And to make more every year than I ever expected and finish my career at $2 million/year was a good thing. Go EY!
@Partner3 Sup?
I know a lot of people at RSM aka McGladrey feel this way.