Two Schools of thought, here. If you are smart young, then unless you hit your head, you will be smart when you are more mature (IE old). Sure, make good money when you are young, working for someone else. If I could have a do over, I would invest more of my time and efforts in commercial real estate. Strip malls and shopping malls. Hard to do alone, so get a group of Likeminded men together, form an LLC and go for it. Get the level headed one to be in charge. You can have a "Secure" job with a big company and depend on them to retire you. Or they will down size and eliminate you or get bought out and "rightsize" you whiich means they have someone younger than you do it cheaper.
A lot of retired people I have known are now dead. they lost their reason to live. Got to be in charge. Now nobody jumps when they give orders and they feel useless.
Do what you love, do it while you are young, when you get older your teeth and knees hurt.
Work to live. Don't live to work. See the world while you have no anchors.I heard a real smart guy say that youth is wasted on the young. Laugh real loud, Fart when you need to and drink lots of water.
WHEN IT COMES TO A WIFE, CHOOSE WISELY. IF YOU DISLIKE YOUR MOTHER IN LAW, YOUR WIFE WILL BECOME HER IN ABOUT TWENTY YEARS.
HERE IT IS IN A NUTSHELL,THERE ARE NO DO-OVERS.
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Jim
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