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Originally Posted by Derek69SS
Take the job, and save the money.
I'm only 23, so it wasn't that long ago... I worked 2 internships while putting myself through college. Many of my friends partied hard, and their parents payed their way.
6 months after graduation, I bought a house.
They're all broke, paying rent, and living in apartments. I'm just as broke as they are, but building equity, and have something to show for my hard work. Next spring, my fiance and I will get married, and she graduates nursing school. We can make it (just barely) on what I make, now more than double that income, and we *can* pay off the house in <5 years, or save the money to buy an acreage in the country to build on.
*can* = assuming we don't have kids for a while  |
Dang, amazing how much we have in common, but i'm 24
Seriously though, I would take the job/internship... jobs are harder to find out of school if you dont have experience of some kind. The more the better, and usually the harder the job (in the related field) the better.
I'm glad i did what i did, i just wish i had tried harder in my undergraduate program and got better grades to get into a master's program earlier than i did. I barely cracked a book and still escaped with a 3.5GPA. dont ask how.
Skip the partying, its a waste of time in my book. i did it for a bit, and didnt like it.. the only thing that made me happy was my girl and my car... but thats just me
