My dad had a degree in public relations, hated it. He worked for one of the largest corporations in the entire goddamn country at the time. He decided he wanted to try his hand at advertising, bought a camera with ZERO experience. Asked a couple connections at his company if he could try his hand at making some of their ads.
He now owns one of the largest media companies in the state. He still makes all of their ads.
After 5 years of operation, he purchased an office on foreclosure for $80k. That same office was recently appraised at $3.1 million.
I have 8 years experience with strong references and a degree, I have done the math and getting an interview takes 120 applications. This is in a high demand career field. I am making more money than 95% of people my age and I cannot afford a house in my state right now. My wife just finished her pre-med program at a state school with reduced tuition, my final out of cost price for her school was $84k, she was a dean's list student with a 4.0 and multiple scholarships. I almost had to declare bankruptcy twice because of how much it was costing us, I refused to take out loans because they come with a 5-8% interest rate which cannot be dissolved in bankruptcy.
You CANNOT argue for one second that life was in any way this hard in previous generations. It simply is. Every aspect of life is unaffordable for us, jobs have way more regulations and hoops to jump through.
And this is coming from somebody supposedly making it. I strongly support our president and everything he has done thus far, but the right needs to address these things as well in a way they currently aren't. Schools, housing, regular expenses and medical are ridiculously out of hand for this generation.
Fucking exactly. And they will get EXACTLY what they want if the right keeps brushing it under the rug and says "hurr durr millennials just don't know how to work." You want to win the younger vote? Tell them that they're right, tell them it's harder to make it than previous generations. Tell them you understand, then tell them about all the useless regulations and red tape, other issues that are causing it and how we're going to fix it.
So move to where you can afford to buy a home. If you're that wonderful, you'll have no problem getting a big paying job.
You come across as a whiner. Even if what you say is partly true in some circumstances, you never admit you were an idiot to pay that much for a medical degree. You never admit you refuse to move. It's not your fault in any respect, it's just "life is hard hard hard."
You also sound like you'd accept a bailout, as in loan forgiveness.
You can ALWAYS spend more than you make, no matter how much you make. These whining millennials want a huge mansion and new cars right out of college. They refuse to start small while paying off debt and work up.
Your dad knew how to succeed in an unstructured environment and it sounds like you do not. That is the entreprenuerial skill: to navigate uncertainty.
You somewhat trivialize his accomplishment by saying he just bought a camera and asked a few connections. No, he saw an opportunity and he hustled. If it was so easy for his generation, then why isn't his media company tied with a thousand others?
You on the other hand want to buy a house from a pure tracked career path. This is not close to what your dad did. He went off-road. He would probably be able to navigate the job search better than you--and you are looking to get someone to pay you a salary while they absorb all the risk and you seem to be frustrated that it's difficult while you are just doing what you are supposed to do. You are competing with the 60% torso of people who have the same mindset. Your dad would probably try a lot of different approaches than simply submitting an application along with 120 others for every job.
You can blame it on the times, but I have seen people in this generation succeed like your dad. They are not doing it through job applications. They make shit happen with hustle and ingenuity.
If you want to really compare the times, go ask your dad if you can talk to his old coworkers who never left their company. I think you'd be better off asking your dad how to hustle, how to identify and seize opportunities in creative ways.
You could pay for school, medical and housing on the most basic salary.
I'm not talking a bag boy at a grocery store, but the equivalent income needed to afford these things in the past would be $15-$18 an hour. I'm making twice that and it won't be until mid thirties until I can provide a house and security for my family in the same way previous generations could.
Could I move to another state with better cost of living? Sure. But my wife's schooling requires us to be here and I'm not about to go through months of looking for a new job.
It isn't impossible, but the current economic climate for this generation does not leave enough room to wiggle, try new ideas or building a business.
My dad had a degree in public relations, hated it. He worked for one of the largest corporations in the entire goddamn country at the time. He decided he wanted to try his hand at advertising, bought a camera with ZERO experience. Asked a couple connections at his company if he could try his hand at making some of their ads.
He now owns one of the largest media companies in the state. He still makes all of their ads.
After 5 years of operation, he purchased an office on foreclosure for $80k. That same office was recently appraised at $3.1 million.
I have 8 years experience with strong references and a degree, I have done the math and getting an interview takes 120 applications. This is in a high demand career field. I am making more money than 95% of people my age and I cannot afford a house in my state right now. My wife just finished her pre-med program at a state school with reduced tuition, my final out of cost price for her school was $84k, she was a dean's list student with a 4.0 and multiple scholarships. I almost had to declare bankruptcy twice because of how much it was costing us, I refused to take out loans because they come with a 5-8% interest rate which cannot be dissolved in bankruptcy.
You CANNOT argue for one second that life was in any way this hard in previous generations. It simply is. Every aspect of life is unaffordable for us, jobs have way more regulations and hoops to jump through.
And this is coming from somebody supposedly making it. I strongly support our president and everything he has done thus far, but the right needs to address these things as well in a way they currently aren't. Schools, housing, regular expenses and medical are ridiculously out of hand for this generation.
They don't want you to succeed. They want you to fail and go on the government tit.
Fucking exactly. And they will get EXACTLY what they want if the right keeps brushing it under the rug and says "hurr durr millennials just don't know how to work." You want to win the younger vote? Tell them that they're right, tell them it's harder to make it than previous generations. Tell them you understand, then tell them about all the useless regulations and red tape, other issues that are causing it and how we're going to fix it.
So move to where you can afford to buy a home. If you're that wonderful, you'll have no problem getting a big paying job.
You come across as a whiner. Even if what you say is partly true in some circumstances, you never admit you were an idiot to pay that much for a medical degree. You never admit you refuse to move. It's not your fault in any respect, it's just "life is hard hard hard."
You also sound like you'd accept a bailout, as in loan forgiveness.
You sound like a lefty.
Also, he’s starting out but expects to be where he’ll be in ten years. Settle down and put in your time. You’re not entitled to start out on top.
You can ALWAYS spend more than you make, no matter how much you make. These whining millennials want a huge mansion and new cars right out of college. They refuse to start small while paying off debt and work up.
Sounds like you're making excuses.
what state
Your dad knew how to succeed in an unstructured environment and it sounds like you do not. That is the entreprenuerial skill: to navigate uncertainty.
You somewhat trivialize his accomplishment by saying he just bought a camera and asked a few connections. No, he saw an opportunity and he hustled. If it was so easy for his generation, then why isn't his media company tied with a thousand others?
You on the other hand want to buy a house from a pure tracked career path. This is not close to what your dad did. He went off-road. He would probably be able to navigate the job search better than you--and you are looking to get someone to pay you a salary while they absorb all the risk and you seem to be frustrated that it's difficult while you are just doing what you are supposed to do. You are competing with the 60% torso of people who have the same mindset. Your dad would probably try a lot of different approaches than simply submitting an application along with 120 others for every job.
You can blame it on the times, but I have seen people in this generation succeed like your dad. They are not doing it through job applications. They make shit happen with hustle and ingenuity.
If you want to really compare the times, go ask your dad if you can talk to his old coworkers who never left their company. I think you'd be better off asking your dad how to hustle, how to identify and seize opportunities in creative ways.
OK boomer.
Haha
It sounds the same as when we were in school. That was in 1974
You could pay for school, medical and housing on the most basic salary.
I'm not talking a bag boy at a grocery store, but the equivalent income needed to afford these things in the past would be $15-$18 an hour. I'm making twice that and it won't be until mid thirties until I can provide a house and security for my family in the same way previous generations could.
Could I move to another state with better cost of living? Sure. But my wife's schooling requires us to be here and I'm not about to go through months of looking for a new job.
It isn't impossible, but the current economic climate for this generation does not leave enough room to wiggle, try new ideas or building a business.
LOL Yeah, sounds like life is really fucking hard for you.