Going back to school

[jonas]

You have to do that in any job though.

I have met people from high school and while they seem to settle for things not the best - they have wives and houses.

I just meant when I get out I will be 26 and that is an age where some people begin to be settled. (Considering I'm almost 24)

[Mykozo]

Good call on going ahead with the career change. Not many people have the balls to do it after they get comfortable in their current career. Do it while your still young, as life is too short to have a job that you dread waking up for everyday. I remember working retail (music store customers are a cut above your average consumer when it comes to being arrogant and nasty), and waking up on my days off, and first thing in the morning thinking to myself, "fuck, I have to work tommorow".

[Drewbacca]

(ive read robobo, no offense)

That doesn't really count as media, though. Since it's just small online hobby that's luckily gaining an audience.

I say go for it. People will always need chefs and it's decent pay and trade if you're able to keep your chin up through the trenches, and from what I hear it is tough both physically and mentally and creatively. A good challenge, plus you'll eat like a king if you make it.

[Spent]

Wow, anyone arguing with DiffX on the retirement thing is a retard. You save 10 percent of what you earn into an RRSP - I started mine just this week, and if it only comes out as average that means at just over 100 dollars a month canadian I will have 535, 650 in my rrsp when I'm 55. I only make 24K a year, and I can afford to do this, along with rent, credit cards, cell phone, etc. If you get involved in a work related RRSP and a smaller one from your bank you could easily retire a millionaire, or damn close.

[MechDeus]

The workplace is wierd, it seems that the shittier the job is and the worse it pays the more awesome your co-workers are. When I worked at a restaurant and made shit the people were fucking great. I'm now working at retail which is also making shit and the people there are also cool. One of my friends that makes at least twice as much as me or anyone else we know only has friends from high school, and another one of my friends that also landed a decent job took up a secondary job at a crappy restaurant just to have a greater range of interesting friends. So many higher level jobs seem to be just so full of bullshit that it affects the workers and how they interact with each other, it seems pretty sad from what I've seen. But hey, I haven't seen the world.

A little more on-topic: It's funny, I want to go back to school, but all the stuff I want to learn about has absolutely nothing to do with job skills. Ah well, so long as I earn enough to live in a manner I enjoy I'm happy. I really need to start planning for long-term financial security, though.

[kedawa]

Wow, anyone arguing with DiffX on the retirement thing is a retard. You save 10 percent of what you earn into an RRSP - I started mine just this week, and if it only comes out as average that means at just over 100 dollars a month canadian I will have 535, 650 in my rrsp when I'm 55. I only make 24K a year, and I can afford to do this, along with rent, credit cards, cell phone, etc. If you get involved in a work related RRSP and a smaller one from your bank you could easily retire a millionaire, or damn close.

Half a mil won't seem so impressive in 35 yrs, though, especially for the remaining 20-25 years of your expected lifetime.
Unless, that is, you decide to move to some third world country when you retire.
You'd be better off investing in real estate, like a rental property for example.

[Spent]

Half a mil won't seem so impressive in 35 yrs, though, especially for the remaining 20-25 years of your expected lifetime.
Unless, that is, you decide to move to some third world country when you retire.
You'd be better off investing in real estate, like a rental property for example.

Who says I won't have my hand in that too? My short term goal [5 years] is to own a house outright, and I know the right people that this isn't as retarded as it sounds.

As for inflation - if the rest of the economy inflates - my funds should too - I don't see my little portion of the economy freeze framing while the rest of the world moves on - but maybe I don't understand it enough.

[kedawa]

Sorry, I thought you meant you'd have exactly $535, 650 in 35 years.
It's good that you plan to own property, because you can always sell it or remortgage it or whatever in case your savings aren't enough.

I would own my own house right now if I were working instead of pissing away my inheritance, but fuck it, I'd rather have the freedom now because with my family history, I probably won't make it to 55.

[Beefy Hits]

The workplace is wierd, it seems that the shittier the job is and the worse it pays the more awesome your co-workers are. When I worked at a restaurant and made shit the people were fucking great. I'm now working at retail which is also making shit and the people there are also cool. One of my friends that makes at least twice as much as me or anyone else we know only has friends from high school, and another one of my friends that also landed a decent job took up a secondary job at a crappy restaurant just to have a greater range of interesting friends. So many higher level jobs seem to be just so full of bullshit that it affects the workers and how they interact with each other, it seems pretty sad from what I've seen. But hey, I haven't seen the world.

A little more on-topic: It's funny, I want to go back to school, but all the stuff I want to learn about has absolutely nothing to do with job skills. Ah well, so long as I earn enough to live in a manner I enjoy I'm happy. I really need to start planning for long-term financial security, though.

Word.
I work in retail right now when going to school, and the people are way cooler than when I worked in offices. I don't know what it is, but higher paying jobs tend to attract boring, neurotic assholes. Many of them seem to have inferiority complexes and work is their whole life. Not so in the low paying jobs. In the lower teir jobs you half way look forward to going in to work because the people are into the same things you're into and get along better.

[Spent]

I probably won't make it to 55.

That's not cool man - and I am no economist - the way they explained it to me seemed I would have that half a mils equivalent of todals dollar when I take it out - but I don't know exactly. it would be a toal bummer if I withdrew it and had only 50 bucks equivalent to todays money after investing so much into it. LOL