Most important financial decision in your life

[robnplunder]

At the time, I didn't know it but deciding to major in computer science at CAL set up my "Silicon" career in Bay Area.

At the time, I didn't know it, part II - marrying a women who will LBYM with me for the next 27 years and counting.

 

[Spanky]

1. Selecting great genetics. This "choice" dominates all the others combined in importance.
2. Selecting great parents.
   

How is that possible?

 

[freebird5825]

Listened to my Mom ... I studied hard in HS, won the full tuition scholarship, went to college and majored in Physics at a time (1976-80) when women were greatly outnumbered in the STEM fields. I w*rked summers as a mechanic for Sears, which gave me tremendous hand-on experience.
My neighborhood friends (both genders) were on completely different life tracks.
J*bs for my degree were pretty much non-existent in 1980 where I was living, so I took some programming courses at my own expense and went forward from there. Knowing the science and having the computer skills was a rare combination at the time.

Final position...GS-13 Electronics Engineer for the fed govt, with 2 US patents.

And I saved all along the way...

 

[Meadbh]

Listened to my Mom ... I studied hard in HS, won the full tuition scholarship, went to college and majored in Physics at a time (1976-80) when women were greatly outnumbered in the STEM fields. I w*rked summers as a mechanic for Sears, which gave me tremendous hand-on experience.
My neighborhood friends (both genders) were on completely different life tracks.
J*bs for my degree were pretty much non-existent in 1980 where I was living, so I took some programming courses at my own expense and went forward from there. Knowing the science and having the computer skills was a rare combination at the time.

Final position...GS-13 Electronics Engineer for the fed govt, with 2 US patents.

And I saved all along the way...

You are my heroine! As a teen in the 70s in Ireland I was discouraged from pursuing a career in Engineering because of macho culture. As a result I chose medicine, which was more socially acceptable for girls. But I still wonder what might have been.

 

[Major Tom]

Rather than a single financial decision being the most important, I'd say that my ability to delay gratification has been the most important factor in being able to RE.

 

[JacqJolie]

Making the M part of LBYM be a big # in relation to the L part.

 

[AnIntentionalRoad]

You are my heroine! As a teen in the 70s in Ireland I was discouraged from pursuing a career in Engineering because of macho culture. As a result I chose medicine, which was more socially acceptable for girls. But I still wonder what might have been.

Not that medicine is anything to sneeze at.

 

[Culture]

How is that possible?

Unfortunately it isn't.

 

[obgyn65]

Deciding to move from Europe to the US was the best financial decision in my case.


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[iac1003]

Going to medical school at age 27-28 after years of being a starving artist.


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