Well I did some posting before introducing myself, but I thought I should. I don't mind getting too specific about my life, so here we go...
I am 22 years old, just graduated college (UCLA), and am currently living in the Los Angeles area. The year in the real world I've been spending has made me realize a couple of things. It was amazing how the easy concept of ownership=wealth eluded me. I've done a lot of reading, and just observing, and realized I want to build my net worth through ownership and make my goal retiring by the time I am 45. So my vast wandering through cyberspace helped me happen upon this site, which has been very helpful so far.
Now...as far as the question. I am about to enter law school in the fall. I was a political science major, so this is the logical progression. But the 100k price tag plus the sheer amount of attorneys out there and competition for jobs makes me wonder if this is going to put a huge damper on my ER dreams. I mean, I would learn so much about law, one of the pillars of society, but I don't know.
Law is one of the things I am interested in ( I was never a science guy at all, so medicine was always out of the question). The other is learning about the things that are talked about here, such as mutual funds, investing, stocks, etc... finance, I guess. Wondering if I should further my education in this area instead...
Anyways, and advice from the wise sages of this board will be much appreciated, now and in the future.
Hello, and thanks!
I am 22 years old, just graduated college (UCLA), and am currently living in the Los Angeles area. The year in the real world I've been spending has made me realize a couple of things. It was amazing how the easy concept of ownership=wealth eluded me. I've done a lot of reading, and just observing, and realized I want to build my net worth through ownership and make my goal retiring by the time I am 45. So my vast wandering through cyberspace helped me happen upon this site, which has been very helpful so far.
Now...as far as the question. I am about to enter law school in the fall. I was a political science major, so this is the logical progression. But the 100k price tag plus the sheer amount of attorneys out there and competition for jobs makes me wonder if this is going to put a huge damper on my ER dreams. I mean, I would learn so much about law, one of the pillars of society, but I don't know.
Law is one of the things I am interested in ( I was never a science guy at all, so medicine was always out of the question). The other is learning about the things that are talked about here, such as mutual funds, investing, stocks, etc... finance, I guess. Wondering if I should further my education in this area instead...
Anyways, and advice from the wise sages of this board will be much appreciated, now and in the future.
Hello, and thanks!