Is it a good idea to dropout of school to retire much faster ?

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@George

You're right. I also find the military track very interesting even though it is much less common in Canada, but still very useful. I am biased by friends and family with arts degrees who struggled for a couple to 5 years afterwards until they found something to do that was an actual career. The shitty thing is, they are often better conversationalists, but conversation rarely = $.

Maybe it's just easier to say any path with a good plan can work...

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My engineering degree was worth nothing in 2010.

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Lemur wrote:
Sat Jul 28, 2018 11:35 pm
Always do a Cost + Benefit Analysis.

I'll give you two examples. Both individuals will have a 50% savings rate and achieve 5% return in the stock market over 20 years. Person A's savings will be allocated towards paying down the student loan debt before dropped into investing (for simplicity sake).

Person A - Gets $200,000 in student debt, earns a salary of $125,000 a year.
Person B - Has no student debt, earns a salary of $50,000 a year. Has 4 more working years.

I played around with a few scenarios on Excel and found that Person A will eventually eclipse the net-worth of Person B but only after 20-25 or so working years. In any case, Person B would be able to retire sooner. Additionally, this doesn't factor in a few more risks that Person A has. One, his/her degree may not guarantee that high salary. Two, they may not be able to be consistent as the person making the smaller wage due to burnout, etc. Certainly, there is some type of risk premium.
WOW !!!!! I LOVE YOUR SCENERIO !!!!! This is what I've always believed !!!!! Person A has to think way to hard for way too many years in life !!!! too many people forget that sometimes school is really hard and very very stressful !!!! I hated it !!!! Once I dipped out and went and pumped gas I actually loved the non thinking and paycheck collecting world far far far better !!!! LOL !!!!

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prognastat wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 4:55 pm
@ThisDinosaur

Given the name I would assume so.
LOL !!!!! Your a smart one !!!! You figured me out !!!! LOL !!!!!

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C40 wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 7:40 pm
(I'm assuming you're talking about dropping out before graduating high school)

It'd be useful numerically for someone who is certain they will enter and stay in an unskilled trade. For most of the people that have other aspirations, it'd be a huge gamble. As general advice, it's a horrible idea.
Yes your assumption is correct to dropout of high school !!!! LOL !!!! If I had a choice I would have left after the useless 4th grade and started earning and compounding my money !!!!! LOL !!!!! WAY WAY WAY too much time is lost in the power of compounding interest while sitting in class for way way way too long listening to ignorant school teachers that have car loans, credit card debts, and mortgages !!!! LOL !!!! ALL OF THE SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE LEACHES ON SOCIETY AND BORDER LINE WELFARE RECIPIENTS !!!!! They CONTRIBUTE NOTHING OF REAL VALUE TO SOCIETY BUT MORE AND MORE PROPERTY TAXES !!!! I see school teachers on strike on picket lines and I YELL OUT GET BACK TO WORK YOU WELFARITES !!!!!

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C40 wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 8:01 pm
That's a good point.

So, for someone who wants to be a programmer, there could be use to it. There would still be limitations on where you can work. In the large company I worked at, you couldn't get any job without at least a GED. Technical and management jobs needed (significantly) more.

It could also be useful for some highly driven and entrepreneurial people to drop out. On average, though, it's a bad idea. Here are the numbers, from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_ ... ted_States

AVERAGE INCOMES:
  • Some high school - $25k
  • High School graduate - $34k
  • Associates - $38k
  • Bachelors - $61k
I did the math, using $8,000 part time earnings for student years, $50k cost of college, 3% annual income increase, plus a 10% promotion every 10 years for everyone. The dropout quits school at 15 and works full time from then on.

On cumulative income the HS grad crosses ahead of the dropout at age 26. The college grad is ahead at age 27, and then pulling ahead fast. At age 50, here are the earnings:
  • Dropout: 1.4 mil
  • Highschool grad: 1.8 mil
  • College grad: 2.7 mil
LOL !!!!!! I drove a semi truck putting around Portland Oregon locally for about 15 years until I retired at 39 years young and I made about $7O,OOO A YEAR !!!! LOL !!!!! I dropped out at 15 and yes retired at 39 and the biggest reason why was because I beat inflation and bought a bunch of retails houses in the 90s !!!!! LOL !!!! SCREW SCHOOL !!!! ITS A MONEY PIT !!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

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C40 wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 10:48 pm
you mean "you're", as in you are. Not "your", as in the possessive version of you. LOL !!!!!!

As I said, on average, the crossover points are at age 26 and 27.
OK GRAMMAR POLICE !!!! LOL !!!!! By the way grammar is not important !!!! We live in the vast universe on a sock of dust called earth !!!! SO WHO REALLY CARES UNIVERSALLY ABOUT GRAMMAR !!!!! LOL !!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

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Farm_or wrote:
Fri Jul 27, 2018 6:54 am
Ah yes! The good old individual affidavit vs the scientific case study?

For the choice few cognitive enough at age fifteen to ask themselves the op question, maybe it should be given serious contemplation. For the vast majority: "stay in school."

You'll never really know what you didn't learn. Your lack of education will be readily apparent to anyone else with an education, particularly when you are trying to communicate. And you will always have to wonder: I did good without the formal education, but how good would I have done with that head start?
No lack of education here PERIOD !!!! LOL !!!!! I am far more educated than people that have a masters degree. When people talk to me they always assume that I must have a masters or a PHD in something but thats because I dropped out and learned from millions of minds instead of a few lack luster broke school teachers that really suck at finances !!!! LOL !!!! Teachers are always broke, they whine about being under paid, they always carry massive student loan debt, credit card debt, and mortgage debt !!!! LOL !!!!! IF YOU WANNA BE BROKE WELL THEN LEARN FROM A SCHOOL TEACHER !!!! THEY WILL TECH YOU HOW TO BE BROKE !!!! LOL !!!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

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dropoutretire wrote:
Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:07 am
ALL OF THE SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE LEACHES ON SOCIETY AND BORDER LINE WELFARE RECIPIENTS !!!!! They CONTRIBUTE NOTHING OF REAL VALUE TO SOCIETY BUT MORE AND MORE PROPERTY TAXES !!!! I see school teachers on strike on picket lines and I YELL OUT GET BACK TO WORK YOU WELFARITES !!!!!
:shock:

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dropoutretire wrote:
Thu Dec 06, 2018 12:43 am
under paid,
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We need to add some non-alphanumeric character quotas to the forum rules of conduct.

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Anybody remember in Seinfeld when Jerry got labeled an Anti-Dentite? (being anti dentist). We have a real deal Anti-Educatite.

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C40 wrote:
Fri Dec 07, 2018 12:36 am
Anybody remember in Seinfeld when Jerry got labeled an Anti-Dentite? (being anti dentist). We have a real deal Anti-Educatite.
LOL !!!!! Im EXTREMELY PRO education !!!!! The schools teach far too slow and they are very non-cost effective. The school system is full of money wasting whores thus putting property tax payers into unwanted slavery !!!! LOL !!!! :D :D :D :D :D

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jennypenny wrote:
Thu Dec 06, 2018 8:36 pm
We need to add some non-alphanumeric character quotas to the forum rules of conduct.
Rules are silly !!!! WE HAVE TOO MANY OF THEM IN AMERICA !!!!! LOL !!!! Someday there will be soooo many that EVERYONE will be considered a criminal !!!! LOL !!!! :D :D :D :D :D :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Kriegsspiel wrote:
Thu Jul 26, 2018 2:55 pm
I think people who are destined for upper-level intelligence work and/or hands-on trades are both alright saying 'screw school.' So, like people who are developing apps or getting hired by people who they impress to do computer work, and the kid who has fun messing with cars or HVAC systems, or even who just realizes they're not that smart (so why waste money/go into debt). Most everyone else is gonna need a degree to get the best job they can (prisoner's dilemma).
I love what you said, ( prisoners dilemma ) SO TRUE !!!!!

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@dropoutretire

Honestly, you're coming off as an internet troll and you will probably find yourself uninvited if you can't stop writing like an 11-year old.

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Ignoring the excessive trolling for a moment...

I don't know if this thread touched on it but there is also classism in terms of where you graduated from. I was somewhat aware of this growing up with the University of Chicago, Harvard, MIT, etc, but I didn't put a lot of stock into it being important. When I went to the SF Bay Area, I realized that area has a huge crush on Stanford graduates. That was news to me as it just wasn't on my radar. So if you want to become a startup founder/cofounder or be an executive, Stanford is a good bet. It's not required but you'll get so many breaks. There are of course plenty without a Stanford pedigree but once you're aware of the bias, it's hard not to see it.

Of course, if you just want to retire faster, you probably wouldn't choose to be a startup cofounder/executive. I think the kernel though is that life isn't fair and school can give you a foot up. If it's a foot up that is actually useful for you really depends on you and where you want to go.

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Interesting. GSS wordsum-derived IQ scores among college grads.

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SavingWithBabies wrote:
Mon Dec 17, 2018 11:17 am
Ignoring the excessive trolling for a moment...

I don't know if this thread touched on it but there is also classism in terms of where you graduated from. I was somewhat aware of this growing up with the University of Chicago, Harvard, MIT, etc, but I didn't put a lot of stock into it being important. When I went to the SF Bay Area, I realized that area has a huge crush on Stanford graduates. That was news to me as it just wasn't on my radar. So if you want to become a startup founder/cofounder or be an executive, Stanford is a good bet. It's not required but you'll get so many breaks. There are of course plenty without a Stanford pedigree but once you're aware of the bias, it's hard not to see it.
I don't think academic pedigree is just a leg up in the working world either. It's an easy way to charm parents of girlfriends or friends lol. Alas, I have ruined my pedigree with a state Masters. To shame.

Who wants to lose all their hair and get a heart attack in start-up culture anyway?

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TopHatFox wrote:
Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:17 pm
I don't think academic pedigree is just a leg up in the working world either.
Academic pedigree matters. For management consulting, investment banking, law, plus various other fields the school you went to makes a very big difference. It also matters for non-elite schools. In this case alumni connections and local awareness can give the edge to a local school relative to a big name school from somewhere else.

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