Comment on I got into the wrong career lol

Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• friendlymessage@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  She already made a million. Give her two more years and she’ll make more than an average scientist in their whole career. Then she can still get a PhD.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    As long as she’s careful with it, she’ll be fine. A lot of people who have sudden income windfalls don’t know how to be smart with it and end up losing everything, but as she’s pursued higher education, she’s a lot more likely to be financially literate than someone who regularly plays the lottery.

    If she invests wisely, she could be set for life.

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  • Antiproton@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    But she won’t. She’ll waste her money and end up with nothing.

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    • friendlymessage@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Interesting. Didn’t know you knew her so well. Are you her best friend? Close family? Or how do you get so much insight into her psyche?

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    • frunch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Nostradamus over here, lol! 🔮

      What will she be doing 2 months from now? Rolling in the $ while you get mad that someone figured out a way to make an easier living? Lol

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• Ponygirl42@lemmy.wtf ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  A PHD maybe?

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  • Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Ya? It’s that easy to just get into a phd program huh?

    She dropped out of her doctorate. She’s going to have to explain why she dropped out if she wants any chance to get back in and that is already pretty low after dropping out.

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    • ubergeek@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      “I dropped out to make money, and now I have money, and now I want to complete my PhD.”

      Easy enough explanation.

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      • Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        It doesn’t work that way. You can’t just come back to a phd program after leaving it. It’s not like undergrad.

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    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      She didn’t really “drop out”. She left for a much much much better opportunity. That’s a strong sign of intelligence.

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      • Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Dropping out is dropping out. The reason doesn’t matter so much.

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• fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Stocks, I guess.

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  • Coreidan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Sounds like a winning business strategy. I can’t see how this could ever go wrong.

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Picking shitty stocks would be the place, I guess. I hope she finds a good accountant, bless her.

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    • Chekhovs_Gun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      It’s not that hard. Just go to any Fidelity, Charles Schwab, etc. and pay for a professionally managed account. They charge 1-1.5% or so on your balance for the year so it’s in their best interest to make you as much money as possible so they get paid.

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• technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Under capitalism everybody’s gotta horde money while their bodies can serve.

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