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To: jec41
My daughter majored in computer science with a perfect 4.0 in computer science and she and her husband retired when she was 34.

At the risk of impertinence, how long ago was that? Where was she hired? Did she go into management, or join a small startup and cash out?

Leaving those questions unanswered may give a misleading impression as to how your daughter did it, and how common / easy it is for others to do it...

Kind of like Rush Limbaugh saying, "If I can make it, you can too." There is only so much airtime on the radio: and there is room for only so many nationally syndicated hard-core conservative 3-hour shows. If he had instead a 1/2 hour show at 2:30 AM in stations in Nebraska and Oklahoma, he wouldn't be nearly so rich...but that is the position that most of his listeners would end up in...

In other words, many who have succeeded get quite nonchalant over the difficulty of reaching their success. Humility is a good thing.

Cheers!

244 posted on 03/26/2006 6:05:59 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: grey_whiskers
In other words, many who have succeeded get quite nonchalant over the difficulty of reaching their success. Humility is a good thing.

It has to do with philosophy. There were 10 kids in my family but none were taught to get a job. They were all taught to make yourself a job. Bad grades are not tolerated in the family. Science and math courses are required, not a simple curriculum. Everyone is not cut out for their own business nor are they able to take advange of a good operitunity. We have two that have worked at a job all their life and they retired well. The rest work for themselves. My dad still had a business at 87. My mother is 83 and right now starting a new enterprise. We do it because we were expected to do it and we enjoy it. None had a big corporate company and I don't think anyone of us would want one. I did not pay for my children's collage and its not something I endorse. We all saved the money necessary to start our own business, it was not given to us. Yes I am nonchalant over starting a business and can do it anytime. Most of us failed one or two times but just went back and did it again. Knowledge and confidence are the keys. my daughter and niece both stared with small companies but only worked there for about two years before they sought contract work. They found it with Starbucks.

288 posted on 03/26/2006 5:15:32 PM PST by jec41 (Screaming Eagle)
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