lol i expected nothing less, not even sure why i posted. imagine you are over 30 before truly entering the workforce, then we can have a chat. it is going to take a lotta years at this pay just to catch up. I will eventually get there, but constantly villifying the folks who give up everything for years to get to this point surely helps some to sleep at night it seems.

The decision is to pay student debt, or save for retirement. Yup, there is interest on that debt, so then you have to consider that your investments need to outgain that interest.

It is actually impossible to work a side job when you work 80 hrs a week for free and spend every other waking moment in your books. The system has a good way of evening out the playing field, and I can assure you that if you don't come from a rich family that people don't enter these professions for the money.

It is easy to break it down so simply when you haven't gone through it, but once you have seen the sacrifices people have to make to get to this point, you will never say someone is "lucky" to make that kind of money.

FYI, it is not me, it is my SO in the situation.

And yes, 217K is a lotta money, but take off 60% and you are left with 86K, no benefits, no pension, and a large amount of debt, a lot larger than that pay. The payments on the debt are a lot more than most mortgages. At 30+ it would be nice to afford a house too, but we are the elite wealthy so I guess that has to wait too. Plus it is hard to get a loan when your networth is negative "a shitload. "

I never said this was going to stop us from paying off debt, it is just another delay to finally getting ahead in the world.

I don't expect you to understand, just venting that it is not always so black and white to tax the "rich".