How many of you still live with your parents 30+?
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Why is it? I just work hard.
Your maths isn't great, 5k x 5 is 25k lol...
Anyway I worked from the Monday following the Friday I left school until September where I started a training course 9-5 for 5 month. Left there to a job 2 weeks later. I worked my way from first line to a 'higher' team in first line, lets call it 1.5 lineThen moved to Second Line Server Support as an internal move, taking me to an okish wage from my not so good one after about 1 and a half year.
A year into that started doing on call and lots of overtime... By 2013 I was Technical Lead of the team so on a (all be it small amount) but more money and on call 2 in every 3 weeks and it was a busy on call along side overtime.
Then last October I moved companies to a Third Line Wintel role, where I am now Technical Lead and on call. So, age doesn't matter.. You just have to work for what you want and put in the hours and anything is possible. I'll not put my wage on here, but it is a lot higher than the average.
But are you happy, craig?.....that's the question.
(please don't answer that)
I moved back in with my parents for 4 months before I moved over to the US when I was 27. The money I was able to save was insane, I could have had a deposit for a very nice house within a year, so I can see why people do it. But err, yeah, I'm happy to be moved out even with less money.
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£25k is a hell of lot of money, I'd be very happy to earn that after tax. I'd probably buy my own house.
Well there you go - you earn a lot of money, unlike most people
Well done for that!
But...
Could you have read that more incorrectly?
But actually yes, I think it is.
Although it's marginal to my salary, it's still a lot of money even to me.. Not sure what it is now, but the UK Average salary was 26K in 2014 I think. I live in the north east too, so my salary, house price etc would be a lot different if I was in London for example.
Wasn't long before people had to start telling the internet how much they earn
I haven't said what my wage is, I don't think anyone has... The 25k was about a deposit, which was actually originally said to be 20k but the workings out gave made it 25k.
Honest answer?
Yes and no.
I own my own 4 bedroom house - Awesome life goal.
I own my car (Golf GTD) - Happy that it's mine.
I have no debt except a mortgage - No money worries.
No because I've had a hard life friendship wise and these days my friends are distant to none. I've not 'Lived' my life, because of the friend situation. Although I do have friends, it's just a long complicated story for another day.
But, overall I would say yes I am happy
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I think this is where the confusion has came, someone saw 25K and just assumed salary.. Someone said 20k for a deposit, I said his workings out of 5k x 5 year was 25K and now it's all about a wage (possibly my wage?) being 25K LOL
Want to help a brother out, craig?
Nah, didn't think so.
Why think so bad of me? Of course I will help you out.
Don't know your age so hard to give this but:
Decide what you want to do in life, if you haven't already.
Get there.
How to get there?
Put yourself out there.
Don't sit back and wait for it to come, you go out, look for it, get it.
If you start from the bottom, push to work up. Put extra time in, in your own time don't expect the company to pay for it all. If for example you were in my line of work, find the best guy on the team and when you're free, sit with them and see what they do, take tips, learn things and ask for work from them so you get to do new things etc. Show you're keen and you will get there.
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Of course. But just because someone is 21 doesn't mean they can't buy a house or earn a decent wage. I hate how just because of age people immediately assume things about a person, particularly when it comes to stuff like this.
Just saying... not trying to argue here. Just always feels like people in their 20s are constantly put down, screwed over, underpaid despite being able to do as good job or better than older counterparts etc etc.
Also, they could own by what, 46-ish if they took a 25-year? I'm sure a lot of people would kill for that. As long as they understand the risks, which I'm sure most of them do if they're earning enough to afford a house, then why not! You old people need to stop being so surprised of us 20-something year olds
who the **** can get a mortgage at 21 without no help?
Your talking about a typical well educated teenager who just freaking finished UNI!!
Seriously how?
Unless you skip college/uni and start working full time saving 5k for 5 years, you will struggle.
Now especially if you live in London too. even more harder to get a mortgage at 21 years old..
Ive given one round down on how a 21 year old can gain 25k deposit for a typical 200k yard and thats if that person works full time from age of 16 or thereabouts.
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You don't own a house. You own an obligation to pay a bank for most of your life.