Comments on 13 Steps to Becoming WealthyTypePad2007-02-22T20:50:00ZNAhttps://www.freemoneyfinance.com/tag:typepad.com,2003:https://www.freemoneyfinance.com/2007/02/13_steps_to_bec/comments/atom.xml/JC commented on '13 Steps to Becoming Wealthy'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451bcbd69e200e550a1cae588342008-03-01T00:46:26Z2008-08-29T17:05:48ZJCFor the guy with the minimum wage job: he has a point; if you don't got it, then you just...<p>For the guy with the minimum wage job: he has a point; if you don't got it, then you just don't got it.</p>
<p>Here's a clue: get a better job. There's nothing wrong with earning minimum wage while you're working on lining up something better. But if minimum wage is your only solution, then expect poverty.</p>
<p>What's with the student loan debt? That education seems worthless if all it got you was a minimum wage job. Heck, you can get a minimum wage job WITHOUT college! So what's the education debt all about?</p>
<p>Bottom line: figure out how to make more money so your budgeting and planning can actually do you some good.</p>
<p>For what it's worth,</p>
<p>JC</p>Terry commented on '13 Steps to Becoming Wealthy'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451bcbd69e200d8351b887069e22007-02-23T03:12:42Z2007-04-30T00:21:58ZTerryI had an on-campus interview for an entry-level IT position with a local employer. When the interviewer brought up the...<p>I had an on-campus interview for an entry-level IT position with a local employer. When the interviewer brought up the salary issue (I had hoped to avoid it in the interview entirely) I replied that I was confident in my skills and expected to advance in the payscale, and that I wasn't particularly concerned with my starting salary (which I expected to improve before long). I threw out the range $8K-$10K; this was in 1980. The interviewer thought I was selling myself short; I just wanted the job and believed my pay would reach its appropriate level. Later on I was told that the successful candidate (another graduating student) got the job because he had gained some Work-Study related IT experience which I lacked. I wonder if my interview answer was wrong for the IT field at that time.</p>traineeinvestor commented on '13 Steps to Becoming Wealthy'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451bcbd69e200d8351b832169e22007-02-23T01:26:48Z2007-04-30T00:21:17Ztraineeinvestorhttp://aprivateportfolio.blogspot.comAs am employer, I can assure you that #2 is very bad advice for a new graduate in some industries...<p>As am employer, I can assure you that #2 is very bad advice for a new graduate in some industries (law, accounting, banking all come to mind). Salaries in these industries for new graduates tend to be fixed within each employer. Asking for a higher salary shows ignorance and arrogance. At this stage of your career, getting the right job with the best employer is far more important than salary.</p>
<p>Of course, at more senior levels things become very different.</p>Terry commented on '13 Steps to Becoming Wealthy'tag:typepad.com,2003:6a00d83451bcbd69e200d8351b75d269e22007-02-22T21:53:19Z2008-08-30T21:04:57ZTerry1) Check 2) What job offer? 3)I earn minimum wage and have student loan debt. (Fuggetaboutit.) 4)I have a very...<p>1) Check</p>
<p>2) What job offer?</p>
<p>3)I earn minimum wage and have student loan debt. (Fuggetaboutit.)</p>
<p>4)I have a very specific financial goal to have enough money to last until my next paycheck.</p>
<p>5)Check.</p>
<p>6)See #3</p>
<p>7)Check</p>
<p>8)See #3</p>
<p>9)See #3</p>
<p>10)See #3</p>
<p>11)See #3</p>
<p>12) I have a minimum wage job, remember?</p>
<p>13)See #3</p>
<p>14)See #3</p>