# new from schenectady

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**Created:** [January 19, 2011, 11:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-schenectady/256525 "2011-01-19T23:29:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 6:41am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-from-schenectady/256525/904 "2011-01-25T06:41:25Z")

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> [@Oil hits $99+ a barrel today.......](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/oil-hits-99-a-barrel-today/37643/28):
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> if you want to work for someone the rest of your life because you lack the confidence of succeeding in the best country in the world… then yeah you better get educated

THIS. Well said.

RE: As far as the bachelors degree “making a million dollars” talk. :rofl You do know the average salary for someone graduating with a bachelors degree is $35K or so? The days of graduating and working for a corporation at $80k+ a year are over. The market is saturated. Too many chief, not enough indians.

You don’t have to have a degree to make money. The most successful people I know do not have degrees. Be good at a trade, be fair, and start your own business. Referrals is what business is based off. Both my parents own their own businesses and never went to college. They don’t even advertise hardly anymore and have work in this shit economy.

HVAC is a good example of a trade. Lots of money to be made there. Hustle. You need to take a chance, a gamble. Or you could just be a slave to the “hourly” wage. Your choice.

Problem is America wants a fucking handout. Today’s youth feel like someone owes them something.

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