Re:Show HN: Is the stock market going to crash?
by speeder on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:07AM
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I was forced when I was 17, to pick a private college, people didn't let me do what I wanted.
At same time, I was repeateadly promised by all 'adults' that I was very intelligent, and that getting into a college would ensure I would get a job, and it is why it was so important.
After lots of struggling I ended doing what people wanted, got in a college, and I had no way to pay for it, so I got into debt too. (and I hate debts, I used to never get into any debt at all).
Around time I graduated, the last crash happened, my country never really recovered from it...
I am 29 now, and I can't get unemployment benefits, because I was NEVER employed in first place, all work I list on my LinkedIn was by freelance-style contracts, I never found the promised jobs...
I did recently finished paying almost all my debts (I still have some, and my net worth is still negative).
But 'not borrowing money' wasn't really an option.
At same time, I was repeateadly promised by all 'adults' that I was very intelligent, and that getting into a college would ensure I would get a job, and it is why it was so important.
After lots of struggling I ended doing what people wanted, got in a college, and I had no way to pay for it, so I got into debt too. (and I hate debts, I used to never get into any debt at all).
Around time I graduated, the last crash happened, my country never really recovered from it...
I am 29 now, and I can't get unemployment benefits, because I was NEVER employed in first place, all work I list on my LinkedIn was by freelance-style contracts, I never found the promised jobs...
I did recently finished paying almost all my debts (I still have some, and my net worth is still negative).
But 'not borrowing money' wasn't really an option.