[thelist] Financial Situation
Erika
ekm at seastorm.com
Sun Dec 14 23:47:57 CST 2008
Ken Schaefer wrote:
>you might want to produce something that people value at $44/hour.
There is, btw, a lot of wiggle room between $11/hr (not really a living
wage in my town, if you have a family to support) and $44/hr (more than
enough, unless you have a lot of debt).
Other factors, like, can you keep a roof over your head, can you put
food on the table, can you pay your medical bills, strongly influence
ability to ride out a recession.
It's not easy to change careers, or necessarily well-advised. I have a
friend who was laid off from a high-paying job in the dot com crash.
She went back to school (acquiring debt) to gain skills in a new "more
valued" field... only to find that in *this* recession, her *new* field
is getting hit first.
I say, do what you love to do and put money second.
Erika
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