How much should you have accomplished by 25 years of age?

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Depends on what cards life has given to you. I thought my career would have taken off by 22. Nope! I got some huge swerves. Depression, health battles, losing family, more depression, years of unemployment, hating going to college to only switch to online schooling (which fit me much better because of my short attention span and social anxiety), and trying to become mentally stable. No man at all. Still live at home but it's my mom and I and no longer dad. Even if I moved out in my early 20s (I'm 30) guess what? I would have still had to have moved back in to help my mom take care of dad and take him to MD Anderson if need be. And guess who helps mama with driving and so forth? Me. So nothing would have worked out my way anyway. As much as I'm miserable right now not being where I want to be, looking back those things couldn't have been controlled or swerved at all. Sh*t happens hunnie. But things eventually get better. Slowly they're changing but they really do. The crap I've been through is enough to make me want to sit on my a** and not do sh*t and cry but no. If you're not where you want to be, my advice is to keep it pushing until you get there and get what you want. You will NEVER forgive yourself if you just quit. Only time anyone quits is if they're taken out of the marathon of life through terminal sickness/death.

Lol at serious relationship. Out of the few friends I have they're more concerned with getting their network up and working on businesses and so forth than men/women. Only one of my friends is in a relationship and he has all of those things you listed. He's 25/26 and travels to Paris, India, and so forth with his lady. Got his house 2 years ago. He and I were in orchestra together and his mom used to be my kindergarten principle. Everyone else is still climbing but they're still pushing. Different strokes for different folks! You will learn!

 

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This time last year when I had just turned 25. I was unemployed and bottom of my university class

Fast forward 1 year

I'm one of three to be working in the industry from my class and studying for my Masters degree.

Congrats! A lot can happen in 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, 1 year. Keep it up!

 

[ThugLife]

When I was 25 I had 3 oceanfront properties and was flying hoes out to Miami and pickin em up from MIA in a Maserati Ghibli


I turn 21 this summer btw

 

[Trill McClay]

I am under the assumption that I should have the following:

1. A high-paying job or business (bringing in at least $75,000/year)
2. A house
3. A serious relationship
4. A moderate level of fame

Is this realistic?

1. I started my career in Human Resourses a few weeks after grad school, I'll just leave it at that..
2. No house but this one bedroom apartment I rent has A/C, running water, and a bed to rest on..
3. The wife and I have been married for a few months
4. My nephew and niece think I'm a super hero, so thats all that matters


I am not rich, making 6 figues, none of that.. (I wish I was) but I will say that saving money helps you out long term (15-20% of income).

Not owning your own property does not make you an underachiever by any standards. Just don't be content with a one bedroom as the long term solution for your future family.

Being in a stable relationship should not define your worth as a man, neither should smashing a bunch of broads.

Fame? That shouldn't even be up for discussion.

I don't have much to offer, but if you need help fixing up your resume- holla at me. We can be all be successful together if we get out of this 'crabs in a bucket' mentality.

 

[MJ Truth]

There's way too many variables for any consensus on a question like this. People are just gonna throw their own personal shyt into it but it's different for everybody. Look at what 2Pac accomplished by the time he died at 25. By the same token Malcolm X had not even started his life's work by 25. A lot of today's successful multi million and billionaires hadn't even started into whatever eventually got them rich by 25. Just try to be healthy and not have any felonies. 25 is still very young, young enough to really go many different directions in your life. You don't really need to have anything figured out by that age.

 

[WaveGang]

Yeah I read the guy who started McDonald's didn't set up the company until he was in his 60s

 

[Mainevent_7]

I am under the assumption that I should have the following:

1. A high-paying job or business (bringing in at least $75,000/year)
2. A house
3. A serious relationship
4. A moderate level of fame

Is this realistic?

I'll be 25 this summer but

1) 60k+. Just join a top consulting firm last month

2) I owned a 3 bedroom townhouse since I was 22. Thinking about selling it and getting something smaller.

3) just ended a off and on 3yr relationship this week because I told her I wanted to travel more and see my friends that she dislike.

4) I don't want any type of fame.

Everyone tells me I'm doing well for myself but I still feel like I'm underachieving.

 

[CodeBlaMeVi]

I am under the assumption that I should have the following:

1. A high-paying job or business (bringing in at least $75,000/year)
2. A house
3. A serious relationship
4. A moderate level of fame

Is this realistic?

Nope! Not at all. Even 25 years ago not likely in Miami at least.

 

[badtguy]

Nothing wrong with finishing your bachelors at 25, I transferred to a better university where my credits from my hbcu didn't mean shyt. I had to start over

Soon as a graduated I entered grad school, had a job making 12 an hour pushing shopping carts. That was 5 months ago

Absolutely no shame in my game. Now I'm making 35 an hour. Gimme like another 6 months I'll be making 70-90 an hour.

My connections, resume, training experience interview skills is GOAT.

I set goals for my self and accomplish them. I dint think there's ever been a time i didn't hit my goals in regards to money women gym time.

 

[humble forever]

why do you need fame? that checklist reads off like my successful parents had a house and me by 23 both had their masters. i don't have my shyt together like that. this world isnt fair. or something idk maybe im just a loser

 

[root_eruditorium_org]

I won't do grad school unless my employer subsidizes it. Period.

What's your field though?

 

[Reginald Noble]

What's your field though?

Digital Performance Marketing. You don't need an MBA to do my job. If anything it will make you over-theorize and over think things. We run auction based campaigns so it's definitely an aquire skill that requires finesse. But it's not rocket science.

 

[root_eruditorium_org]

Digital Performance Marketing. You don't need an MBA to do my job. If anything it will make you over-theorize and over think things. We run auction based campaigns so it's definitely an aquire skill that requires finesse. But it's not rocket science.

I see that. My experience is people who go for a Masters are usually the ones who couldn't get a job after their Bsc or are super into academics and want to be professors. But I'm just talking about computer science. There must be a variety of fields where Masters gives you access to better paying jobs or connections.

 

[joeychizzle]

I've only got one year left to achieve all that
Who the fukk owns their own house at 25
who is in a serious relationship at 25

I don't want fame so

working towards that high paying job though.

 

[Reginald Noble]

I see that. My experience is people who go for a Masters are usually the ones who couldn't get a job after their Bsc or are super into academics and want to be professors. But I'm just talking about computer science. There must be a variety of fields where Masters gives you access to better paying jobs or connections.

Even Comp Sci I'm a little skeptical of advanced degrees.

If you're in a HUGE emerging field like Biosimilars for Pharma or Big Data or something else where the demand is extremely high with a low supply for the 10-15 year outlook then yeah do your thing.

But I know too many MBAs, MAs etc. out of work for being "over-qualified". The funny thing is I have probably same debt as a former colleague of mine with an MBA - Because he went to an OK undergrad and got his grad at a more reputable U. I just got my undergrad at a reputable U. So we have even debt levels but one of us is more employable and easier to pay off debt because they won't think I will jump before the 1 year mark. Honestly if you look at his resume since undergrad it's a mess compared to mine and there's not a ton of linearity for employers to see which is not good. MBAs are really at risk for falling off the map, due to the double catch 22 in which they want someone with 7 years work experience AND an MBA. So if you're 25 with an MBA and no work experience you're gonna be SOL. Boxed out of lower level jobs for being under-qualified and boxed out of MBA level jobs for lack of experience. In all likelihood they'll give into pressure and hire a superstar with just a BS/BA with 10 years exp. and pay him less money. But at least his bills are paid - Meanwhile you have phDs sitting on the couch unemployed. Plus that BA/BS guy can try and get the employer to pay for his MBA or whatever.

Another thing is age. A 55 year old with an MBA or MA etc. is attractive. A 25 year old? Not at all unless you are in VERY niche in-demand industries that warrant that extra education. They want to pay a 25 year old 75k-85k. They don't want to pay him 100k with almost no years of quality fortune 500 work experience. An MBA will command that price on the market and employers are still balking at paying that for a kid with exactly what they asked for but too wet behind the ears to really get in the weeds and contribute from day 1. It's a fukked up paradox but I seen it with my own two eyes.

If you want to look at what will happen to this labor market in the U.S. look at Japan. Dwindling high paying jobs = lower domestic birth rate due to lower quality of life. You can get all the education you want but if there aren't enough jobs "perceived" to fit your level you will be broke, defaulted on your loans and your life in the U.S. is pretty much over. A lot of MBAs from India have gotten sent right back after graduation. They can never enter the U.S. again because Sallie Mae will hound that ass as soon as they are spotted on the radar by signing up for a cellphone plan and any other signs of residing here. They probably won't be shot off rooftops because foreigners generally can't get federal loans unless they enlist in the military. But their credit will be shot and if you're a finance major you're fukked. Some other roles too discriminate based on credit, although NY is doing away with that and other states to follow soon.