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[–] [email protected] 31 points 19 hours ago (4 children)

My father's career advise to my brother and me was "Make lots of money so I can come live with you when I get old."

My brother didn't like that advise so he did a bunch of research and asked a bunch of people about their careers. He got a masters in an Engineering field but hated working in that field. So he got another masters. He doesn't use it for his career.

I studied Chemistry and left grad school to do software development with no degree in it (it was the 80s). I never used my degree either.

Confronting my dad about his bad career advise would have just gotten his Standard Response to Criticism™--But I'm lovable.

And no he never lived with either of us. But then he never go old.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 17 hours ago

What didn't you like about the "make lots of money" advice? It doesn't sound like you or your brother actually disagreed with it. Your post reads a lot more like your father said "go to college to make money", but that's not what you say he said.

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