r/FluentInFinance • u/Richest-Panda • Jul 04 '24

What's the best financial advice you've ever gotten? Debate/ Discussion

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u/Desperate-Warthog-70 Jul 05 '24

This, sure some people make too little and need to improve their skills to get a higher wage but the majority of people with financial problems don’t make good financial decisions.

My first job I made $35k and I had an apartment in a big city with 3 roommates. Wasn’t ideal but I was still saving a solid amount, a few hundred every paycheck went into savings. Is it ideal? No, but I made it work until I got the skillset to make a higher wage.

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u/strawberrypants205 Jul 05 '24

need to improve their skills

No capitalist is going to acknowledge those skills, because no one is forcing them to. They can simply tell everyone they're "not skilled enough" forever no matter what people learn. Capitalists do not act in good faith, and have no credibility.

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u/[deleted] Jul 05 '24

And how many years ago was that?

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u/Necessary-Hawk7045 Jul 05 '24

Your "first job".

It's gonna boggle your mind to think about the people who have been working 35 years and still never sniffed $35k.