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<p>Some of this stuff is more difficult than it sounds. Many of the highly sought after well paying jobs come with expectations of dress, food, perhaps even transportation. If you’re not dressing or eating a certain way, you can be labelled weird or even worse, anti-social, and those labels could hurt you financially in the long run. It’s best to be completely realistic about expenses and take on as little debt as possible. </p>
<p>I think engineers are probably luckier than most in this regard. Not only are they well paid, but there are probably not as many social expectations put on them. The student highlighted in the original story seems to have been similarly fortunate. However, that’s not the case for many, if not most, high paying jobs to recent grads. </p>