Your Career and Education Level.

[Caudillo]

A degree in business administration, I work with accounting!

I belong to the top 90 percentile when it comes to income, which truth be told doesn’t mean much since Sweden’s progressive taxes and efforts to combat wage distribution are very successful.

The difference between the average income and the 90 percentile is only circa $2,200 per month.

You see that would be worth it if you loved the quality of life and what Sweden stands for. Like say you were a chinese nationalist, or a supemacist arab in a gulf state and loved how the state emodies and cares for you and does so much for you. You live and breathe your ideal version of society (basically). Many countries around the world embody the nationalism, racial nationalism or religious and or combo of these that they desire in a country so therefore many people have no issue paying taxes or sharing the burden. Socialism and socialistic values are ingrained in humans in a tribal setting and within the same kin and united same goal, however with that said the need for everyone to pull their own weight and NOT be a welfare state is crucial.

Sweden was like this long ago it seemed. Now it seems like a bloated welfare state. You are wage slaving but at least are top line. Carry on brother!

 

[YourOnlineHero]

Education level: Didn't finish highschool

Career: PED dealer

 

[Oeshon]

High School certificate, six figure entrepreneur

 

[Caudillo]

High School certificate, six figure entrepreneur

post proof

 

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

Nice try IRS

 

[Son of Jamin]

Yup.. the more you make the less it matters.. atleast we are a humanitarian super power whatever the fuck that means..

Indeed! I can still afford a pizza and Netflix as well as subsidize Henrik Schyffert's flight with Jas 39 Gripen!

Wow that is so strange. Seriously.

I know, it's pretty crazy.

The median income in Sweden in 2018 was circa $3000 (both genders) a month and the 90th percentile median income was $4700 (both genders), men in the 90th percentile earned $5200 per month.

The wage distribution is pretty limited.

You see that would be worth it if you loved the quality of life and what Sweden stands for. Like say you were a chinese nationalist, or a supemacist arab in a gulf state and loved how the state emodies and cares for you and does so much for you. You live and breathe your ideal version of society (basically). Many countries around the world embody the nationalism, racial nationalism or religious and or combo of these that they desire in a country so therefore many people have no issue paying taxes or sharing the burden. Socialism and socialistic values are ingrained in humans in a tribal setting and within the same kin and united same goal, however with that said the need for everyone to pull their own weight and NOT be a welfare state is crucial.

Sweden was like this long ago it seemed. Now it seems like a bloated welfare state. You are wage slaving but at least are top line. Carry on brother!

A good and insightful post!

As long as the social contract is still in use, income equality and a high level taxation can be seen as an acceptable way of doing things. It takes a strong kinship, a high level of trust and the work ethic that everyone should pull their weight to the best of their abilities to make it work. But as soon as the social contracts erodes, due to the fact that the nanny state can't uphold its part of the contract, e.g. protecting the citizens from crimes or giving the elderly reasonable pensions, the high taxation becomes immoral.

The social fabric that once held a safe and homogenous country with a high level of trust together is evaporating before our very eyes. Corruption is becoming much more common and bold and the division becomes much more ingrained in the society.

Swedish politicians have an enormous task ahead of them to explain to Swedish citizens why they have to raise the taxes while at the same time cut back on the welfare...

 

[phipps66]

Trade school then Associate's degree in EE
Oversee 9 employees who maintain and install electronic equipment for the US Gov
14 years in with the Man
Paid cash for community college so no student loan debt.
Actually no debt since I sold both my houses last year. Living in my Wife's childhood bedroom

 

[HHJ]

College Dropout
Work somewhere,doing something,but at a high level for the field. Even at this stage,the money,which is good,is barely enough to survive in this city.

 

[therealdope]

No debt. Yes it paid off. ugrad: EE, ... medphys post doc.

 

[Cpt Migraine]

Indeed! I can still afford a pizza and Netflix as well as subsidize Henrik Schyffert's flight with Jas 39 Gripen!
I know, it's pretty crazy.

The median income in Sweden in 2018 was circa $3000 (both genders) a month and the 90th percentile median income was $4700 (both genders), men in the 90th percentile earned $5200 per month.

The wage distribution is pretty limited.

A good and insightful post!

As long as the social contract is still in use, income equality and a high level taxation can be seen as an acceptable way of doing things. It takes a strong kinship, a high level of trust and the work ethic that everyone should pull their weight to the best of their abilities to make it work. But as soon as the social contracts erodes, due to the fact that the nanny state can't uphold its part of the contract, e.g. protecting the citizens from crimes or giving the elderly reasonable pensions, the high taxation becomes immoral.

The social fabric that once held a safe and homogenous country with a high level of trust together is evaporating before our very eyes. Corruption is becoming much more common and bold and the division becomes much more ingrained in the society.

Swedish politicians have an enormous task ahead of them to explain to Swedish citizens why they have to raise the taxes while at the same time cut back on the welfare...

@Caudillo spot on..

@Son of Jamin also spot on..

 

[newms84]

I work in construction, carpenter specifically, didn't graduate high school. Make a decent living since Massachusetts has fairly high wages

 

[PG29 red0 Jr]

Manager at Publix Supermarkets....high school degree

Whenever I am in the south, I see signs for Publix. I never knew what it was, is it just a standard supermarket then?

 

[facePuncher7]

Dropped out of school after year 10, now running my own software company and doing very well

 

[Swing]

Working on a master's in math. Bachelor's is in Mechanical Engineering. Math teacher.

 

[3DayFunk]

High school drop out but I make bank as a commercial refrigeration mechanic so it doesn't matter.

 

[Swoliosis]

I have two BS degrees and an AA degree with a state license to be an RN. Paid off all of my credit card debt with a couple of paychecks.

 

[Trill850]

Whenever I am in the south, I see signs for Publix. I never knew what it was, is it just a standard supermarket then?

It's the number one food retailer in the world!!! (They pay me good money to say that lol)

 

[Doughbelly]

This lifestyle choice is 'backwards', but the way I always saw it was...you can do the energetic physical crazy stuff when you are young, and when your knees and back and everything else start going downhill you will still have your brain. If you don't have your brain well, you're fucked regardless.

Yes and no. Einstein once made the statement “If a person hasn’t made their great contribution to science by age 30, he will never do so.”

Learning rates and scientific creativity peaks pretty young, between the late teens and late 20s. Nobel prize winners tend to have their most important breakthroughs around the time in their lives that top athletes peak and the pattern follows its way down to other intellectual endeavors vs physical ones. This is particularly true for the ability to grasp and retain mathematical concepts. If, by age 30, you have not been able to master anything beyond calculus, you likely never will. It is just as important for scientists and to a lesser extent, engineers, to spend their prime years in academia while their brains are peaking as it is for athletes to spend that time training.

 

[TestosterOWN]

Criminal justice. I don't mind my job. Some of the jobs I have applied for require a degree so I guess it's good to have one.

 

[Judoka1532]

That crushing debt thread got me thinking. What is your career and Education level. Did college pay off in the long term for you,?, is your degree worth it? Are you able to pay off your student loans if you have them? Was your major the correct choice for your life?

I'm an account manager and customer service coordinator (won't give too many details). I graduated with a Bachelors Degree from a state university.

I'm 30 years old and about at the point where I think my college is starting to pay off. I am able to pay my loans and mortgage. My major was really used for the first 6 years out of college and recently i've made a career change that my major really has no relation to. The thing is, I think the degree holds merit for any job not requiring certain licensure or certification.