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Originally Posted by Minte
So it took 6 years to make E5? 6 years to get a degree and you're in the 5% income bracket. You're way out of your league....next  |
Since you asked, no it didn't take 6 years to reach E-5. I could have gone higher (I was offered to go to Officer Candidate School as a Warrant Officer if I stayed in), but I wanted out so I kicked it in a P-3 (submarine chaser) squadron my final two years, until my enlistment was up.
Yes, I spent 6 years in college (probably closer to 8 years if you add all of the classes I took while I was in the Navy). The reasons for that include that I was extremely active in student politics, so in order to do both things well (get grades and do a good job as a student leader), I cut back my unit load to 12 units (3 classes) the year that I was elected as Vice-President. I also took a semester off when my Mother unexpectedly passed away.
Additionally, I switched majors three times (Social Work, Sociology, and finally History), and also pursued a Minor in Psychology, and earned a secondary education teaching credential (High School).
I was able to afford college for so many years because of my GI Bill income, my student government stipend, and various grants and scholarships (my wife was also earning money with her job; we bought a house while I was still in college).
I started working at NCR Computers during my last two years of college, so I already had a good job and income before exiting college.
I had an excellent college experience, and don't regret it for a day.
Like I said:
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I didn't inherit my Dad's company like Minte and Romney, so I guess I just have a somewhat different perspective than people like Minte, since I am a real independent self-made man:
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(redacted Minte's biz) is a multigenerational family affair. In 1967, (Minte's Dad) started a tool and die shop in his (redacted) garage. Soon, he bought a small building in town. The founder died in 1998, but the skilled machinist tradition lives on.
?The strength, the nucleus of our metals business is due to the fact that we all started our careers as tool and die makers,? said (Minte), (redacted)?s son. He is a journeyman toolmaker. So is his brother (redacted), who heads engineering, and (redacted)'s brother-in-law (redacted), vice president of the metals division.
In the early 1980s, (redacted) began making fabricated molds, picking up rotomolding customers. (Minte) became general manager in 1995 when his father retired, and then became president and CEO when (Minte's father) died.
Before the founder passed away, company officials had already decided to build a larger facility, reasoning that 30,000 square feet of space was plenty for the growing molds and metalworking business.
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