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Exactly - it's a fact, but the way you present it "friends who are teachers make well over $100K"
is deceptive - so you pass a fact check - but it's not really what most people would call honest
I'm not mad at all. I've been off for a week. Totally relaxed.
Let me tell you a short story. One of my best friends from HS was our valedictorian. Brilliant kid. Got into UVa Law and went into corporate law. I told him I was going into teaching, and he told me I was wasting my time. He was gonna start at 6 figures. Sure enough, he did. Got a job at the #1 firm in Boston. They made him rent an apartment across the street from the firm so he could be on call. It turned out to mostly be a waste of money because he slept on an air mattress in his office most nights.
Fast forward about 2 years. He came home to NJ after quitting. He told me I was right. He made a ton of money, but had no time to spend it. I made very little money, but had lots of time. You can guess who was happier.
Now I'm not saying the path you chose was wrong for you. Clearly, you like the life you've built. What I am saying, though, is that many like me have other goals. Sure, I could work more and make more. You're right. I choose not to. I feel that my free time with my family is much more valuable than the money I'd earn. These young men feel that playing basketball in Europe is more valuable than immediately joining the workforce. Everyone is different. I think most people in this thread are just wondering why you feel that your chosen life path is the only acceptable one.
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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I mean its quite literally public information that is verifiable haha. I wont give you their exact name but you can look up “West Essex High School Teacher Salaries NJ” and see for yourself what teachers make there (where my client teaches)
Wtf are we talking about
Are we saying players should not play euro ball and instead become a teacher?!?!?
Are we saying players should not play euro ball and instead become a teacher?!?!?
I'm not doubting your facts, it's the presentation
all my friends who are teachers in NJ make over $100k
When you say it like that, people assume you mean "from teaching"
Then you explain they have 2nd, 3rd, 4th jobs.
Awesome.
Stirs the pot 100x more than if you said "I have friends who are teachers who coach two sports, work camps all summer and maybe do private lessons and they're over $120K"
A+ on the presentation - I'm not shitting you, it's a compliment
Lol yup that’s exactly what’s he’s saying. It’s hilarious.
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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Most teachers dont just sit on their ass in the summer. They usually work in the summer. And if a teacher wants to make over $100K then all they have to do is stay at work past 3pm. I even know what the teachers make for supervising after school detentions. You dont have to coach, you can even supervise detention. Its not much to ask to work until 5pm, no?
If your school has after school detention, which mine doesn't.
For the record, I tutor to supplement my income. Notice how I didn't count it as part of my salary.
I always thought north Jersey school teachers made more on average than those teaching in other parts of the state. I think both sides are right no this one. My wife and I are both 20+ years in to teaching and we just reached the 6 figure club but the take home portion of that is obviously much less than 2 six figure salaries.
But you asked everyone else to donate a few hundreds every month?
No. They should go into real estate or teach real estate or coach on the side or something....
Whole thread can be summed up by “insane point, douchey comment, haha”
Great- salaries from one fairly affluent town. How about places like Pemberton, Newark, Bound Brook, Florence, etc.
What if getting home at 4:30 means you can have a catch and do some soft toss with your son before his little league game? What if it means you can coach his youth basketball team or soccer team?
We're all going to run out of time at some point.
In the words of Billy Ray Cyrus from Busy Man:
"have you ever seen a headstone with these words
If only I'd have spent more time at work"
Ok few alarming things here.
1) My mom was a teacher - and she made 6 figures only the last like 5ish years of her 35 year tenure. (News flash, North Jersey salaries and cost of living is probably higher than central Jersey)
2) Not everyone got the same head start as you, If I am correct you took over a parents/grandparents family business?
3) You are in real estate, which lucky to you is one of the biggest booming markets right now. Not everyone is in that field.
4) you make so much money but you don't donate to NIL? Wouldn't you want to be the solution to all RU's problems or is it just all talk?
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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Thats nice. Theres trade offs for everything in life. What if I can sit on a beach all day with my family and never work?
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couple years away. But I've worked my ass off the past 11-12 years so that I can create my own schedule and be with my kids whenever I'd like to be.
But again, you're living in a fictional world haha. You want rainbows and butterflys and unicorn rides perpetually without working
If you knew me you’d know how much I enjoyed that comment
My butterfly bushes seemed to have died this winter. Odd it was so mild. I guess I’ll have to make due with the unicorns and rainbows
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You also act as if you cant play catch with your son at 5:15. Its gotta be 4:30 lol. Youre looking for excuse to make up for a very bad point you made pages ago
Separately I think teachers are criminally underpaid to begin with @mikebal9
Good teachers work hard and get paid shit wages. Bad teachers are lazy and make great money. All have 9 month contracts and can earn more over the summer. Teachers on the whole are not near $100k. Look at national data folks. Teachers are dropping out of the profession in droves. It ain't a way to get rich.
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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Agreed. Way underpaid. But if a husband and wife are teachers and they either A) coach 1 sport or B) do after school work (school detention, etc) then theyll be over $100K. Work over the summer and theyll make an extra $10K at least
This is interesting. First year consultants at big 4 in ny/nj make just about $100k at 22 years old. That being said, they work 12 months, not 9.
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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Yeah maybe i just have high earning friends I guess. Every single one of my friends i went to RU with has a 6-figure income.
I have a friend whos a newark cop who with overtime makes nearly $150K. Hes only been on the job 6 years
NJ is a very high income state
Anyone know what happened in Russia Saturday? That was a short lived coup
LL game starts at 6:00 - gotta be there at 5:15, takes 15 minutes to get there
4:30-5:00 is the time you get with him
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And how many little league game does johnny have a year? 🤣🤣🤣
Im getting dumber every additional minute i spend in this thread haha
You got spring, fall and summer - about 60.
That's just ONE kid and one sport. Soccer and basketball too - with multiple other kids.
That 4:30-5:00 was precious.
Wait, Kyk donates $0?
What a cheap bastard 😂
What a cheap bastard 😂
This whole thread is ridiculous, man. Not all college graduates are created equally. Many of these kids have the degree because they are basketball players and were provided the tutoring necessary to pass the easiest courses possible. They are not realistic candidates for teaching jobs or financial jobs involving strong quantitative and analytical skills. The ones that truly have academic regimen aren’t the ones going to abroad to play ball for peanuts unless their families are well off to begin with and can afford it.
Sure - these guys can eventually pull in 6 figures in blue collar jobs like police, sanitation, etc. through a lot of overtime. But in the long run, these guys can come out about the same on average by playing ball in Europe for a few years all expenses paid and then coming back home to pass on their knowledge to the next generation through training programs, coaching, camps and other jobs involving basketball, agility training, etc. These are things these guys know - it’s what the excel at and there’s a market out there for it. So why knock it?
Truer words have never been spoken. 😵💫
2) Not everyone got the same head start as you, If I am correct you took over a parents/grandparents family business?
Conveniently skipped over that one.
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anon_0k9zlfz6lz9oy
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In which I posted my tax returns haha. Want me to post them again? See below
I do run my grandfathers real estate school, it accounts for well below 10% of my annual income, in fact due to the time it consumes it loses me money annually due to how valuable my time is and my earning power is elsewhere in other activities. So why do I run it?
1) My grandfather loved that school, when he died in 2014 he asked me if I could continue to keep the legacy of his name alive, I said I would. I am keeping my word.
2) My investment company along with 2 partners and a number of investors own 1109 apartments, that is where I make the bulk of my money. The other chunks come from real estate sales, flips, speaking and consulting fees etc.
3) How did I get started with the company mentioned in #2? I sold a fvck load of houses as a realtor, I did flips, subdivisions, airbnb's, 2-4 family's and took that capital to start that company and invest in those properties.
It's a cute narrative but another in a long line of major L's in this thread
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I like to imagine a world where Quinerly sees this thread with 150+ posts and thinks wow can't wait to see the lively discussion from fans about what I can bring to this Rutgers basketball team. You could give him a million guesses and I don't think he gets to where this ended up lol
It's called a head start.....not everyone has a parent or grandparent to show you the way. Your grandfather obviously was accomplished in the real estate field, a simple google search shows he not only ran the school but wrote a book regarding it. Are you saying he had no part in your future successes?
All that activity/ income and yet no donations to RU athletics and also welshed on the lost wager on this board as well as tried to dox another poster to get out of it. Would think that would all be like pennies to you compared to all the "not so fortunate" little people.
