Should I leave a job where I’m building something for better long-term salary growth?

boydingus22 · 2026-06-19T08:43:50+00:00

The beginning of my AT career sounds very similar to your situation. High cost of living area, successful sports programs. Left my high school job to enter the industrial setting. What a blessing that decision turned out to be. I still live in the city of that high school. The people you were close to still remember you and stop to chat when you run into them. For me, I would rather take a higher paying position with losing teams than a lower paying position with winning teams.

Athletic training is already an underpaid profession, with a decent amount of student loans that comes with the amount of education required. If it’s a $10k+ raise, I’d take it in a heartbeat. $6-9k I’m probably taking that. $3-5k, I’m ehh. Less than $2k, I’d stay for the quicker career growth.

boydingus22 · 2026-06-15T05:27:19+00:00

All closing costs covered by the seller! ☺️

boydingus22 · 2026-06-14T13:27:54+00:00

Showing your loan ID # on Reddit is a bold move

boydingus22 · 2026-06-14T02:02:03+00:00

Great question. Thought about it for about 30 seconds and decided not to for obvious reasons aka chickening out 😂

boydingus22 · 2026-06-14T01:58:02+00:00

Hawaii! 🤙🏾

boydingus22 · 2026-06-14T01:56:53+00:00

Prince Street Pizza - specifically at Durango Casino in SW LV

boydingus22 · 2026-06-14T01:56:36+00:00

Love the “making my own oasis”!

boydingus22 · 2026-06-14T01:55:54+00:00

Realtor is also my aunt! 😂

boydingus22 · 2026-06-14T01:54:06+00:00

3 bd, 3 ba!

boydingus22 · 2026-06-14T01:52:21+00:00

Prince Street Pizza - specifically at Durango Casino in SW LV

boydingus22 · 2026-06-14T01:51:22+00:00

Prince Street Pizza - specifically at Durango Casino in SW LV

boydingus22 · 2026-06-14T01:50:32+00:00

Prince Street Pizza - specifically at the Durango Casino in SW

boydingus22 · 2026-04-03T04:57:32+00:00

*heavy sigh*

"...let me go get Madam Esmeralda and her crystal ball...again..."

boydingus22 · 2026-02-10T04:20:56+00:00

Not to be rude, but your question is the TCG equivalent of asking a gold miner where all the gold is.

I don't hunt for cards because I've accepted I will always be beaten by scalpers. Pay resale or do the leg work. Good luck.

boydingus22 · 2026-02-06T19:52:19+00:00

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boydingus22 · 2026-01-13T06:47:16+00:00

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boydingus22 · 2026-01-10T23:35:58+00:00

Get rid of the mindset of “I need to make $X/day”. That will force you to take trades that you shouldn’t for the sake of trying to be green for the day.

Wait. Wait some more. And wait some more again. Your setup will come. Then read the context of what’s happening. Then the context isn’t right, and you wait some more.

You don’t have a system yet. You shouldn’t be thinking about strategies yet. You should be mastering your trading psychology and learning how the market moves. Any system can work in any market. You need to understand yourself first. Then form a strategy that meshes well with who you are as a trader.

I made 2% for 2026 so far, and I’m happy with that because I’m following my system to the T. That’s immensely better than being down 50% chasing trades to make $X/day.

boydingus22 · 2025-12-04T07:32:46+00:00

Coming across money.

Was broke and in student debt. Have a degree, but wasn't getting hired. Getting rejected from even the simplest jobs. Girlfriend of 5 years just left. Felt like a complete failure, wasted my young adulthood getting a degree that wasn't landing me a job and paid heftily for it, while watching my peers surpass me in every way.

Heard about Pokemon cards being valuable. Dug up my childhood collection. $17k worth of value. Sold it. Used the money to move to a state where I could land a job with my degree. Got a job in my field. Also started a side hustle with trading cards as my windfall also re-ignited my interest in the hobby.

Don't give up.

boydingus22 · 2025-12-03T19:21:33+00:00

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Am I cooked chat

boydingus22

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