[Retric]

10 years ago, a friend worked his way through school making 7.50$ an hour working as a cook at Shonies, by the time he graduated he had a stay at home wife, two kids and almost zero debt. In the summer he worked 80 hours a week and during school he worked 40.

PS: He did get an internship that played 13.50 his senior year, but he did not quit Shonies until he graduated.

[bkmartin]

80 hours a week plus 40 hours a week during school is ridiculous. I'm truly surprised he had time for a wife and kids. Kuddos for him if it all worked out and the family unit is still together, but I'm just pointing out that under the vast majority of situations its not feasible. There are exceptions to every rule, but lets not make this sound like the norm.

[enjo]

Which is significantly more money than $2k a month;)

[Retric]

I don’t know what their home life was like, but they seemed happy.

PS: Average monthly pay was ~= 7.5$ * (40 + (1.5(overtime) * 40 (hours) * 4 / 12)) * 52 / 12 = 1950$ a month.

Granted this is 10 to 15 years ago so it went further, but he was also paying for school at the time.