Matt Barrow wrote:

You have a choice. Accept the higher paying job and save for retirement or take
the lower paying job and go for the security. You take the security.

First mistake (actually, first two mistakes).

Well, in 1984, this was regarded as the smart choice, so most people just
leaving school would've made it. At least, they would have if they listened to
their student counselors.

George Patterson
Give a person a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a person to
use the Internet and he won't bother you for weeks.