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So true. The HSC/ATAR is so so overrated in terms of importance.

Tell me you are in High School without telling me you are in High School. I had a mate do a Business degree with me, he went down the accounting route and he was getting top grades. He lasted less than 6 months as an accountant and he became a pre-school teacher. He is living his best life...

I should probably have put more detail, but with Medicine you really need to think it through. It is not a good career choice if you are just chasing money/prestige. Here are some things to consider: Medical training takes a very long time (8-15+ years depending on the area of practice) and...

One thing about Aussies that doesnt get spoken about enough, they are some of the most honest people in the world. Money wont help you for any of the degrees you mentioned. Also those three course options sound like they were read out of a book called "Most prestigious careers for ethnics"...

Can I go further into life. One kid I knew was dumb as a post and got expelled for up skirting a teacher...he is a financial advisor working with Mark Bouris. Another kid I went to school with was dead average (as in 60 ATAR average), he started two multi-million dollar healthy meal plan...

Same issue that is wrong with every other education system around the world - its a 19th century solution for a 21st century problem. Modern schooling more or less hasn't changed in over 100 years. Back when this system was designed, it was very hard to access information, so having schooling...

Plumbers or electricians get paid over $100k per year, I think even chippies are starting to pull that kind of coin. When choosing a career, DO NOT base it on your ATAR or academics, I cannot stress this enough. You need to analyse what your strengths are, what you enjoy and what style of work...

I have hired Environmental people back in the day and I would say timing is key. If you do a Master's straight away, then no it is a waste of time. You need to build your career up first before doing the Masters. It probably is good for people looking to make the jump from junior roles into...

A super unpopular opinion, but one of the greatest tricks the government has ever pulled was closing mental/psychiatric institutions. They somehow convinced the lefties, academics and finally the wider public that these institutions were "outdated, cruel etc" when in reality, they wanted them...

This does have a lot of truth to it, I feel like whilst ethnics get ahead financially, it will take generations before we have the connections and power that defines old WASP money in the Eastern Suburbs or North Shore. It's very hard to explain, but breaking into old money and the...

Don't underestimate ethnics. My grandparents had three years of education combined and they managed to go from 3rd world poor to 1st world middle class within 10-15 years of getting off the boat (granted that was a different era). Even today, Ive rented to a few Indian families fresh off the...

I was actually going to say this, from a HR perspective I highly recommend people at the beginning of their careers to go in. It isnt as good as what it was before, but it is really beneficial to your development. It also teaches you how to navigate office politics, which is very important in...

When the pandemic first hit, I hated it. However, after the first wave I went back a couple days a week and that opened my eyes to how much better WFH is in general. Like, the office is nowhere near the social hub that it was pre-COVID. Also, the whole idea of in-office work being more...

It was absolutely 100% worth it. I sacrificed when I was young to set myself up later in life. Now, in my 30s I have financial stability, live in a brand new home on a huge plot of land and pretty much have the freedom to explore my interests. I also have a good government job which has very...

To answer: 1) I am a mid-level public servant (a senior individual contributor, not a manager), I make above average wage but certainly not the top-3%. 2) My mum is a secretary, Dad is a blue collar worker (he has a trade but doesn't use it). Between them they dropped out of school in Year 9...

I will agree it is much harder in this day and age to buy a house. However, I do think that people hold unrealistic expectations. If you look at most major cities (New York, Paris, Berlin, London etc), apartment living is the norm close to the CBD. Id argue Sydney is an outlier when it comes...

It's a good start though and you can raise a young child in a unit. It isnt unprecedented, two of my Aunties now live in multi-million dollar properties but both started out in apartments. They raised their first child in them until they were around primary school age, then they upgraded to an...

You know, for all the talk of property prices being out of control and "young people being priced out", people forget to mention that there is actually affordable housing in Sydney - they are called units. You can get a classic, reliable 2-1-1 unit from the 70s within 20 minutes to the Sydney...

Finally, someone who gets it. When it comes to careers, so many people look at their preferred subjects when deciding a job, as opposed to the exact nature of what a profession does day in day out. As you have said, law is a high pressure environment and it can be very demanding, especially at...

Herein lies the problem for me, what is Healthy Masculinity, because no one can really define it. These days it seems that "Healthy Masculinity" is defined by what it is not, as opposed to what it is. Any attempt to define masculine characteristics is often derided as sexist, which is a huge...