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>if I’m going to be in roughly the same position as working 20 hours at a book shop and getting to spend more time with my friends’

Is this actually true? It's hard to believe that you'll "be in roughly the same position" earning $34k/year as earning $80k/year. Is the thinking that "if I can't buy a house then there's no point in saving/earning any money"?

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The top comment doesn't mention salaries, so I don't know where you're getting those numbers from

They did mention "20 hours at a book shop" and "a stressful profession". 20 hours at a book shop earning $17/hr works out to $17k/year (in my original comment I miscalculated and didn't factor in the reduced hours and got $34k). $80k is my estimate for how much "a stressful profession" (eg. finance, consulting) pays.

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