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You mean 1990. Someone graduating college in 1990 would have been about 21. That was 35 years ago, so they would be about 56 in 2025.

Math is hard.

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Weird flex of pedantry even for HN.

Says who? I did a gap year service project and graduated at age 23. My business partner did a 3-2 program and graduated at 23.

Plus, anyone working as an engineer then has a 8 figure net worth and the overwhelming majority moved on long ago.

Cmon man, it's a comment not a research paper. Off by one isn't worth a follow up snark

Their main point was it is off by 10; then they introduced an additional confusing question of “is it off by 10, 11, or 12?”

Off by 10+1. Someone who graduated college in 2000 = 25 + 22 (4 years of college from 18) = 47, not 57, and not anywhere close to the retirement age. It might be pedantry, but the original comment should have said 1990, not 2000.

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