Whilz

My guidance counselor suggested I apply to community college and discouraged me from applying to prestigious private schools because it would be "a waste of money for the application fee."

Moral of the story: Don't listen to guidance counselors. You're likely smarter than they are.

Most interesting part about my job is seeing the absolutely crazy things completely anonymous people can make millions of dollars doing. You don't need to be famous or be a CEO of a Fortune 500 company to be filthy rich. For example, you know those "door handles" that you commonly see in elementary schools...the ones that are long metal bars that run across the middle of the door that you push in? Yeah, they're called "crash bars." I did an estate plan for a guy last week who owns the patent on one of the designs of that product. Worth millions upon millions.

Just remember, every time you open those little plastic packages that contain a fork, spoon, knife, and napkin...some dude owns the company that makes those...and he's a multi-millionaire.

Also interesting is seeing how screwed up the kids of the ultra-wealthy become.

Funny you say that. Your anecdote seems to be 100% on point.

I've found that there is no "middle ground." Children of the ultra wealthy are either (i) absolute leech screw ups or (ii) incredibly hard-working, humble, and shrewd professionals. There doesn't seem to be any middle ground, as odd as that may seem.

I went to a prestigious undergraduate institution, I attended a well-ranked law school, and after law school I pursued an LL.M. (Masters of Law (master's degree for lawyers)) in tax law from a top 5 program.

I received almost no scholarship along the way, paid for the entire thing in loans, worked my tits off (I'm a guy) finished close to the top of my class, and landed my dream job doing exactly what I desired to do.

I have approximately $150,000 in student debt.

The American Dream is very much still alive if you ask me.

I'm such a scumbag, and I hate admitting this, but I have never watched Breaking Bad. The only reason I know who Walter White is is because, believe it or not, I'm actually a living / breathing human on planet Earth in the year 2013.

That said, probably. I don't need to know how / where you got your monies! Lol.