[quote=bearishgurl]
Thank you for posting this, skerzz. My youngest kid is currently at a CSU majoring in Business Admin – Accounting Option. ALL eight of the CSU business disciplines are worth majoring in, with finance and accounting the most “lucrative” majors, IMO.
Not sure you read this whole thread, but one of yamashi’s 3 kids is in school most of the day. He stated he is paying $3000 month for daycare for 2 kids. The other $1000 month is for “extracurricular activities” for the school-age child.
I have a longtime “doggy daycare provider” which I pay $25 for each “overnight.” She has regular “daycare clients” but I’ve never taken my dog to her unless I’m leaving town and my dog will live with her while I’m gone. So I don’t know how much she charges for Doggy Day Care.[/quote]
No problem. Accounting, while not very “sexy”, can be a pretty solid profession — high demand/job security, many well paying positions in public practice or industry, opportunities to work for yourself, and decent “flexibility” in work schedule. I can’t think of many other professions that would allow someone with a 4-year CSU degree to land a job straight out of college that has the potential to pay $500K+ per year after 10-15 years of (well paying) on the job experience.
Regarding the day care — even two kids at $3K/month, while cheaper options may exist (i.e. live-in nanny), is not overly expensive if you look at the hourly cost (assuming he pays a fixed monthly fee)…. 8 hour days, 20x per week is still under $9.5/hour and if he uses day care 12 hours per day, the cost drops to $6.25/hour; or looked at another way, $75/day per kid. A quick google search of going daily dog care rates in the area is roughly $25 – 30/day without goodies/extras. Considering the above and how much work it is to watch a child, $3K/month for day care for two children, while still expensive relative to a mortgage payment, etc., is not “absurd”. Perhaps I’ve been desensitized and learned to accept the costs since I’ll be paying for several more years. The alternative is to forgo the wife’s income which would significantly increase our effective household “daycare” costs and significantly decrease our forced “contribution” (i.e. tax burden) to the “greater good”.
