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CH Ministries.org slash budget. I'm currently 18 and I'm attending college for a cybersecurity degree

with a full ride. Cool. So I got a job offer for between $14, $20 an hour back in my hometown for full-time.

So at the higher end, that's about $50,000 a year with overtime included because it's a 50-hour workweek.

It's at a, it would be a operation technician for a Bitcoin mining company.

And while that can seem sketchy, they contacted

me through my trade school and they have a good history with my trade school. So I'm just wondering

how much of a salary would it make it worth it for me to drop out of college. How far along are you

in your program? So I attended a concurrent degree whenever I was in high school, so frankly I'm three semesters into my program out of eight.

Out of eight?

Man, I might be on an island here, but if you were my son, I would tell you you have a

Willy Wonka ticket, which is a free ride to a college education. I would take that ticket.

For a great degree. For a great degree.

And the money you'll be making in cybersecurity, you're going to be like, why did I leave all this

for a $14 an hour job for a Bitcoin company, which

regardless of my thoughts on Bitcoin is very volatile. And so this company could go under and they could say,

hey, man, we shut down operations yesterday. You don't have a job anymore. And so I would continue down

this path. If Bitcoin really is what everyone says it is,

it's going to be around a long time. And if you were qualified at 18, you're going to be very

qualified by 22. So I would keep pursuing this path of cybersecurity, knowing that you're going to

make six figures upon graduation, working for a reputable company with great benefits. And I would

pass on this job right now.

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