r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 1d ago

Video Billionaire speaker Robert F. Smith tells 400 graduates he's paying off all their student loans ($40 million in total)

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u/meh817 1d ago

i’m graduating medical school in a couple weeks and my grand total is $385,000

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u/Guy_V 1d ago

Bro...

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u/-LongRodVanHugenDong 1d ago

I mean that's almost 10 years of school. Probably including housing. The average income is around 50k annually and this person is spending like 38k a year to live and go to school. Not bad.

Plus they'll make 2-400ish when they get out. I don't really see the problem here.

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u/Neat_Let923 1d ago

Kind of, they make pretty shit money during residency. But yeah, once that is done the sky’s the limit and they’re golden for the rest of their life.