Actually I'm quite familiar firsthand that thanks to commission, AT&T sales reps can make a ton of money, like up to $35k a year, a lot more than teenagers. Of course to do so they often have to blatantly lie about products and I end up having to correct them, but regardless it's not a fast food type job for high schoolers.
Haha, wow!!
That is a very normal income for the middle two thirds of the country, J-Mann.
As for myself, I may very possibly benefit. As someone who exists with a certain economic flexibility I can 'have' or 'not have' income or property as situations require, at least until inheritance occurs (if ever). So, it is very easy to imagine going home and 'being poor' if it made sense in some ways.