Quitting Finance to Drive a Truck

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/25/business/walmart-t…

Beginning in February, Walmart will give a one-cent-per-mile increase in pay. That means drivers will now make about 89 cents per mile on average and $87,500 a year.

Tempting.

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unless you're working at Northwestern Mutual, $87,500 annually isn't going to be enough to quit your job...

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