If you started university between 2003 and 2007, do you own property and are you happy with your salary?

[Anothercupofteaplease]

Just curious. I started university in 2003 but due to serious health problems wound up doing my course part time so took me ages to get my degree and then get into the world of work.

Anyway, I wondered from the cohort of people from around that time, how well you feel you are doing in terms of salary and suchlike? Do you feel like you are where you thought you would be in terms of financial security at this age?

I'm a financial loser who never earned well so certainly not bragging. I have done a masters recently that will allow me to hopefully earn more if my health holds up, so hopeful for the future.

Started uni in 2004. I don't own a property- I live in social housing, in London. Reasonably happy with my salary but I can't afford to buy.

yes to both. Although my salary isn't MN big, it's comfortably higher than average and perhaps more relevantly I think it's fair for the work, hours, pressure, I do, particularly given it's public sector. Graduated 2007 and bought first house 2016 aged 27. I do get a bit confused on MN when it's constantly asserted that NOBODY under 40 can buy their own home - between me and 2 younger siblings (so aged 27-33) pretty much everyone we know our age socially has bought with very few exceptions- literally about 5/100 renting, out of fairly wide social circles including colleagues, old school friends, uni, etc. We definitely don't come from backgrounds with parents who can afford to give kids significant amounts for deposits either, although we do live outside the London/SE very high property hotspots. I'm certainly not saying it's easy but the media/MN narrative that it's impossible isn't reflective of my experience.

Interesting point about so many people retraining etc. I did my bachelors in 1 subject and my masters in another, neither were specifically necessary or relevant to my current job (albeit you needed a degree to apply).