if an optometrist married a civil engineer could they be millionaires?

Answer 1

In the U.S., it is possible to be wealthy regardless of occupation or level of education. Intelligence is what is required to gain wealth (or just plain dumb luck). The educational system in this country is certainly not what makes people intelligent. Smart people don't have to be coerced into learning. Smart people have always and will always provide for better self education than any institution could provide. In any college or high school classroom, you are really only being taught as much as the slowest student can keep up with. Immerse yourself in your field of study, self educate outside the classroom, and make the most of your eductaion. Back to your question. While I don't believe that the aforementioned combination necessarily means that they will be millionaires, it most assuredly will provide for a comfortable lifestyle. There are many questions in this forum which relate to what a person can expect to earn in a given profession. Various industry organizations can provide you with information on median income etc. What most engineering student fail to understand is that engineering is a business. Short of working for some government entity, you as an engineer, optometrist etc will have to generate enough billing to
provide the company you work for with enough revenue to pay you, help pay the overhead, and put some money in the owner's pocket. If you work for a firm as an engineer, you will earn a pretty good salary, but it's not likely that you'll become rich from that alone. If you want to have a crack at becoming wealthy, you'll likely have to start your own firm. If you are studying civil engineering, I would strongly recommend taking some form of business management as a second. As a civil engineer especially, within a few years with a firm you'll likely find yourself doing less design work, and having more responsibility for fiscal management of projects and contracts.

Answer 2

If they both invest and are good with their money, within about 10-15 years it's possible. But often times the things you own when you have money obviously cost more. So if they live in a 600K house and each drive a BMW, their debts will be high, making saving (enough to be a millionaire, anyway) more difficult.

Answer 3

Wow... To immediately shoot down anyone who isn't a civil engineer cancels out a huge chunk of the population. I hope you can find someone who'll fall in love and WANT to marry you within the profession you've decided they must have. Have you also decided that they have to have a certain eye and hair color and must be a specific height? Why not just become a civil engineer yourself?

Answer 4

If their focus is on money, chances are the marriage will fail before they reach the $1 million mark. Then lawyers will end up dragging out the divorce proceedings and drain any savings with exhorbitant fees.

Answer 5

they could it all depends on what they do for a living, will they work for companies and how well they advance, or will they own their own companies (this might give them a better chance to be millionaires).

Also, it's all about the savings, it does not matter how much you make if you don't save enough.

Answer 6

They could, but it would take a couple of years after all the college debts, mortgage payments, family/kid expenses are all paid off, and they had decent returns on investments.

Answer 7

They should make a comfortable living, but millionares? Unlikely.

Answer 8

Yes, but it probably wouldn't be in either of those fields.

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Answer 9

I don't see a way to build such a marriage to be equitable!

Answer 10

Probably not, but they'd have great eyes and floorplans.