I earned a master’s in engineering in 1985, have been an engineer for almost 32 years.
Sorry, I misunderstood your first posting to mean, "...being a younger woman, I decided..." rather than "...already, decades ago, as a younger woman, I had decided..."
Well, yes: Of course! Since you and your husband both had excellent earning potentials...
I must say, I really don't understand people who respond on threads like this (about how most Americans are ill-prepared for retirement, etc.) with such self-congratulatory postings as, "Well, at least I've got my millions..." or "Having both gotten top professional qualifications in early adulthood, my wife and I..."
It really doesn't add to the conversation.
Regards,
Hello Alexander Busick. I made a good career decision a long time ago, at the time I didn’t know how good it was LOL.
Again, I have been blessed with ridiculously good health so far. I’ve never had a health setback affect my career and earnings—I’m so thankful for that!
My sister, a heart transplant patient, had to stop working in her early 40’s and died two months ago from heart failure. She lived a near poverty existence because of her catastrophic health problems. Before she had to stop working she had a very good career doing molecular genetics research.