It's coming up to the end of high school for many readers, reader parents and reader parole officers.
It's a tough climate to get a job. Your career advisers are going to tell you to play it safe and get a job in an investment bank where, if you rise up to become a trader, you can take home four or five big ones a year. Or study for 10 years, have no life, become a doctor and take home $120,000 with overtime. Or become a plumber and make twice what a lawyer makes.
But forget all that and listen to your Uncle John. Imagine getting paid $3 million for just taking one of the world's quickest cars out for a Sunday drive. Yes, as usual your parents and parole officers know nothing. Become an F1 driver and have it all.
Like many of us Seb Vettel was terrible at school. But that hasn't stopped him being paid $65m a year plus bonuses. Fred Alonso dropped out of school but he still gets paid $52m a year including bonuses.
Lew Hamilton's father paid for his racing career on the basis that he stayed at school. At one stage Tony Hamilton worked three jobs to help the King of Bling keep racing. Once Lew started making real money he fired his father. Despite that, Lew is worth about $200m and Mercedes pay him $40m a year plus bonuses.