From Marine to Corporate: Dave's Success Story

I was told that the recipe for success, like many of us were taught, was to go to school, get good grades, you're going to get a job and then climb the corporate ladder. And that was success, right? That was the recipe for success. So I started down that path, had the opportunity to do the ROTC program and serve my country in the Marine Corps in the early 90s and learn some things in the Marines they just don't teach you anywhere else. Things such as leadership, teamwork, integrity. Right. Not to mention being combat tested was interesting as well. But then after the Marine Corps, I transitioned into corporate America, got into the tech industry shortly thereafter. There's definitely a playbook for that, right? Exactly, Joe. I mean, we went, you know, completely to zone defense right there. But the first thing I did was I went to see my financial planner, right.