Do you work for Enterprise? My cousin worked at Enterprise here in Ohio right out of college probably making 20-30k with LONG hours believing "they promote people very quickly and there is the potential to make very good money down the road." Age 26 rolls around and he wants to get married and still making <30k, no sign of promotion, so he quit and now works for Cintas in Columbus making 50k+ and is happily married. I've known three people who have worked for Enterprise, none of whom speak highly of it.
Also, he said his step mom is kicking him out, yet 80% of the suggestions are to stay at home. I think he wanted some other options people, if staying at home was kosher he problaby wouldn't have made the thread.
As to the maturity topic that has found so much discussion here, IMO there are just too many factors to clearly say that someone should or should not be living with their parents at such an age. Some parents want their kids out, some would love to have them live at home for a while into their 20s. Some people mooch off their parents, some contribute so that the housing situation becomes mutally beneficial. Some people live a lifestyle that is compatible with their parents values, or have parents that tolerate their lifestyle, while others just simply couldn't be happy living at home at that age. I don't know that I can make a recomendation, as deciding what to do depends on what you want. People here are making assumptions about what you want when giving advice, and you need to figure out what's important to you. Do you want to get married? Soon? Eventually? Kids? Need to live near your parents? Want to live any place specific? Are you even going to consider a job hunt? Are you "all in" on your Rental Car job and intending to stick with it regardless? Do you have a college degree? In what? From where? I don't want to be annoying at all, I just don't think I could or should give advice to someone who might not want what I think he should want. No one on this forum knows what is best for you. Assuming you are living a legal and perhaps even productive life, you should do what is going to give you the happiest life. People here are assuming everything from independance to a nice car to a fat 401(k) to a sweet bachelor pad will make you happy. Are any or all of these true? That's for you to figure out.
The specific issues were addressed pretty well I think. I don't know why you would have a life insurance policy without a wife or children so I agree that was a bad idea. 401(k) is great and all, but you should weigh the future benefits of your contributions against their cost to your happiness now, and find how much is "worth" contributing each month. There are certainley arguments in favor of maxing it out, and arguments for cutting it out, but it comes down to what it's costing you now to give you in the future.
This post has gotten a little long. Since everyone here loves talking about themselves I will join in. I am a 23 year old graduate student after a Master's in computer science. The stipend for my assistantship is $1200 / month and since it's so much cheaper to live in the midwest than Cali I can live on it, although thankfully I make a few hundred a month additionally on party poker. I have a gf and thankfully she isn't very expensive (yet) still being in college. My rent and bills total around $550/month. Flame away, I wonder if I offended anybody.
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