Magic Johnson, named one of the 50 greatest players in NBA history, has been living with HIV since 1991. Recently we've been seeing a lot of him in the media and noticed how healthy he looks. This caused us to ponder...wondering how close are scientist to finding a cure for HIV/Aids? Or how close are they to finding something that allowed people with HIV/Aids to live as long as those without it?

So, we did a little research into HIV/AIDS to truly try to understand it all. Some people seem to think there is a cure for it but it will never be released to the general public while others believe there is no cure for such a virus and those who are infected with it have to live with it forever. Either way we thought well how long can a person with HIV/Aids expect to live? How long do they have just in case there was a cure to be released or discovered? Here is a something we found on Wikipedia that peaked our interest...

"Eventually most HIV-infected individuals develop AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). These individuals mostly die from opportunistic infections or malignancies associated with the progressive failure of the immune system.[7] Without treatment, about 9 out of every 10 persons with HIV will progress to AIDS after 10-15 years. Many progress much sooner.[8] Treatment with anti-retrovirals increases the life expectancy of people infected with HIV. Even after HIV has progressed to diagnosable AIDS, the average survival time with antiretroviral therapy (as of 2005) is estimated to be more than 5 years.[9] Without antiretroviral therapy, death normally occurs within a year.[10] It is hoped that current and future treatments may allow HIV-infected individuals to achieve a life expectancy approaching that of the general public."

Wikipedia.org

Ok, so you finally graduated or you are almost there! So…what are you going to do now? What do you want to do? Well we’ve been getting a lot of response from people who not only need help finding a job but also need help deciding what they want to do. Sometimes even if you have expertise in a particular field you may not want to come straight out of college working a 9-5 in that field. So what do you do? How do you know you’re even qualified to do something else? Well, get prepared and don’t give up hope just yet. We’ve gathered some resources that may be able to help you out! First, if you know what it is you want to do and perhaps you have already received an offer, you can estimate how much you should be making and make sure the responsibilities and title you will have match what it is you want to do.

1. Visit BLS.gov to find out what your responsibilities will be and get some stats on how much you should be making.

2. Then, use our widget to help estimate how much you should be getting after taxes. Why would you do that? Because you want to budget of course! If you really want the job you need to research the cost of living in the area and make sure you can afford that along with all of your other personal and private expenses.

We also recommend using Paycheck Calculator because we had a few people test them out, who are already full time employed, and the numbers were very reliable! They provide a more accurate result but our widget will also give a quick result if you don’t have so much information.

Well good luck honey and let us know how it all worked! And don't forget to get your Equifax Credit Report now!
Some jobs use your credit score as part of a background check!