90: Lap Chi Chu - Lighting Designer

Lighting designer Lap Chi Chu discusses career finances and the importance of paying off debt early.

 

We discuss:

 

⭐️ Taxes

 

⭐️ Student loans

 

⭐️ Getting an accountant

 

⭐️ Lap’s most “lucrative” job

 

⭐️ Incorporating as a freelancer

 

⭐️ Combining finances during marriage

 

 

My takeaways were:

 

⭐️ Use an accountant

 

⭐️ Work begets work so do a GOOD JOB

 

⭐️ Lap set up a SIMPLE IRA and uses it 30 years later

 

⭐️ CONSISTENT paychecks are what make ARTS jobs "lucrative"

 

⭐️ Debt and student loans - pay off sooner EVEN if the payments are manageable

 

Lap's Website:

https://lapchichu.com/

 

The Wolves:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wolves_(play)

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Interview by Ethan Steimel