r/financialindependence • u/fidgit86 • 9d ago

What do you do that you earn six figures?

It seems like a lot of people make a lot of money and it seems like I’m missing out on something. So those of you that do, whats your occupation that pays so well?

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u/CaveGiant 9d ago

And how many hours do you work. That's key.

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u/wntrsux 9d ago

And how many years of experience you have.

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u/childlikeempress16 9d ago

Lobbyist; 7 years; 45 hours some weeks and 25 others

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u/chjako1115 9d ago

How does one become a lobbyist? What is your day to day like?

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u/[deleted] 8d ago

Not original commenter but 90% of lobbyists either have law degrees or were previously employed on The Hill in some capacity. Some were even former politicians. Its not a good job. Trust me.

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u/PerfectLogic 7d ago

If I could make one job disappear from the universe it would be lobbyists. I know there are good reasons to have them legitimately, but they've been turned into tools for corruption pretty consistently.

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u/jeremyosborne81 9d ago

Who is your daddy and what does he do?

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u/wntrsux 9d ago

yeah 😐

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u/erindipitous 9d ago

Maybe it’s a tumor?

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u/Blueberry-411 9d ago

This. Someone said it took 15 years of work to get to 6 figures but it was worth it. I'm in IT but in another country so I don't know how to quality this 6 figures thing in my country, but I started with barely over minimum wage also 15 years ago.

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u/CaptainCosmodrome 9d ago

Software dev living in the midwest (location matters on salary): my salary took only ~5 years to reach 100k after college. I focused on Microsoft technology, which is very popular here. If I had gone into java/php/c++, I'm not sure if it would have spiked that fast. For the last 20 years, my skillset has always been in high demand here.

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u/_Takub_ 9d ago

Average 40-45 hours a week with 4.5 years experience. Live in AZ, so pretty average for COL.

Clear around 110 when it’s all said and done.

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u/greenbubblesupside 9d ago

2 years exp, 5-7 hours per day, 145k

Edit: also, entirely remote. Stay home 24/7

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u/bodhasattva 9d ago

what job is this?

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u/MouaTV 9d ago

Gotta be software development lol

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u/YogurtSocks 9d ago

What do you do?

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u/Dayv1d 9d ago

i call bs

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u/raytsou 9d ago

Not bs. I'm from a top engineering school and everyone I know doing software engineering is making around the 150k mark straight out of college and spends most of their day browsing reddit.

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u/Dayv1d 8d ago

no they do not, lol. am senior SE.

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u/DinoTraps420 8d ago

Idk what to tell you homie, Facebook (for example) has a 180k average total comp for entry level roles. https://www.levels.fyi/company/Facebook/salaries/Software-Engineer/E3/

Even less prestigious roles/backgrounds have high pay in software. I’m hitting 270k with 6 years experience at a non-FAANG

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u/RunningSouthOnLSD 9d ago

You guys hiring?

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u/jeevesdgk 9d ago

I work 40 hours a week but get average 45k a month. (Licensed loan officer in 6 states). I have 4 months of experience, 2 of which were training and taking the SAFE exam. There are some guys at my company making 100-150k every month consistently though. The sky is kind of the limit.

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u/baker09baker 9d ago

So how do you get into this lol

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u/geekyeddieg 9d ago

What states?

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u/jeevesdgk 9d ago

California, Arizona, Indiana, Kansas, Oregon, Virginia

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u/BillerBillions 9d ago

And location

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u/hereforthefire 9d ago

And street you grew up on

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u/mathdrug 8d ago

And your mother’s maiden name.

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u/FoxFourTwo 9d ago

6 in the industry, 3 in the current skillset

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u/[deleted] 9d ago

Software; 15 years; maybe, MAYBE 40 hours a week if I’m stuck on something

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u/Worried_Cod7754 9d ago

Enterprise experience in IT about 7 years.

But I knew how to mess with computers for almost 20 years since I was a kid.

alot is OTJ outside of desktop support. I threw myself out there and got to work in Systems Administration, Networking, low voltage, Security, and more.

All that was ever said to me is "who wants to....?" and I volunteered. I have made many professional contacts and my last 3 jobs were referred by friends of mine that I had performed consulting jobs for.

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u/FishWithAppendages 9d ago

And also who do you know

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u/DivineLawnmower 8d ago

How many are you expecting? I feel like this is just as relavent a thought. Salary is so dependant on country/state it's almost unreal to ask this outside of the US. Live in the UK for example on 100k and you're a prince unless you want to live it up in London.

Single income, home ownership with mortgage, 2/3 bedroom house is affordable at ~30k outside London, nevermind 60k/100k.