What do you do that you earn six figures?

r/financialindependence • u/fidgit86 • 9d ago

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/starmastery 9d ago

I have a very niche skill set with a specific software made by a company I used to work for and was hired by a company that uses a completely different software that my previous employer also made. My days consist of one or two meetings where people complain about the software, I validate their feelings by agreeing with them, and they seem satisfied. I have no idea what I am doing and am waiting for the other shoe to drop.

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u/ChaosAside 9d ago

For a second I thought this was going to be the “I have a particular set of skills” monologue from Taken.

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u/natophonic2 9d ago

I don't know who you are. I don't know what you want. If you're looking for year-over-year comparison reports, I can tell you I don't have data older than 90 days... but what I do have are a very particular set of skills. Skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my batch job run now, that will be the end of it - I will not look for you, I will not pursue you... but if you don't, I will look for your schema, I will find a user with admin role... and I will execute a left outer join across several tables using an unindexed column.

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u/hitagr 9d ago

As a DBA, this really is scary.

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u/nadamuchu 9d ago

as a person who recognizes half of these words, this is scary.

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u/ohshebesoimmortal 5d ago

I was scared when I realized I recognized them. We can huddle together.

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u/mrg1957 18h ago

As a retired performance guy I'm still glad to be gone.

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u/Neofreeocon 8d ago

Try Cartesian products, kills ‘em faster.

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u/WhenSharksCollide 6d ago

Whoa, this started out sounding really close to some software I used to support.

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u/wise_guy_ 9d ago

Me too

He is the Liam Neeson of programmers

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u/starmastery 9d ago

Putting that on my resume

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u/Frunnik469 9d ago

Me too….

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u/NiccoloMachiavelli33 9d ago

I too was hoping he would say hitman