r/financialindependence • u/fidgit86 • Aug 13 '21

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/golden_tree_frog Aug 13 '21

Making that jump from public to industry and realising there were companies prepared to pay me more money to work fewer hours was... a revelation.

That said, worth waiting and being selective when making that move. Most of my intake jumped ship the week our training contract finished, and of them, most had changed jobs again within a year or two. I waited a year and a half post-qualification before I moved to industry, after six months of interviews where I had quite strict criteria. But it paid off, been with the same company five years now (though I'm moving next month).

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u/TheNotoriousMIT Aug 13 '21

The jump terrifies me. Is there an expectation that i will know everything or am i going to be trained to do that job?

Especially at more managerial levels, how am i suppose to transition to a new field of internal accounting and know all the specific minor things needed to be a good manager when ive been doing auditing related work for x years?

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u/golden_tree_frog Aug 13 '21

I can only speak for my own experience (mid-large size tech company in the UK) but my hiring manager knew what he was getting when he hired someone straight from practice: mainly a good all-round technical awareness.

And not "already knowing everything", more being aware and able to do independent reading up as needed and have an intelligent conversation about it with external advisors.