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/danxthexman 32M / 68% SR Aug 13 '21

Accounting

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u/mxo130330 Aug 13 '21

I used to do pub accounting. I am still a CPA. I switched over to IT sec about 6 yrs ago. Best decision I ever made.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '21 edited 24d ago

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u/Free_Joty Aug 13 '21

Not op, but it audit is a non glamorous option

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '21 edited 24d ago

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u/Free_Joty Aug 13 '21

pretty much

data integrity, feed testing, etc. from what I know, they will also take a look at code to see if it does what they expect it to do