What do you do that you earn six figures?

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

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/MyPokeballsAreItchy Aug 13 '21

I’m on path to make 40k ~ potentially more ~ as a third year BBA student with two internships this year, both public and private. Pretty stellar.

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

That’s great, I started at 40k after college 10 years ago with a dual bachelor.

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u/MyPokeballsAreItchy Aug 13 '21

Yeah I got lucky. Good people skills and working at a public firm as a tech for 6 months while taking three classes last semester in sophomore year with COVID paid off in more ways than one. Through the end of the year I’ll have experience with SAP and hopefully SQL as well, so it leaves me lots of room to navigate around this career path before I even have a chance to get my CPA. Highly recommend anyone that actually wants a job that you may be able to work from home eventually to consider accounting. It isn’t engineering and it doesn’t exactly have glitz and glamour but it is highly underrated as a major especially when I see the success stories on r/accounting