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/FatFiredProgrammer Aug 13 '21

Software development. We're all software developers here. True story.

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u/techmagenta Aug 13 '21

I just broke 200k total comp with 2 years of experience. My parents aren’t American and I don’t even think they believe me. The field is stupid lucrative right now.

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u/onoponyo Aug 13 '21

Do you mind if I ask how??? I'm a new grad and started at 55k yr. Are you at faang?

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u/rexspook Aug 13 '21

Probably California. 55k isn’t terrible depending on the area. That’s around what I started at out of college in a low cost of living area.

Just make sure if you move to a place with a higher cost of living you don’t get low balled because they think you don’t know better. Happened to me, took a couple years to leave again and correct it.