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/aluramen Aug 13 '21

Definitely not for everyone. I've had developer colleagues who stuggle daily and honestly aren't very good, and will never get very good. They can implement some familiar patterns but nothing original, and most debugging just flies over their heads.

It's not an enviable position, hard to change careers and anything else they'd find def would pay less. But they don't like the work and are of course stressed about not performing.

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u/CYPJuicy9 Aug 13 '21

As someone who is interested in switching careers into this field, what qualifies someone as being "good" at software engineering? What separates the good ones from the ones who are "not that good"?

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u/socalsmarty Aug 13 '21

If your good at puzzles and keeping large amounts of information in your headspace you will do well.

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u/CYPJuicy9 Aug 13 '21

Well I’m a pharmacist. I’d think having gone through pharmacy school helped with some of that retaining large amount of information in your head??

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u/socalsmarty Aug 13 '21

The other metric to know if your the right type is Meyers Briggs test . Usually intj types are right fit

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u/CYPJuicy9 Aug 13 '21

Hmmmm. That’s interesting

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u/ArtFUBU 29d ago

This is not true and I'm tired of personality tests. Myers Briggs is outdated and makes no sense when you think about it logically anyway. Better personality tests have been invented since and great engineers can be extraverted as I have seen in my own life.

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u/socalsmarty 29d ago

There are expectations to everything