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/randomentity1 Aug 13 '21

Are you in a specialized industry and/or live in an area with an insanely high COL like Silicon Valley? Seems a bit high for such low experience, unless a big part of that comp is stock options in one of those Big Tech companies.

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u/techmagenta Aug 13 '21

I live in silicon valley, my base is 155k rest is RSU. It's not specialized.

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u/randomentity1 Aug 13 '21

OK, Silicon Valley I can believe.