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/thbt101 Aug 13 '21

Is that the Bay area I assume? In most areas 2 years of software development experience wouldn't be enough to break 100k.

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u/techmagenta Aug 13 '21

yep, its the bay. Theres some other areas like seattle, NYC, austin, north carolina, boston, etc where this is possible.

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u/thbt101 Aug 13 '21

Ok, yeah that makes sense then. I'm in Austin and most web dev jobs for someone with 2 years of experience pay $60-$70k.