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/mr_tyler_durden Aug 13 '21

Congrats, that’s an awesome accomplishment! I wish we had a good CoL adjustment calculator/calculation because I’m under $200K but I’m in such a low cost of living area that in CA I’d need to be making north of $300K to maintain my same “lifestyle” (aka my current budgeting setup).

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u/techmagenta Aug 13 '21

yep COL makes a huge difference. I pay 2k a month in rent alone.