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/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/BimboBuggins Aug 13 '21

Yup, just got my first job out of college and am making 190k total comp. Feels kinda dirty given everyone else I know in college who didn't do CS is struggling like mad to find any relevant job, let alone one that pays decently.

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u/onoponyo Aug 13 '21

Howwww??? I'm a new grad starting at 55k Advice would be great!

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u/billabong049 29d ago

Get a programming job at a West Coast development company (doesn't have to be Google or one of the huge dev houses), but at LOT of dev shops on the West Coast pay stupid amounts of money. Not sure if the NY area pays well, but I'd imagine it does. In this day and age of COVID I'd imagine you could probably land a decent remote job too!