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/tommmb1 Aug 13 '21

What the hell that's insane

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u/truth_sentinell Aug 13 '21

Man I'm beginning to think these people here are just lying.

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u/Slims 29d ago edited 29d ago

Some of these are suspect, I'll tell you a true story to give you a more reasonable picture of what you can expect if you go the boot camp route.

My brother never went to college and at 24 decided he didn't want to work meanial jobs anymore. He learned coding basics on the side and then applied for a decent boot camp in Chicago. He worked hard for 6 months. After the camp he spent 3 months looking and landed a job for 70k. I think he's at 80k now and doing well 2 years later.

Just wanted to paint a more realistic picture. Bear in mind he worked hard to learn the trade the entire time.