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/truth_sentinell 29d ago

Just curious, did you have any computer background before doing the boot camp? What did you learn on it? And what were you first assignments in your job?

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u/Deadline_X 28d ago

I was a computer repair technician out of high school. And I also sold computer parts and computers retail. But coding requires a completely different skill set. My first assignments were easy tickets that my mentor walked me through if I had any snags. It was basically him finding the easiest tickets for me to work on and helping me when I needed it but mostly me figuring it out and asking help with company specific stuff.

And I could have done all of my programming specific stuff without knowing anything about computers.