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/pn_dubya Aug 13 '21

Hey PM don’t you have 200 emails to answer? Get off Reddit sheesh

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u/machonm Aug 13 '21

PM here also but I've been on vacation for the last two weeks. Your comment made me curious about my unread email count. I am anal about a clean inbox so when I left, there were only three unread emails I left as a reminder for something I wanted to take care of. As of now I am sitting at 2,347 unread mails. Figure I'll be around 2,600-2,700 by the time I decide to do actual work on Monday which is of course the obligatory 6-10hrs of meetings.

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u/alphaorionis Aug 13 '21

Yikes, good luck. I’m early in my PM career still, so I’m appreciating my time being relatively unimportant without those 2600+ emails… I know it won’t last long!

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u/machonm 29d ago

LOL, yeah the email chains definitely grow exponentially as you progress in career. I just had my 23rd anniversary. I'm a senior level PM so mid-level but you end up with a good mix of impactful projects across varied tech (at least I have that in my job). The more projects, the more emails :)

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u/alphaorionis 29d ago

Nice, congrats on the anniversary, and good luck getting back into the email slog after your vacation!

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u/machonm 28d ago

Thanks! Good luck as you progress through your career.