Who are all these people making over $150k a year?

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Anonymous wrote:I make at J1 190k, J2 187k, J3 210k, I am interviewing a J4 at 240k and a J5 at 190k.

Most fully remote people have other full time jobs.

What do you do that you do nothing all day to have 4 jobs and get paid?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:self employed lobbyist $990 this year - varies

How do I get started?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are both 32

DW- owns a small business ($155k)
DH- director of operations at an EV company ($170k)

What kind of business

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Anonymous wrote:DH - remote regulatory attorney - $300k
Me - nonprofit executive director $160k

I work double what he does. Life is not fair in that way.

Is he big law?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:150 + bonus. Senior proposal manager. 42 years old.

I'm pretty confident I'll make director in the next few years and that would bring me closer to 200k+bonus. If I can ride that till retirement, I'm happy!

That’s great! I contribute to proposals on occasion and always find it incredibly stressful, any tips?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I make at J1 190k, J2 187k, J3 210k, I am interviewing a J4 at 240k and a J5 at 190k.

Most fully remote people have other full time jobs.

Tech?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I make at J1 190k, J2 187k, J3 210k, I am interviewing a J4 at 240k and a J5 at 190k.

Most fully remote people have other full time jobs.

What do you do that you do nothing all day to have 4 jobs and get paid?

Troll alert. People with higher six fig jobs don't have the time to work a second job. It's not just deliverables but the frequency of meetings. I'm on Team calls for a solid half of the day. No way I could fit a second job into my day even if I could make the deliverables work.

[Anonymous]

Communications and marketing director at a university, $155K. DH is a state environmental supervisor, around the same.

[Anonymous]

I am making $650k/year doing software contracting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:150 + bonus. Senior proposal manager. 42 years old.

I'm pretty confident I'll make director in the next few years and that would bring me closer to 200k+bonus. If I can ride that till retirement, I'm happy!

That’s great! I contribute to proposals on occasion and always find it incredibly stressful, any tips?

Another proposal manager here. I always tell myself that this is my day job and it is your "free time" work and very forgiving of things like missed deadlines.
Tips:
1) Focus on the big stuff - your SME submission. The proposal manager will catch spelling issues, formatting, making it sound like one voice, etc. We just need your expert opinion. You would be amazed at how often I get drafts back that barely look at content and rather tell me that the formatting is off. Yes, I see that too, I will fix it. You just focus on the words!

2) Get very specific deadlines from the manager and communicate continually with them. If you know you are going to miss a deadline, let him/her know ASAP. We understand this happens and plan for it but knowing in advance lets us focus on other things other than "Why the heck hasn't Mary gotten me her godda** section yet??"

3) Find out how detailed the proposal has to be. I do commercial proposals, and we don't need the same in depth detail that gov proposals need.

4) Try to write in plain English. It is easier for everybody to read. Remember that not everybody who reads this will know what you are talking about. If the proposal manager can't understand it, he/she will probably ask for rewrites to make it. Hopefully writing in plain English will be easier for you to get your thoughts on paper.

5) See if the proposal manager would be open to you writing down notes and turning it into a coherent sentence. Maybe you could get on the phone with him/her for half an hour to talk through it. (This one is highly dependent on your proposal manager)

6) We all know proposals suck, even those of us who do it for a living. Another thing I always tell myself is that there is a due date and it is coming up soon. I can do anything for XX number of days, then I never have to see it again! It will pass, and hopefully your weekends don't get consumed by it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is why DH wants me to leave teaching - he says he works with so many lazy do-nothings making mid to upper 100’s.

And meanwhile you're working your ass off for peanuts, no respect and a lot of aggravation. Same.

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Anonymous wrote:Consultants, apartment brokers, swindlers, marriage therapists, rapscallions, money-goblins, gamestoppers, cheroot-vendors, wedding organizers, cattle-wranglers, larcenists, bitcoin traders, nickel-and-dimers, recyclers, yoga teachers, mentors, and carpet-baggers, for the most part.

What is an apartment broker?

A person who gets paid to find apartments for clients to rent in NYC.

Where would i find a townhouse broker in DC metro area?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are not in DC, but in NJ, another high COL state. My husband went to vo -tech for high school, didn't go to college, and makes $140,000, plus about $20,000 in perks and bonuses.

He started as a mechanic for a large landscaping company, and over the past 25 years worked his way up to operations manager.

He is a mechanical genius, but couldn't hack school at all. Hard work, lots of hours, and luck in finding a good company all helped him get where he is.


That's great to hear. We need a lot more people going into vo tech.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HR Director in local government, making 160k, WFH 3-4 days/week. Typically, 4-5 hrs of works in a day.

I want this job!

[Anonymous]

Partner at an accounting firm. $650K / late 30’s