How much do you make and whats your job title and age?

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Anonymous wrote:37. VP at a mortgage finance corp. around 450k a year.

Are you in sales/originating loans? Commercial or residential?

Research, residential.

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Attorney-Tax $90K and feeling like maybe I'm underpaid after reading all these post. I'm 35.

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32, in house counsel, 126k plus bonuses averaging between 7 and 10k per year.

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Associate dentist, 29, 160k

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20, nanny, 28k. I'm pooooor

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36,F/T Mom. Zero income.

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25 yr old lead teacher in a private preschool without any educational cred in the field- 50k

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:37. VP at a mortgage finance corp. around 450k a year.

Are you in sales/originating loans? Commercial or residential?

Research, residential.

$450k in research?? Like CoStar? I did jot think salaries like that were possible outside loan origination positions.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:37. VP at a mortgage finance corp. around 450k a year.

Are you in sales/originating loans? Commercial or residential?

Research, residential.

$450k in research?? Like CoStar? I did jot think salaries like that were possible outside loan origination positions.

There're all kinds of VPs in our company making this kind of money or more.

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39 years old- Lead Systems Analyst $110,000 plus 20% annual bonus.

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Anonymous wrote:computer programmer 200k

age 30

Tell us more.
what language do you program in.
Where are you located?
how big is the company?

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Wow this has been really interesting to read.

Me: Freelance writer and editor, 34 yrs old. 90K. I work about 30 hours a week.
SO: Department director, 36 yrs old, 125K + bonus.

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Anonymous wrote:32, $190k. Manager in Corporate a'murica

My boss' boss' boss is 34 and clears somewhere around $700k. My old boss was 28 and cleared $250. I have a 40+ year old and a 50+ year old who report to me and make under $100k.

There will always be those who make more, and those who make less.... If you start comparing yourself you'll go nuts.

Yeh i know there will always be some who make less and others who make more. i guess, what i wanted was for people to share their experiences on how they got to make more at their age if they did so those who make less can learn from them

Most honest answers are probably a combination of shit dumb luck - being in the right place at the right time and/or a top tier qualification (MBA or JD) from a prestigious highly ranked university. Toss in a little hard work and you've got a formula. In my experience successful people like to discount the luck factor and instead focus on their hard work, but usually luck played a non trivial part. Indeed, for me, I'm on the cusp of promotion which will give me perhaps another $50K, and its almost entirely because I took a role with a fucked up business line and fixed it. That was part skill, part luck - people had quit and the opportunity to take on more responsibility just fell into my lap. Right place, right time....

Also, I think the inflection points in one career require different skills - being a top performer as an "individual contributor" requires perhaps technical skills and attention to detail. A top performer in a "manager" role involves influencing others and learning to leverage your team effectively. A top performer in entry level mgmt means mastering influence, elevating out of the details with staff you trust, and creating strategies and growth opportunities outside your immediate sphere of influence. I've found that the step functions at each of these steps is the hardest moment. If you feel like you've peaked - ask yourself if you are doing the things the next level up would be.

As a financial analyst is expect your manager demands quality analysis and work, but perhaps not that you set your own agenda or proactively identify gaps and needs in your org. As a manager, you'd probably be expected to do that. Most analysts who I see get stuck can't make that leap: they are excellent technically, churning out quality work - but they never quite master the art of identifying needs before they are asked. Some people call this "leaning in" (ugh) or "forward lean" or just "dealing with white space" or whatever, but the premise is the same.

Ask yourself: are you at one of these inflection points?

Some food for thought / advice.

OP here- Yes, I feel like I have peaked. I work in Risk Management, and I am thinking I am in the wrong field, i should have focused more in Accounting/Corporate Finance I feel like. I am the type of analyst that goes beyond and above and i make that leap that you are talking about, I identify needs before they arise and propose ways to fix them. At my annual review, my boss gave me an excellent and above and beyond rating on almost all aspects and on the ones where I did not get a perfect score, I got the next best score which was Excellent. So, I don't think it has anything to do with my performance, it is more about being in a dead end job where I just don't see any upside and i don't know how to get out of this field and start over at my level in a different field or management level. i have been applying to jobs but feel like noone is interested in what i have to offer and sometimes it is depressing. I know i am capable of making much more than what i am making and i know that I do have the skills to and I have matured the position but I just don't see any opportunities my way and sometimes it is just depressing

Do you have an MBA?

NP here. Finance jobs are some of the most lucrative jobs out there. I work in finance and have degrees in math/finance. I have friends who program for hedge funds and make $500k. They are considered risk management. You have to be a quant jock who can program. I made $200k right out of b school in Manhattan at age 27. I thought I didn't make much compared to my peers in Manhattan. You might want to move to NYC, SF, HK or Singapore. I'm fairly certain most all analysts break 100k after bonuses.

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OP I met with a headhunter today. They said the job market right now is extremely competitive for finance. I am in corporate finance and am feeling extremely depressed.

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210k, equity analyst, 34. No MBA, but I have my CFA. I'm underpaid for my industry, but I'd prefer to stay in the DC area and there aren't many jobs here for what I do. Plus, my hours are much better than if I had my job somewhere else.