For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?

[Anonymous]

What type of work do you do and how many degrees do you have? What helped you get there?

[Anonymous]

Software engineer, bachelors, hard work

[Anonymous]

30, attorney, 130k. BA in Econ and a JD.
For me, I took on all the projects no one else was interested in. those projects ended up getting me a lot of FaceTime w important people and subsequently quicker promotions and salary bumps. Starting salary was 64k. Have been practicing for 4 years.

[Anonymous]

34yo, $120K — fed analyst

DH is 35yo, $260K + bonus — CMO of an education startup

[Anonymous]

Most lawyers at big law start at $180K plus bonus now. So all of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:34yo, $120K — fed analyst

DH is 35yo, $260K + bonus — CMO of an education startup

Sorry — here’s the rest of your answer:

Me — BA in International Politics & a language the feds like; MA in Political Science

DH — BA in History; MA in Political Science w/ a concentration in applied statistics

For me, it really helped to go to the undergrad program I did. They place extremely well into the fed gov’t. For him, it really helped to take the stats classes he did, and to then teach himself SQL and things like that.

[Anonymous]

Lawyer, so I have a JD. Have been a firm lawyer and a government lawyer. I'm not a "vision" person but I can execute if given even a vague idea of where you want to be. Good at problem solving.

I've had a series of supportive bosses who wanted me to succeed. Not all of them, but enough to help me get here.

[Anonymous]

public school teacher, master's, hard work and perseverance

[Anonymous]

35, 200K. PhD. Government contracting.

[Anonymous]

38. Attorney and GS-15 fed. Formerly at a law firm, same with DH.

[Anonymous]

34, MA government job gets me close to 6 figures but then I have residual income from a rental property I bought when I was 26 which bring me to well over 100k.

I was able to buy the property because I was fine living in a cramped windowless basement cooking on hotplates and out of a dorm size fridge for well beyond grad school years in order to save for a down payment to a house. And then another one, which is where I live now.

[Anonymous]

Physician

[Anonymous]

PP here. We both have Ivy degrees that helped with getting our first law firm jobs, and then made the move to govt from there. DH is a stellar lawyer, I have good interpersonal skills (not that they are shining through on this post!)

[Anonymous]

Government contracting engineer, $130k, BS and MS in mechanical engineering

[Anonymous]

Engineer, 130k, BS and MS from a state university. This is actually pretty low considering I have more than 10 years of experience, but I like my job.