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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the DC policy world, a lot of people earn that much in their 40s.  Senior people who float between the Hill, Schedule C, K St, foundations, universities and think tanks may dip below that mark when they are in government, but their pay spikes up when they go back out.

Most started out making very little, but that changes as your network and reach grow. I made less than $20k and lived in a group house when I moved to DC.  Most of us were getting some experience before grad school.  I took a nonstop $150-200k consulting job for a few years after school to build up enough security to buy a house and start a family. When I moved over to the nonprofit side during my child's preschool years, my earnings retreated back to around $150k in exchange for shorter, regular office hours.  Going into the last Administration gave me a small bump back up. Then when I left,  the nonprofit offers were around $250k while the for-profit offers were multiples higher (though dependent on booking business).

While recognizing that few people earn this much, I am no superstar.  I went to all the right schools, I am good at what I do and I have a really broad network, but my trajectory is pretty standard. Some would say its the typical boring career of the Ivy league upper middle class and that it's rinky-dink compared to what our classmates who went into finance earn. [/quote]

Between this job, the It consultants with lock-in, and all the sales folks it's safe to say OP coming from a no-connection lower middle class background has a gnats butt of making any of these work. [/quote]

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