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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Clearly the DCUM middle class making $400k+ are shy to reveal their path to success. Thanks to the 1M lawyer

1) NASA engineer
2) $190k
3) excelled in high school, elite engineering degree and masters, hooked up with a NASA mission I believed in and thought would make world better place. Regret not following the money into tech or defense, mommy tracked last decade and reluctant to take a risk because of DH more demanding and better paying job which disrupt our working parent juggle mid air. [/quote]

1) NASA scientist
2) $190k
3) excelled in high school, elite science degree and top Ph.D., joined NASA to do great things and love it, but took 15 years post-Ph.D. to get to a GS15 and there’s no promotion from here. [/quote]

So jealous, you are so happy, how do you afford to live here, and wonder if you should have detoured to make a nest egg when your classmates probably went to become quants, and then pivot to start their own space company at 40 after earning millions?  My peers basically all did this and I was the dope being idealistic and not selling out to do “science”. Share you wisdom for contentment![/quote]
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I'd love to know how you are so content.  I'm a NASA scientist, who left, earned a PhD and went to the corporate world, earning about 400k, but I still hate my job....I really miss the NASA scientists, such a nice bunch of folk.  About half the corporate cogs aren't nearly as smart or humble, but whoa they're an arrogant bunch.  Many also carry knives to backstabbing their way up.  I can't do that and don't really belong....I'm too nice and know it.[/quote]

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