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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wonder if OP attended a school that was not super pre-professional? I was a MC kid who went to a top 10 in the late aughts. Agreed that the internet became a HUGE resource at the turn of the century and I buy that getting this information would have required some - but not exhaustive - effort to obtain via visiting the career center etc in the late 90s. But even if I hadn't had the internet around, I was in clubs and classes where affluent students talked about finance/consulting/the path to professional school. I saw students walking around on campus in suits every winter/spring. It was just really hard to miss.

Maybe OP went to a school where most of the class wasn't that interested in Goldman/McKinsey/Harvard Law? And there was a huge emphasis on more do-gooder work? I could see that being the vibe at Brown or a SLAC.

Also OP, I wouldn't let DCUM convince you that everyone who goes to an elite school earns $500K+. I'm a late 30s HYS grad making $225K in house after several years in Big Law. Hoping to make the leap to $300K+ in a few years when my kids are older. My former classmates making $500K are in big law. Even the in house lawyers aren't really there yet. If I had to guess, I would say most of my class, including public interest, are $100-300k range, again outside of Big Law. My friends who went to more normal schools are probably $50k-150k. So I wouldn't agree that anyone with a college degree, moderate effort, and a pulse makes $200k easy. It's a lot harder than that.[/quote]

I’m sorry but I make a little more than $200k and I’m in my early thirties. It wasn’t that hard at all. [/quote]

Would love to hear your journey from LMC roots to a high paying career. What field/job?[/quote]

$200k is not a "high paying career". It's pretty standard pay for your 30s so long as you have a college degree and aimed for jobs with higher comp vs lower comp.  Like, did you do a marketing or museum internship during college?  Or did you look for a data analyst summer job for a middle of the road company?  the latter jobs weren't any more competitive than the former out of college, though a little less glamorous.  [/quote]

$200,000 puts you in the top 5% of earners in the US.  Possibly higher if your comparing yourself with other POC, other women, or even other people in their 30s.  Who exactly is this “standard” for, PP?
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+1 this is double the median for people with advanced degrees in the DC area.

If you are a family making $250k with two earners (each $125k) you are making twice the area median income, yet on DCUM people make it sound like you are poor. Yes, you can have a fine life on that amount of money. You probably can't afford to live in Bethesda though.[/quote]

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