Anonymous
Post 03/25/2021 21:16     Subject: Re:For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?
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.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2021 21:14     Subject: Re:For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?
Government contracting engineer, $130k, BS and MS in mechanical engineering
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2021 21:13     Subject: Re:For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?
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
Post 03/25/2021 21:12     Subject: For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?
Physician
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2021 21:11     Subject: Re:For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?
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
Post 03/25/2021 21:11     Subject: Re:For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?
38. Attorney and GS-15 fed. Formerly at a law firm, same with DH.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2021 21:06     Subject: For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?
35, 200K. PhD. Government contracting.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2021 20:59     Subject: For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?
public school teacher, master's, hard work and perseverance
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2021 20:57     Subject: Re:For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?
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
Post 03/25/2021 20:57     Subject: For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?
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
Post 03/25/2021 20:55     Subject: For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?
Most lawyers at big law start at $180K plus bonus now. So all of them.
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2021 20:54     Subject: For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?
34yo, $120K — fed analyst

DH is 35yo, $260K + bonus — CMO of an education startup
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2021 20:53     Subject: Re:For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?
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
Post 03/25/2021 20:49     Subject: For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?
Software engineer, bachelors, hard work
Anonymous
Post 03/25/2021 20:24     Subject: For the under 40 yr olds making 100-300k what do you do?
What type of work do you do and how many degrees do you have? What helped you get there?