Why on earth would you pay for your own master’s degree....and in IT of all fields. Any half decent company will pay for your higher education... that was a crucial mistake on your part.

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Anonymous wrote:God this whole string is depressing. Why didn't you plan better? I knew when I was 18 that I would have to work for the rest of my life and that I wanted to make a lot of money. Now Im 47 and make seven figures in law and real estate.

You don't get it. To much of America, $100k IS a lot of money. She worked hard. Went to good schools. But she was essentially taken advantage of for her naïveté and squandered her skills by not knowing the right people or the right path.

I missed how she was "taken advantage of for her naivete."

Anonymous wrote:God this whole string is depressing. Why didn't you plan better? I knew when I was 18 that I would have to work for the rest of my life and that I wanted to make a lot of money. Now Im 47 and make seven figures in law and real estate.

You don't get it. To much of America, $100k IS a lot of money. She worked hard. Went to good schools. But she was essentially taken advantage of for her naïveté and squandered her skills by not knowing the right people or the right path.

Anonymous wrote:God this whole string is depressing. Why didn't you plan better? I knew when I was 18 that I would have to work for the rest of my life and that I wanted to make a lot of money. Now Im 47 and make seven figures in law and real estate.

You win for douchiest answer.

investment mgmt. top MBA.

Op, you need to learn to live within your means sssuming you get child support too. You have a good income. You can do better but the choice is yours.

God this whole string is depressing. Why didn't you plan better? I knew when I was 18 that I would have to work for the rest of my life and that I wanted to make a lot of money. Now Im 47 and make seven figures in law and real estate.

you are in the right field at the wrong place. start looking for a job.

Re: becoming a technical expert... I started in managed services for a competitor product to the one I sell now. You likely would need to leverage something you have deep expertise and credibility in for that first role. Sales Engineer is a common title.

Anonymous wrote:How does one break into sales? I'm a lawyer 3 years out of law school and hate the 'head down' booksmart nature of the work. I previously worked in marketing but the pay was abysmal. How do I make myself a good candidate for a VP-type sales position, what experience do I need?

You dont. You start entry level in inside sales (which can easily pay 150k), move to outside ans woek many many years and if you are good at networking and are a total douchebag, its all yours.

Own a successful business.

OP here. I'm not broke because of the divorce... We were always struggling to keep our heads above water. My ex has the same problem as me, except he has even more education than I do (BA + MS + JD). He works as a regulatory affairs manager at a non-profit and makes 95K.

Whoever guessed I came from a poor background was spot-on; I have no family money, I have like two friends who even have college degrees, and none of my friends make more than 80K. I don't know how people get rich or climb up the ladder at all (hence I posted this question out of curiosity/hope for inspiration!).

What is the difference between being a technical expert vs. a technical product manager? I was a technical product manager for an EHR company a long time ago; I worked with the account management team to troubleshoot tech issues, the sales team to up-sell clients, and the engineering team to create new products. However, I only made 83K (to be fair, I was only a few years out of school at the time), so I'm not sure how I would even translate that experience into being a tech expert, as some have suggested.

I made decent money as a 1099 contractor, but the income was never steady (it was feast or famine all the time... like $100/hr vs. $25/hr) and we needed health insurance.

Anonymous wrote:Spouse is CFO with a CPA and makes in the 220s. He could make more at bigger orgs but that would mean more travel and more time out of the house.

How did he get this job? My problem is that you cannot interview to be a CFO unless you have been a CFO.

You are broke because of divorce

Sales then own my own business