Anonymous
Post 04/06/2013 19:26     Subject: How much do you make and whats your job title and age?
38 musician, teacher, 175-200K
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2013 19:11     Subject: How much do you make and whats your job title and age?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:32, $190k. Manager in Corporate a'murica

My boss' boss' boss is 34 and clears somewhere around $700k. My old boss was 28 and cleared $250. I have a 40+ year old and a 50+ year old who report to me and make under $100k.

There will always be those who make more, and those who make less.... If you start comparing yourself you'll go nuts.



Yeh i know there will always be some who make less and others who make more. i guess, what i wanted was for people to share their experiences on how they got to make more at their age if they did so those who make less can learn from them


Most honest answers are probably a combination of shit dumb luck - being in the right place at the right time and/or a top tier qualification (MBA or JD) from a prestigious highly ranked university. Toss in a little hard work and you've got a formula. In my experience successful people like to discount the luck factor and instead focus on their hard work, but usually luck played a non trivial part. Indeed, for me, I'm on the cusp of promotion which will give me perhaps another $50K, and its almost entirely because I took a role with a fucked up business line and fixed it. That was part skill, part luck - people had quit and the opportunity to take on more responsibility just fell into my lap. Right place, right time....

Also, I think the inflection points in one career require different skills - being a top performer as an "individual contributor" requires perhaps technical skills and attention to detail. A top performer in a "manager" role involves influencing others and learning to leverage your team effectively. A top performer in entry level mgmt means mastering influence, elevating out of the details with staff you trust, and creating strategies and growth opportunities outside your immediate sphere of influence. I've found that the step functions at each of these steps is the hardest moment. If you feel like you've peaked - ask yourself if you are doing the things the next level up would be.

As a financial analyst is expect your manager demands quality analysis and work, but perhaps not that you set your own agenda or proactively identify gaps and needs in your org. As a manager, you'd probably be expected to do that. Most analysts who I see get stuck can't make that leap: they are excellent technically, churning out quality work - but they never quite master the art of identifying needs before they are asked. Some people call this "leaning in" (ugh) or "forward lean" or just "dealing with white space" or whatever, but the premise is the same.

Ask yourself: are you at one of these inflection points?

Some food for thought / advice.

Anonymous
Post 04/06/2013 19:04     Subject: How much do you make and whats your job title and age?
30, social worker with a masters, $44K
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2013 18:54     Subject: Re:How much do you make and whats your job title and age?
34
$200K
Vice President (lawyer, but position is more policy/strategy than legal)

LOVE my job.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2013 18:47     Subject: How much do you make and whats your job title and age?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:36, 150k publishing and all of the sudden I feel like an underachiever...

I'm the $83k editor and envious. What aspect of publishing?

I pretty much run ad sales. Magazine publishing....print. Should be out of the sales part but thats where the money is. Sadly, our editor s are way underpaid
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2013 18:46     Subject: How much do you make and whats your job title and age?
38, $110k. Senior consultant for a mgt consulting company in the federal sector
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2013 18:43     Subject: How much do you make and whats your job title and age?
Anonymous wrote:44 300K media. Bachelor's Degree.[/quote
What type of media?
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2013 18:41     Subject: How much do you make and whats your job title and age?
44 300K media. Bachelor's Degree.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2013 18:29     Subject: How much do you make and whats your job title and age?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hello all,
I feel like i was left by the money/career train. I went to good schools, studied my ass of in college and now after my bachelors and masters degree, i am still not making what i expected. I am thinking of changing careers as i feel like my current one is on a dead end. I work in finance (analyst) and i make $78k/year, i am 30. Will i ever break the hundreds salary wise? What am i doing wrong? My job only offers 3% in salary inc. max so i can stay there forever n never make enough. How do you people who are successful in their career do it? Please share experiences n info along with age n career field/job title. Thanks


Want to make more money, take risk and own your own company.


Can't afford it right now
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2013 18:28     Subject: How much do you make and whats your job title and age?
Anonymous wrote:Business owner, $1M+, 35y/o

How did you do it?
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2013 18:27     Subject: How much do you make and whats your job title and age?
Anonymous wrote:I'm 40, accounting, make $210k and work 45-50 hours a week.


OP Here- Is this public Accounting?
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2013 18:26     Subject: How much do you make and whats your job title and age?
Anonymous wrote:32, $190k. Manager in Corporate a'murica

My boss' boss' boss is 34 and clears somewhere around $700k. My old boss was 28 and cleared $250. I have a 40+ year old and a 50+ year old who report to me and make under $100k.

There will always be those who make more, and those who make less.... If you start comparing yourself you'll go nuts.



Yeh i know there will always be some who make less and others who make more. i guess, what i wanted was for people to share their experiences on how they got to make more at their age if they did so those who make less can learn from them
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2013 18:25     Subject: How much do you make and whats your job title and age?
Anonymous wrote:We are hiring... cplwebinar@gmail.com. Mostly Sr. Analyst roles but a few a bit higher. Feel free to drop me a note if interested. Must be good at math, or you won't succeed.


OP- Will send you an email.
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2013 18:24     Subject: How much do you make and whats your job title and age?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Hello all,
I feel like i was left by the money/career train. I went to good schools, studied my ass of in college and now after my bachelors and masters degree, i am still not making what i expected. I am thinking of changing careers as i feel like my current one is on a dead end. I work in finance (analyst) and i make $78k/year, i am 30. Will i ever break the hundreds salary wise? What am i doing wrong? My job only offers 3% in salary inc. max so i can stay there forever n never make enough. How do you people who are successful in their career do it? Please share experiences n info along with age n career field/job title. Thanks


My advice is to jump to another employer == nowadays it seems to be that lateral hires are the only ones who get the big salary bumps. Sadly, loyal employees who stay around are rewarded with ho-hum yearly increases.


OP- Looks like that is the only way to make money these days
Anonymous
Post 04/06/2013 18:24     Subject: How much do you make and whats your job title and age?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:$200k, 31, corporate vp in healthcare. Lots of hard work over the past 5 years and made the right people look really good - so they brought me up with them


would you mind explaining your job track? college, 21 then what?


BS in finance from a state school, got a job working for a lender doing loan servicing. Left after a couple years since I didn't see a real path to growth to get to the higher up positions. Started working in the equity/investment side of a business in the healthcare field, worked my butt off for a few stressful years during a key time for the organization. Landed a couple high profile projects and didn't mess up. I was probably put of my league at the time but I made it anyways. Got a couple big promotions in a row.


OP Here - you being at the right place at the right time with the right skills was definitely key, i am in finance too but somewhat always end up in a dead end job!