What does /b/ do for work, how much do you make, and what did

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I'm 33 and fix aircraft. $72k per year. Join the military to get exclusive on planes or choppers. No degree and set for life.

Pic unrelated

Collections Management 30, 60k a year. Quit being a faggot and take some risks you fucking basement loser!

>>727828877
I teach. Im 23 and make 50k. I have a pension plan, a 403b, cheap ass amazing health insurance, 14 paid days off a year, all the holidays and summers off dor a second job (brings it up to about 65k) and i work for a union. Its actually kinda dope

>>727828877
26 making 95k a year as a software engineer. Not bad for where I live - one of the cheapest regions in the nation.

>>727828877
32 and I'm an author. Write books about explosions and spaceships, and also separately, kobolds and dragons. It's pretty sweet.

>>727829286
What branch?

>>727828877
>Infrastructure engineer (IT infrastructure)
>122k
>started at help desk
>35 years old.

>>727828877
28 year old male. Making 60k and 10k as I work two jobs.

Navy Officer (started out enlisted), 37, varies annually but currently make $80,000 with benefits.

I was like you, OP. I wanted change so I practically abandoned everything I knew to go do whatever. Eight years in I got tired of the Navy but was feeling stuck so I focused on meeting the standards they set forth and then some. Got recognized for hard work (being single helped) then picked up a commission via LDO program.

I'm not where I want to be in life YET, but when I get out at least I don't have to worry about paying bills.

Air Traffic Controller -- Federal Aviation Administration, 29, 128K

Software engineer, dream project, 90k, 23
Only downside is I had to move to Detroit (which isn't even all that bad)

19M making about 11k per year with part time jobs at local museum and PD (desk job)

do some IT work on the side to help pay my bills

>>727830299
Sounds badass, is it true that y'all have like 15 minute shifts?

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Letter carrier

25 M $16/hr

35, I work for a cable company as an installer. I do residential video, data, telephone, and home security, over coax or fiber-to-the home. The hours suck and they have slowly killed all the joy out of the job but I make 60-65k a year in a low cost of living part of the country.

34
Business Analyst
91k

Worked in a grocery store, then a warehouse, then corporate office. Clawed my way up to where I am today.

25, Office Assistant at a large uni in a cheap ass town, 30k. Benefits package is worth 15k alone

>>727830562

CCA?

InfoSec Analyst
22
85k

Started as customer support, 10 years later moved into Sales, busted my ass, $96K/year now.

50k
Deliver and install appliances
38
I should be better off by now but I spent my 20's unemployed b/catalog drug problems :(

31, IT Systems Engineer, $55k

>>727830864
Yup. Started out as a clerk, CCA is way better

>>727830994

Keep moving up. Have a family member that's pulling in $72k per year as a city carrier. That job is kush.

>>727830600
Would you recommend the field to others? I've been thinking of training on the side as an electrician if/when robots take over my career path

24, software engineer, 120k

>>727831097
My office is full of old farts. Moving up will be easy in a few years.

33

Armyfag (Armourer)

81k/yr + medical/dental for my family + pension + education subsidies

>>727828877
24 y/o
Sys admin
65K a year
Made computers my life, worked help desk in high school and moved up.

>>727830327
You sound like someone I know that graduated from uni last year.

>>727829792
You make a living off of that? lol

>>727830868
I'm currently a sys admin and want to move into InfoSec. How did you end up in the field?

26K a year as a vitamin, supplement and beauty care products at a health food store. Great way to meet trendy hippie chicks! Not great pay but I love my job. Being happy is worth being poor. Plus I get a lot of free supplements from company reps.

went to school to be an engineer.... hated sitting in class. started working in construction. most construction guys are dummies, im really smart.
10 years later i own a construction company.

36/m
300k a year
tan as fuck
wear shit clothes most the time and my hands are dirty a lot.
bank account normally has more than 250k at all times.
moral of the story.... pick a billion dollar industry than smart people dont want to enter

>>727831129
If you're technically inclined, and reasonably athletic I'd say yes. We get a lot of guys who are athletic enough to handle the rigors of the work but can't problem solve their way out of a wet paper bag and then we get neckbeards who built their own computers who think they're gods gift to the tech world who wash out after seeing the physical side of it. I work 4 days a week but they're 12-14 hour days and I'm NOT an independent contractor. Can't be afraid of heights either due to pole work. My company provides all the tools and training, vehicle, uniforms, materials.

Manager of drug store. 30. Get with one job and stick with it and always work a harder than everybody there

>>727831197
Lol, no entry level jobs pay that much

I'm 27 living in Canada making 110k a year working as an equipment operator.

31 years old, middle management in the oilpatch. 375 k/year but I live on lease in the bush.

>>727831940
oh yeah? go check out how much the big 4 in tech pay their entry level developers :)

Flight Instructor. Just got bumped up to 24k a year.

Don't even care about poorness because it will solve itself over time and my satisfaction is higher than most people and I'm usually the most interesting person with work related stories.

80k as a veterinarian at 33. Also, bitches love vets.

>>727828877
I am 26 and started a business at 21 with no money. I recognized that all these head shops and bullshit stoner stores in my area were looking for product. (Not pot or anything like that) but things like baja jackets, those stupid stoner braided hoodies. Dreamcatchers, hemp necklaces, and other hemp shit. I had some weed and paid these stoners with it to sit, stoned and braid these necklaces and wristbands, no actual money. Then i bought around three hundred dreamcatchers from an old hippy couple that used to make them to sell at concerts decades ago, but left them in storage once they had kids. Got them for real cheap, sold them for 40 bucks a piece at festivals, and the biggest ones went for around 70. After a bit of time i ended up selling the company to a headshop with several locations around the midwest, and transitioned into selling auto paint thats peel-able, which comes with less stress. I make 123,000 a year take home pay.

>>727831941
best job in the world... what do you operate?

39, 95k a year as electrical engineer.

Do warehousing type work. Pay usually starts around $16+ and you fuck around all day. No education required.

>>727829286
Shit. Exact same for me. Age and everything avionics tech. Plus I get that sweet disability which pays myou mortgage.

I work 55hrs a week and make 85k
I fix solar panel systems

>>727831618

A lot of people I work with used to be sys admins. My best advice is to get some certs like sec+, network+, ceh, etc.

Also you wanna build your portfolio. Take on some personal projects. Set up a virtual network, configure firewalls, set up IDS/IPS. Download vulnerable images and try to see if you can pwn them.

Even better is to Find a specific discipline you wanna get into like malware analysis, pentesting, incident response, security engineering, etc.

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30
60k
email marketing

>>727832428
>>727832428

Whats your funnel look like?

>>727828877
chef at wendy's
$120k/yr
had to fill in an application form, fuckin' heaps of writing

>>727829977
>started at help desk
What kind of engineering degree do you have? Did you start at help desk before finishing your degree?

>>727828877
>I'm sick of it. Looking for some ideas.


here's an idea. you can move out of your parents' and spend 80 percent of your income on a shitty one-bedroom apartment until they raise the rent beyond what you can pay. then you move in with some friends, and within three months you will hate them with a passion because they never pay their part of the bills on time and they have the personal habits of retarded hogs. you fight with them, the worst will leave, then your place gets raided because someone invited a junky to move in and turned the share house into a shooting gallery.

it just gets worse. if you want an idea of how bad it can get, check out a book called "He Died With a Felafel In His Hand".

>>727830327
What languages do you program in? How did you get the job?

>>727830868
Do you have a university degree or did you study it all on your own?

>>727832031
Which one of the "big 4"s do you work for?

>>727832479
I wish - I'm the little data entry bitch for 5 washed up old ladies.

No email is dynamic. No email is automated. No funnels or strategy, just rely on past sales or buying email lists.

And they're shocked when revenue is half what it was last year ...

>>727832380
Thanks for the advice. Sounds like I'm already on the right path. I don't have certs but have a home lab that I setup test systems to pwn and have a couple of friends that we setup systems for each other to test against.

25, engineer ~170k/year (but 50-60 hours per week)

Went to a school with co-op and worked up the ranks

>>727832953
degree in network security. in the meanwhile was interning at a SOC.

dont have any certs at the moment, havent had the time to study

>>727828877
Work for a temping agency as a last resort. TAs enslave you with a shitty contract where they get paid more than you do and if you do manage to impress the employers at the place you're temping at your contract will most likely ruin it, as they will have to pay a fee to hire you.

I recently ran into this problem where I was on the very edge of having a great new job but because of the price tag attached to my contract (a fourth of a years salary) they wouldn't hire me, despite knowing what to do for the position. Temping agencies want to keep you with them, no matter what they say. It keeps you in debt slavery because you can't find other work and you get a shit wage.

>>727833033
i work for one of them. "big 4" itself is a bit overloaded in tech and probably refers to about ten different companies or so. does it matter which? any large west coast software company will hire a college grad and start him/her off with a 120-130k annual pay.

>>727833170
>(but 50-60 hours per week)
>implying that's somehow difficult

corrections officer
i make 85k a year with overtime

>>727833311
fwiw, i work 30-40 hours a week. i've worked 50-60 hours a week during critical periods, but that's rare.

>>727828877
Fuck it sell crack

>>727833059
>>727833059

Jesus, that's rough man.

Sorry you have to deal with that. Sadly enough, that's what 95% of businesses think when they say email marketing.

Buying lists or sending BUY THIS NOW email after email after email.

41 years old
$11.00 an hour
Research Support for an agricultural research company

>>727833585
Shit I can make more than that ringing up industrial size jugs of laundry soap at fucking Costco

>>727829286
What branch nigga

>>727828877
Got ya beat. I was an Industrial Designer for 16 years, worked and lived all over the world, had a beach house in La Jolla. Now I'm 40, back in school at a tech college getting an associates degree in a manufacturing trade that tops out at $15/hr, living off my savings, haven't made a dime in 4 years, and about to move into my moms house at the end of this semester.

If I had any dignity, I'd fucking off myself, but lucky for me, I don't, apparently.

>>727833687
I forgot to add I'm working for a temp agency out of desperation. You are right though actually looking at applying at Costco heard they pay decent.

>>727833578
Yup, makes it hard to jump ship when the interviewer realizes you don't have 5 years experience but rather 3 month's experience 20 times.

How about you? We're running Marketo and Salesforce. Thinking of getting my SF admin cert, but don't want to go down the path of full autism.

27yo senior accountant $80k + ~$5k bonus

>>727832077
well done honestly

wish i had the enterpreneurial mind

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>>727828877
I'm 28 and a Ph.D. student. $38k stipend plus $30k from a fellowship. I also get a good health insurance and subsidized housing.

Not a decent amount of money for where I live though.

>pic unrelated

29
Nothing at all. Lost my last job because I got an eye infection that effected my ability to see road signs clearly, then got in a car accident that fucked up my left arm. Living with parents and trying to make payments by barely scrounging together enough money.

>>727828877
I am 23 and a part time chef and make minimum wage ($7.25/hr). However, I am beginning my DMD (Dental Medicine Doctor) looking to specialize in orthodontics. By the time I am your age I expect to be making nearly six figures.

>>727833170
>engineer ~170k/year
1.21 niggawats. Almost everyone I know is an engineer, and none make over 65k/yr
>worked up the ranks
>25
lol put in a lot of long hard years did ya?

>>727832077
>>727833986
Great job, you deserve it.

>>727828877

28 Male, web developer, $95k

Zero formal education

>>727828877
25 and i'm a saturation diver/welder 290k a year but i need to get yearly bone checks which i travel to a different state that doesn't have this industry to do as all the Drs here know the early signs and are massive faggots.

>>727834129

haha just ignore it, this kid is just another millennial who has no idea how the workforce actually works

>>727834092
We all did, anon.
It all seems so straightforward when you're young enough to not know any better.

>>727834571
How many hour work weeks?

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24 y/o
45k yearly

Worked hard and got promoted out of the warehouse into the office.
Good benefits /pension /401k/Stock Options

Pic related

Planning on going up again soon will bump me to around 50-55k/year

>>727834571
I'm a mig weldor and I make $670k/yr

>>727832122
I pretty much sit in a booth all day sending logs to get cut into small flake.

>>727828877
dont do shit

got $70k when i was 23

about to graduate uni at 25

got like $4500 left

>>727834724
4000.

>>727834702
Well, as an orthodontist (or even as a dentist) it is doable. I am already accepted in the Dental School. All I have to do is study hard.

>>727834852
How many hour work weeks?

>>727834927
U WOT M8?

>>727833986
>>727833986
Bud, if you really want, it isn't too hard. Check out peel-able paint. Or check google trends to find something new. 300,000 hits is where you should look, because it means an up and coming situation, then figure out how you can monetize. With both of my business ventures, i started out word of mouth. I then saved a couple grand and used targeted marketing, think google or facebook. They get your name out there pretty fucking quick at a lower cost than you would think, and then you have to just have the presence of mind to make sound financial decisions. Worst case, youre out a couple grand if you fail. The biggest reason people stay broke is the lack of discipline to save and scrimp with their money and a fear of failure that keeps them from going for more.

>>727833417
What languages do you use?

Also, which languages should I try to get as much experience with (personal projects n shit) if I wanna get hired by one of the big 10?

Oh and are contacts more important than grades? I'm seeming to slack off right now and keep telling myself they don't care about grades as long as they're average. Is that true?

Sorry if I'm kind of bombarding you with questions. Just really curious and uncertain of what to expect. My first year pursuing a software engineering degree. Thanks in advance broof

>>727834724
Month on / month off, for work months it's 8 hour shifts but you have to stay in the compression chamber.

>>727833170
What engineering field?

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>>727828877
Fitter/Machinist, 66k, finish apprenticeship, be useful to my company and learn as you go.

>>727834881
is your booth outside?

I'd give anything to be able to work outside, or even in a booth with a view of the outside.

Every day i go to my windowless gray factory and all winter long it's dark when I go in in the morning, and dark by the time i leave in the evening again. i never even see the sun shine anymore. all i want to do is destroy the civilization that created this hell.

21
Line cook
31k yearly + tips usually about another 4-5k a year
I took a two year program and got hired before finishing my first year.

Corrections Officer

I'm a mail carrier and I made like 46k last year. I didn't need any qualifications other than a clean record and I work like a dog.

>>727835405
class traitor

Army Officer. Age 24, and I make around 65k, with amazing benefits.

>>727835141
didnt know google trends was a thing. appreciate all the info.

I work in construction management/safety so to anyone who works on large jobsites, I'd be known as a "safety dick"

Started as a framer at 19 with a company working on a big development, fucking hated it but saw these dudes walking around with clipboards not getting dirty and just talking to people, making phone calls.

I saved up, took about a month of schooling total, and now at age 22 I pull in about $215 CAD every day I work and I barely have to do anything.

>>727832041
Hours?
Ratings?

>>727835164
mostly java, but i've used ruby, shell, python, perl, etc.

most big software companies don't care about what languages you know, but you'll want to know the ins and outs of OOP since that's what we do in our day-to-day.

grades are probs important right out of college. i had good grades. after your first job, they won't matter. also, if you get a summer internship with a big tech company, that's like the golden ticket to getting interviews literally everywhere you apply senior year. that was my case.

it's a really awesome field to be in. lots of really interesting projects, high impact, lax work culture (e.g., i come into work at 11:30 am sometimes, and no one bats an eye), and insane pay right out of college.

Telecommunications Engineer
$40/hr. Between overtime and annual bonus I pull in around 105k in cash compensation, not to mention a rocking benefits package.
28 yrs old. All I had to do is go to college, get an internship at a large company, then drop out when they offered me a position

>>727833789
and so begs the question, what happened?

>>727835434
Faggot

>>727835734
>>727835164

This.

Also if you want to get somewhere in the SERIOUS dev houses, for fuck sake, learn TDD (Test Driven Development), Gitflow, etc

Quality control is as important as being able to smash out code

>>727834947
>All I have to do is study hard.
kek

no, you have to learn it. study hard all you want, but when shit gets difficult, you don't get points for having studied hard. My GF is wrapping up her post-doc work at Mayo, and not only do you have to learn it, whether you study hard or have a photographic memory as some do, but you have to be in the top percentile of the class, because they automatically fail out those below average, whether they passed or not.

And that's just school. It all gets a lot more complicated than that.

>anxiety disorder
>no leaving my basement
>no job
>wat do to profit?

>>727835884
>>727835449
samefag

>>727835782
time flew I guess.

>>727835944

Shove bad dragon up your asshole on Chaturbate and try to be the first person in history to take a galon of simulated cum into your shit locker

Own a Machine Shop.
Make mostly gun parts.
ITAR sucks.

250-400K/year

I was just like you anon, now i make 1 mil a year flippin burgers at mcdonalds with benefts. Just keep working hard and ull see results i promise

>>727836059
No i dont like Cameras or other people

>>727828877
Software engineer.

$330k last year, up from $260k the year before.

>>727835141
What about competitors? How do you tackle them or differentiate your product from theirs? I guess that depends on the industry on many level but at the core, what do you do? Undercut? R&D? Do you, in some case, even shouldn't worry about it?

>>727836191
Lel

>>727833789
>
Im this guy >>727833585

You almost sound like me, I was a top notch clinical psychologist for about 15 years, nice home, new cars. Now I'm living in my sisters basement and making $11/hour and have no idea what I'm going to do moving forward, just turned 41.

>>727836267
Forgot to mention, 29 years old.

Started 6 years ago at around $125k/year

Market Area Manager for a national bank. Base is 185 but quarterly and annual incentives can add up another 90 during a good year. During a bad year, not so much. Started as a part-time teller and worked my way up. It didn't hurt to be smart and have a responsible work ethic. I'm 48.

>>727836439
Negro please. How the fuck are you getting so much now?

>>727835308
Nah it's indoors. I don't mind it at all. Great pay and awsome schedule . 7on 7 off

>>727828877
28, making $34k

IT call center for the Navy

Honestly should be making more, company has hemorrhaged 4/5th of it's staff and has increased my overall responsibilities and work load accordingly. Getting my Sec+ soon so I can give these fuckers double birds as I moon walk out to a better paying job.

21, casino card dealer 60k/year

>>727835308
lol

>>727836520
He's lives in Bay half that goes to rent

>>727831873

250k isn't a lot at 36. I had half a million in liquid assets at 26...

Should've stuck to engineering.

>>727835890
Interesting. However, I'm under the impression from what I heard/seen that some of these jobs (QA/Debugging/AreTheyTotallyDifferent?) are not really useful and tend to be given to interns as opposed to real employees. That a misconception?

>>727836666
I can't even imagine why you would need more than 300k a year, especially if you like the job enough that it's not a pain to be there every day.

>>727836520

Lol, unfortunately, >>727836609 is right on the money.

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>>727828877
>same fucking shit OP
30 male
living whit my parents
making like 5,500 a year
no girl

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>>727828877

i am 30 years old and i live my mom. no job. currently a neet. i did work at a convenience store in some rural area for some time while living with a relative but i was laid off because i wasn't needed.

Build custom door systems for rich assholes. $11/hr, full time. Should be somewhere around $20k/yr. Also repair vehicles, do metal working/fabrication and welding on the side for a few hundred a month out of my garage. I'd post a pic of door systems, but filesize is too big. Anyone have an easy way to shrink it? Sitting at 4.1mb

21yo medical debt collector

about $20,00 a year, plus monthly bonus commission that ranges from $250-$2200.

Only had to have a high school diploma to get the job.

>>727836813
Ah, carry on then. My bad for doubting you.

>>727835574
No problem man. It wasn't when i first started out that i know of, but its how i learned about my next business. Just find out what people are looking for, but dont go for something that is saturated with searches. You dont want to get a startup with very little money, and have thousands of competitors. And remember, that friends never make good business partners, not even your best of friends. Do it on your own. Share your success once you make it if thats what you want, but dont ever employ a friend. You will end up letting them get away with things that you would never let an employee get away with. Business and feelings do NOT mix. If you get lonely and want to spend time with friends, do that. Hell, take them on vacations with you, pay for the whole thing if you like. As i said, share your success. But never be the one signing friend's checks. It never ends well. I learned that the hard way.

>>727835734
How would one go about getting a summer internship at a big tech company? Contacts or I guess just the usual (personal projects that make your application stand out)?

>>727836671

QA encompasses a lot. I work for a big 4, and we have QA on our team ranging from people who don't know shit about programming (for manual testing and screening bugs), to very competent comp sci majors (for automated testing).

The automated testing rolls have incredibly high turnover, since most of those folks see it as a stepping stone to being a dev.

>>727828877
Contractors at a chemical plant. Jacobs, Savage,SGS,Brown and root just a few. Start out will be at about 15$

>>727836472
they didnt promote some dude with 10 million years of business school instead? i thought only people with tons of university get promoted that far

Work for a L.E.A. tracking down perverts. Make $120k. BTW all you ip's have been recored.

>>727830750
hats off to you sir.
How did you get from the warehouse to the office?

>>727828877
>I'm a 29 yo male making $20k a year living at my parents and I'm sick of it
Right. Sick of all that money? I don't believe it.

35 yr old chef $18/hr

I work as a Systems Administrator for a department in a hospital. I make 45k/year, and I had to know the right person to get in. I went to a 4 year technical college and it didn't get me anything for 3 years, I had to know someone.

>>727836931
oh well. at least you can say you gave life your best shot.

Where is the guy who works at Wendys?

>>727837449
Not on a computer or smart phone cuz he can't afford one.

>>727835917
You probably feel like a superior human being after having graduated. I'll never look at my orthodontist the same way ever again lmao

>>727836941
changing it to a .gif might shrink it. i forgot all about that stuff

>>727837217
University is a door opener, end of story. The rest is personality and drive

>>727836941
open a photo editor and compress it,GIMP is free

>>727832592
u lie, boy

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>>727828877

>get job while living with mom
>wait until you get enough for a down payment on a home
>buy a 20-30 thousand dollar house in some rural area
>find minimum wage job in that rural area(So you can pay for water and electricity and food and internet)
>best life tbh

you wont have any girls to fuck or any friends but you will have your computer and your hand

>>727836951
i interviewed for one of those jobs recently. it must be TOUGH to get people to pay?

>>727830194
dad? is this you?

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>>727836104
>ITAR sucks
pic related

>>727829479
>Is a fucking museum curator
>Earns a relatively pedestrian salary
>Tells people to take career risks
Shut up faggot

>>727836839
T I T S

>>727837709
And sadly that's more desirable then dealing with this society at any level

>No customer interaction jobs, the dream life.

I'm 18, so I have no wisdom. I cannot guide you through this, but have you considered living in the mountains?

>>727837829
Which is why I chose to get a trade, sure I'm never gonna be rich, I also never consider executing myself before I go to work.

>>727837217
Can't speak for most other fields, advanced education doesn't mean shit once you get into the job. This is not wall street where the mergers and acquisition shit is going on, this is the rest of the world. Education comes up, I do have a BS degree but aside from snotty assholes putting MBA after their name in their email sig, no one discusses your education. (And just as a by the way, any MBA asshole that does that, gets immediate suspicion from everyone else. They're usually tools.) Here's an absolute truth: When people say it's who you know, what they truly mean is, how well do you get along with people. Not in the "hey, bro, high five" kind of way but more in the you understand what they're feeling and you have discipline over your words kind of thing. I realize that sounds a little convoluted, but people want other people around them that they trust, that they feel good about, that they understand and can communicate with, and - to a slightly lesser degree (although no one admits it's secondary) can you just do the fucking job without being a douche.

>>727837546
>>727837684
Forgot to mention, I'm on mobile

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>>727837781
BOOBS

>>727837709
where can I find a 20-30 thousand dollar home?

33 yo/ 650K which is about 370k after taxes
Radiation Oncology
Med school was terrible.

>>727838199
You cant. You'd be lucky to find an $80k home. And that would most likely be in the slums of some shit city.

>>727838003
*nod*

>>727838199

hawthorne, nevada or any rural area. just find a rural area in your state

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>>727829623
Are you me?

>27
>90k
>live in denver, so at SF rates vs cost of living that's like 130k. I do alright.
>been like this since I was 23.
>run a team and office now and have expense perks, 401k, etc.
>have a nice apartment in denver skyline. Sick view. Pic related.
>life ain't so bad.

Where you live?

>>727838142
take a screenshot? could also try to send it to another application that will do the compression for you.

You could always download an app but what's the fun in that :)

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>>727838265
I'm impressed by how much you make at your age but repulsed by how much you actually take home after taxes!!! Fuck man you need to get married and have a few kids.

>>727828877
I work for a huge pharma company, making about 160k after bonuses. 5 weeks off a year, plus sick days, nice 401k, gym membership, &c

I had to be generically smart and extremely privileged. Went to same grad school as one of my interviewers. Oh how we laughed.

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23, M

Heavy equipment operator for my county and also help run a family earth moving business. Roughly makes me about 45 to 50k a year depending on how the weather cooperates.

This is what I spend most of my time in.

Infantry officer
55k
23

Graduated from military college with a bachelors in business management. No interest whatsoever in that field but thought it'd look good.

21m 23k with normally hourly, comes to roughly 30 with overtime added in. Banquet supervisor in major business hotel chain. Living in New England. I only survive comfortably thanks to the lady having an amazing job and us living together

>>727837303
OP here. I actually have an e-commerce business on the side that's eating up a good chunk of my dough right now. It was nice having the extra cash for a while before that but it got old because I wasn't going anywhere.

>>727838391
>>have a nice apartment in denver skyline. Sick view. Pic related.
I'm glad you have a good life anon but I have never been able to stomach a concrete jungle like that

>>727837957
>Don't consider an hero while going to work

must be a great life, and I'm not even making a lot for what I have e to deal with.

Living with my parents, making 9600 a year, don't have enough to buy a vehicle. Can't save money because food and bills.

>>727828877
Check'd
Also, learn to weld or become an equipment operator. It's good money, good work

>>727836813
Know what's right on the money? Moving into a fucking shithole to net that 330k.

>>727838456
Its catch 22... I want to work less to have time for myself, but that's not how the game works. You have to suck shit until you are senior enough to take real time off.

>>727836337
What in the fuck happened?

33m drafting for roadworks get 90k +car phone laptop

>>727829537
how and where? Ive recently become really interested in teaching

>>727838316

yes you can if you live in a rural town, not in a city. in a city a house will be above 100000.

there are plenty of shitty houses for 20000-40000 in rural areas.

>>727835724
>Catalog

Just under 500 hours. I'm a CPL single and multi, BGI and CFI.

Pretty sweet job and I've never applied for shit. I just walk around the airport and people offer me jobs and shit lol. I now instruct at 2 places.

>>727836267
SF? Only place in the world where I know this isn't unheard of.

36 M

Teaching English in a SE Asian kindergarten about 30k per year. It might not seem like much, but here it's a fortune - it's 3 times what my lawyer wife earns.

easy

>>727834023
in what and where at if you don't mind answering

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>>727838003
>but aside from snotty assholes putting MBA after their name in their email sig
holy fuck my sides

>>727837709
Living alone in a $20K house (do those actually exist?) and making minimum wage seems like the opposite of the best life.

>>727838892
forgot to mention I only work 4 hours per day Mon - Fri

>>727838834
yep

>>727828877
Doctor for CAF. 150k/yr.

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>>727838414
>>727836941
Screenshot ftw.
Here's a set of doors I built. They are about 9ft tall. Im 24, by the way.

>>727838581
I'm happy wherever. I like this particular city though, hate most. Denver is like, the biggest little town still. Has most amenities of a big city but low crime and high friendliness... for now.

Software Engineer at Intel. 27. 75k base plus sweet quarterly and annual bonuses and amazing benefits. Plus the best work/life balance I've ever seen

>>727838811
oh and IFR too forgot that since I don't use it lel

>>727837716
Actually, a decent amount of people don't like their credit getting fucked so they pay. Once debt is in a collections agency it can affect the credit score at any moment.
Now if I'm on the phone with you, I can't tell you that it will report to your credit because that's harassment, and threatening, and is an FDCPA violation.

A lot of people don't care if it damages their credit.

Last thing, certain states have laws where medical debt doesn't report to credit bureau.

>>727838738
>Divorce (bitch took most of my money)
>Sever depression
>Alcoholism
>Got sued by a client for bullshit, malpractice insurance would not cover it
>Bankruptcy
I'd kill myself but I have a 13 year old kid who at least I am trying to be a dad to and not a dead faggot who gave up.

>>727839164
stay strong m8

>>727828877
I'm 25 I do consulting primarily for startups. My compensation is generally in equity, royalty, or a combination of the two so earnings can vary. Last year made about 72k at current valuations. 2nd year doing this so if I do my job well I'll make more and more.

Used to do consulting for an expert witness. Mainly code review work and exhibit construction, made about 30-55k/year doing that depending on how many cases we got, + business school

>>727839054
M 28 forgot to say.

>>727838957
If you don't like people then it fits the bill, the only step further along that path is becoming a mountain man which requires certain skills and sacrifices.

>>727828877
45, locksmith, $125k with company vehicle and benefits.Pretty much make my own hours. I could do better, I could do worse.

>>727838957
I dunno, currently living in a 3,600 square foot house with a pool and an acre of land in a high middle class neighborhood. Living alone in a rural area sounds kind of nice right now. I'm now thinking of tossing all of this shit and bugging out.

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>>727839020
Called it. :p I've turned down offers to relocate there for high salaries. Hate the area and most of the people I meet when I have to travel there every couple months for work. Damn good food, the place just saps my happiness. Couldn't see myself living there.

>>727839062
impressed

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>>727838003
Makes sense. Although I find that so hard to do given I'm so insecure with myself.

How do you get the confidence to truly say what you believe? I feel like the backlash is so great that I just give up and do my job and go home without really connecting with my coworkers.

>>727839127
Odd, telling them it will affect their credit would actually be useful info... what a limp-wristed regulation

32/m
550k
Psychiatrist for high profile people in California.
I studied at a local community college in texas. Went through 8yrs of college and got my PhD at Austin U. I went to California because my gf wanted to live there. I did 1yr of job hunting. My gf cheated on me with some artsy fartsy guy. I was depressed. I got a call from a psych firm. I hated it. The pay was shit. I dealt with it and saved money (I have no kids). One client gave me a generous tip in helping her. I left the firm and she gave my name around. 6 months later all my clients see me privately without the firm and my services are popular.
Ex got dumped by her bf. I see her at a gala. She hesitates to talk to me and she heard from friends I am working with a contractor for a custom home. I know she regrets cheating. She lives in a small studio and works at a pizzaria.

>>727839062
very >>727839476
you make good doors anon

Marketing Consultant, $40k a year + 10k commission opportunity.

Highly jealous of all these rich fags in here, but don't want to go back to school.

>>727839519
>Psychiatrist

Why can I get hard and off to porn but not get it up for real sex. I'm 28

>>727828877
49
about 200K
NIH scientist, medical researcher.
MD, PhD, or both, then post-doc or equivalent mentored research experience for 4-6 years, then be able to write a grant and get funding when 90% of all people that apply fail.

>>727839517
People have itchy sue fingers when it comes to their money.

>>727839519
Well done man. Things were coming up Milhouse for you.

>>727839593
Porn has desensetised you.

>>727839593
Because that's what you've trained your brain to respond to

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>>727838589
Elaborate...

>>727828877
Political Consultant. 31. Am self employed so don't have a salary. Average around $100-120k every two year cycle, the majority during even years, so don't make huge money. Usually work 8 months during even years, and 4 months during odd years and just go on vacation in countries with cheap prostitutes the rest of the time.

>>727839404

I like the area. There's a ton of outdoorsy stuff to do. Hiking. Beach. Tahoe's not that far.

Food is stellar, as you said.

The only downside is in the insane housing market, but even after that, you're still making a lot relative to just about anywhere else, so you have a lot of disposable income leftover for travel, tech toys, etc.

>>727839593
It's because you've become addicted to porn. Cut it out of your life and stopped masturbating. Trust me, it works.

>>727832234
as I'm majoring in EE, what do you actually do?

>>727838003
Degrees open the door for you though. Also, if you are smart you can choose a degree which gives you skills necessary for moving up the career ladder.

I got a Master's in statistics, with a concentration in business analytics. School taught me advanced analytics, SQL, data warehousing, Hadoop, a couple programming languages, IT basics, and how to efficiently manage real world corporate data. Those skills helped me get a job at corporate Walmart and be promoted to senior management within 5 years.

>>727839706
What if I've tried and can't stop myself?

>>727839706
No need to stop masturbating, just don't masturbate to porn.

>>727839062
man, you get seriously underpaid. any kind of trade or craft should get a lot more than 11 an hour... BUT OH YEAH! THEY CAN SHIP THAT MANUFACTURING TO MEXICO!

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28, underground breakdown mechanic in a coal mine (AUS) I only work half the year or less and make about $155,000

>>727839593
It depends on how often you do it. Odd as it sounds on /b/, once you objectify a woman out of habit, you remove all emotional connection in real life. Some people rape for that reason.
You also might be thinking too much during sex without even wanting to. Too much masturbating means you don't orgasm really, you only release. Too many factors. I would need more details

>>727838460
Fuck you Mr. Skeleton.
I hope your drug goes generic and your company goes bankrupt.

>>727838003
This is true for so many fields. Exactly this. Hell, half of these people in any industry, regardless of it it happens to be construction, or fucking investment banking. If you meet basic requirements, and are likeable, you will succeed.

>>727838265
How much in debt were you after having graduated?

24. Married.
Technical Support Consultant for a multinational technology conglomerate.
as a Level 1 agent, $30k/yr.+bonuses

25, essentially front end development at 40k but most of my job is just doing whatever the fuck retarded shit marketing comes up with.
>Hey anon can you make this icon on the front of the site jiggle every 5 seconds so we can draw more customers to this new shit product?
>Well technically yes but that's fucking retarded and will piss off literally everyone who looks at the FRONT OF OUR SITE
>Nah do it

>This made my company a projected 30k in sales in 2 days
Fuck me.

>>727839859
How long man, I've known a few guys who've just broken down underground, no sun for an entire day swing and they get manic.

>>727839871
At least four times a day. I do worry about performing a ton before attempting. I actually adore the female body, not just as a sexual object but because of the pure aesthetic beauty. I can look at a female and just admire her form.

>Inb4 neck beard/fedora

>>727839654
Thanks man lol

>>727839498
ah, for fucks sake. I'm going to teach you something that everybody knows. Fake it till you make it. In the bible, the quote is: "act as if ye have faith, and faith shall be given to you." Dude, this shit is that old. If you act a certain way, you will soon be thinking that way. We are all insecure at some point, all of us. Don't give a fuck what anybody tells you, everybody goes through it. And when you know that too, it's kind of cool because you become even more confident knowing everybody fakes it at some point. When you've done it awhile, you don't have to fake it so often. It's just acting - that turns into a belief. It's really that easy.

>>727839834
Try and try again. That's what I did.

>>727839519
Liar
Psychiatrist is MD
Psychologist is PhD.
Psychiatrists prescribe meds, psychologists talk.

>>727836666
How much was your construction company worth?

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>>727839700
Checked. Also, if I had to do it I would. As I said I could be happy anywhere if I had to. Denver is just where I choose to be. I am worried the area is gonna get crazy like SF or Toronto though. Housing is going up by like 7%+ per year and tons of tech startups are coming here from SF because the cost of living is so much lower for now and companies can get away with paying devs 70k, 80k, etc. We will see what happens.

One day I wanna just be a solo contractor living alone in the woods with a single Internet line coming to the place... for now, denver will do lol.

While I got you all here, I'm trying to break into Social Media Marketing.

I quit my unpaid internship last year but still can't find a paying gig.

Anyone in this field, or online marketing?

>>727839818
That is a nice package of skills

>>727840122
Remove yourself from temptation of porn in slow steps. Start working out and get a hobby you know women will enjoy. I fire dance for fun with some gypsy women. It got me away from porn. I am not saying stop masturbating just leave it to twice a day if sex is not readily available. And take your time during sex, foreplay is important. Make it fun. You are trying to please her and she is trying to please you.

>>727840138
I always tell myself I will but I end up doing it anyway, sometimes I'm out and looking before I really am aware of it.

27, 35k and wife makes 45k still live with parents and have a 4 year old. Me 6 years of hard work at the same company my wife 7 years of college.

>>727839517
because it has been used as a threat in the past. understand collection agencies you should see Last Week Tonight's episode on medical collections. It's a pretty fucked industry where debt is sold around from company to company and the debt collector has no idea what caused the debt. Oh, and they paid pennies on the dollar to collect that debt. My business works with these guys sometimes, they are not friendly people by nature.

32, Hospital Pharmacist, $100k plus really good benefits. I just graduated pharmacy school last year so I started out at like the lowest possible wage, but with a few more years' experience and a specialization certificate I can get up to mid-$100's easily.

$100k/yr, 35m, systems developer (not US based)

20 I rent out a 5000sq ft shop. I do auto body and paint, and have 5 workers. I make around 350k a year

>26
>Neurophysiologist
>Depends on year
>80-400k

>>727840159
I said I got my PhD but never said what field and I got that job at chance and I do give out prescriptions. Try again new fag

>>727840030
customers are retards

>>727831972

The bush? Also why don't you live in a mansion?

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>>727828877
27, live with parents. Handy man for local hotel. Dropped in one day looking for work. Got the job 3 days later. Town sucks. Mostly play video games, smoke weed, or read some books.

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>>727839476
>>727839571
>>727839839
Thanks guys. And yeah, I do get underpaid. I was hired on for the shipping department, building the crates that the door systems get sent to the home builders in. But I keep getting ahead of schedule on the crates so they have me doing the fabrication part of the work, like building the doors and tracks. My boss said he is going to be hiring a new shipper and when he does I'll get a raise and promoted to fabricator. That needs to hurry up. Pic related, 3 crates waiting for door panels to ship out.

>>727839054
>>727839297
CAF? If that's what I'm thinking then how many fake injuries are you seeing lmao

>>727840536
My hobby is tech stuff. I've been looking at getting I to 3D printer projects. As far as what women related thing, unfortunately I'm a huge tech geek.

I need to enroll to a gym with a scheduled class, I can't workout on my own, I've tried and cannot stick to it.

>>727840590
My collecting strategy is to be nice and treat the debtor as a human being. Been working great so far.

>>727840136
Bruh! Preach!

>>727837226
How does someone get into that business

>>727840590
first time i heard of companies that buy debt i was floored. what a cynical business model.

>>727831481
Do I now

350k/20 male. Rent out a shop and do auto body and paint work. Got 5 Mexicans in the back working for me

>>727839642
that is very true

>>727841045
It seems like a similar practice to companies buying IP's and copyrights to me.

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>>727840815
Here is a 90° bottom track that I finished on friday. This will go on a corner either in the house or on an outside wall. 5 door panels total.

>>727832740
All java, all day
Sent an email to the CEO, said "I want to work for you, what can I do"

>>727840861
I don't know how social you are but it always feels good to do hobbies in groups. Sharing and judging. Doesn't have to be gym, dance classes help with stamina too. And when you are around women you will learn to hold them. Women love dancing bro. All forms.

42
Helicopter pilot
Heliskiing and firefighting
$150,000
Work about 140 days a year

>>727836284
You always undercut. That doesn't mean slitting the throat. It means that you offer a better product and are always available to handle any questions (especially the dumb ones) if they trust you and rely on you, you own them.

>>727837097
I don't know about the other guy, but usually they have online applications. Be warned though, they're like applying for college all over again.

Also, keep a look out when they go to a job fair or come to your uni to talk to small groups. That's how you can get recommendations from their own employees.

>>727839683
are most political consultants highly localized?

>>727841181
this guy is bullshitting. no one would hire someone from that email

350k/20 male.
Rent out a shop and do auto body and paint work.
Got 5 Mexicans in the back working for me

>>727836666
Checked seitan

32
7k eur a year
Sell expensive bathroom stuff

>>727831571
Yup going to pass 100k this year assuming all is good, nearly did it last year but didn't quite make it.

>>727839164
>I have a 13 year old kid who at least I am trying to be a dad to and not a dead faggot who gave up.
Damn. Respect that. Why won't you just get back at it? Are you barred from working in the field because of what happened?

I am 18
Work as a dishwasher
Make 9$/hour

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in my mid 20s
I work IT for Goldman Sachs
$128,000 /yr
3 days a week at the most as long as i fix peoples simple issues
started off as an intern and asked some higher ups if about IT openings and i essentially said i'm more qualified than your current guy who does a shit job

>>727840815
hey whatever on the job training you can get is good right

>>727841182
I've never been a singer or a dancer, I completely shut down in front of others when I'm out on the spot.

I can talk to people but tend to detract from social interactions when I'm one on one with strangers or become the center of attention. The people that I do get to know (and already know) I'm pretty vocal around. Bit of a catch 22 when trying to become social.

>>727830194
I'm an enlisted Marine and I'm sorry, but what the fuck, I would never expect to run into an LDO on 4chin. Maybe there is hope. Or maybe I should just kms. :(>>727831311

>>727828877
Idea: Get into trades, make more than you are now to start and make mad money in 5 years. You'll still be able to retire at 65 if you do shit right. Set up a savings account today and start saving for your retirement unless you wanna live on $1000 a month and 2 dead parents.

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>>727841530
oh yeah i went to a mid-tier school with good connections which kinda gave me a massive advantage in landing the GS internship
(30% acceptance rate, GS and other banks recruit there frequently)

>>727841045
Some collecting agencies don't buy debt.
The agency I work with are 3rd party and doesn't gain interest. Also the hospitals and other clients can withdraw the debt at any time.
Sooo not all collection agencies buy your debt.

>>727831311
I'm a USMC armorer, and you niggas don't do shit. Lucky asses.

>>727839519
>She heard from friends I am working with a contractor for a custom home
>I know she regrets cheating
>She lives in a small studio and works at a pizzaria.
Dont take the b8

>>727841597
I agree, but the problem is that I learn fast, and get bored quick. I intimidated the new guy that had been working there for 3 weeks before I started and he quit on my 3rd day because he couldn't keep up with me.

>>727839612
plz find a cure for ALS. thx

>>727833033
They program in Spanish.

>>727841776
Take the measuring sticks out back fellas and don't forget to zip it back up before you come back in

>>727836568
how did you do it?

>>727839683
Am I wrong to assume you sit on your ass all day

>>727841602
We'll here is the thing, if pleasing a woman is something you truly want, wouldn't breaking habits give you exactly what you want?
And don't think you will be center of attention right away in classes. They always pair you up and practice together. Just try, the "What if's" are worse than looking foolish. I can say out of experience

>>727838265
Do doctors get paid that much in the US? I'm from Slovenia and once I finish med school I'll be happy if I get 20k/year during residency.