Hacker News ( unofficial )Ask HN: Those making $300k+/year what/who/where/when/how?
Recently there was a thread about someone making ~$500k/year at a FAANG company and seeing that there's people who hang out here and make ~$300k/year I always have questions for high income earners. Since I don't know any personally (or at least I think I don't) I'm hoping some are lurking and willing to answer some questions. I've set it to $300k because I think at this range the salary is exceptional even in LA/SF/NYC.
These are my questions and I'm adding my own answers though my income is not really in this range; some are slightly fudged to prevent de-anonymizing.
What do you do?
What is your job title?
What is your total comp?
Who do you work for?
Where do you live (assuming you don't work from home)?
How long did it take you to get here?
How did you get here (networking/raw technical skill/job board/dumb luck, etc.)?
What do you do?
I do frontend development for financial applications; think trader dashboards, openfin, etc. I have done backend work previously and actually prefer it to frontend work
What is your job title?
Associate; a generic corporate title in banking
What is your total comp?
Last year I made $118k including my yearly bonus and 401k matching
Who do you work for?
JPMorgan
Where do you live (assuming you don't work from home)?
A large Texas city; one of Dallas/Houston/San Antonio
How long did it take you to get here?
5 years from my first job as a developer
How did you get here (networking/raw technical skill/job board/dumb luck, etc.)?
It's been a gradual climb; whenever I feel there's no more to learn at my current job I look for another, each move included a pay bump. This job I managed through an acquaintance who offered to put my resume in although I was not looking for a job at the time
HN link: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16811454
Posted by thrwunderpaid (karma: 57)
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