New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Those making $300k+/year what/who/where/when/how?
Ask HN: Those making $300k+/year what/who/where/when/how?
2 by thrwunderpaid | 0 comments on Hacker News.
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
2 by thrwunderpaid | 0 comments on Hacker News.
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
