Specifically there is someone who has worked at a few tech companies with 6 YOE and ended up at Meta (in marketing) who claims on social media to have a liquid networth of $1m. I had a conversation with someone about it and they think it’s bogus. I believe it given that you invest well. Thoughts?
🤫 the fewer that know of such pay the better. Tech is already competitive enough as is.
A lot of professions pay well, not just tech. Just because people know doesn't mean they'll work hard and get it.
However, in certain demographics, tech is by far the easiest way to earn lots of money. Not everyone has the pedigree or family wealth to break into any of the other high-paying professions. E.g. unless you did your undergrad in the USA, law and medicine are out of reach. Finance is probably out of reach unless you're super smart or went to a private high school that was a feeder for Ivy League. Tech is the only one where you can do your undergrad in Timbuktu, do a Masters in some rank 200 state university, and within 10 years be earning over $500k. Almost nothing else gives you that mobility, and definitely not at the scale of tech.
The fewer people who know my TC & NW, the better.
The large majority of people will never know what it’s like to make the amount people in tech make, let alone other professions. Let it stay that way. People who are jealous are just as unpredictable as those mentally unstable. Especially when they have more YOE, are older, or just believe they deserve more. Money changes the way people interact with you and their expectations. When we were making a similar amount as some friends, it was all hunky dory. Now that those friends have stayed the same and we’ve made a lot more (we’re still the same people), people expect us to pick up the bill, us to pay for experiences or trips, we’re not supposed to complain about anything, etc.
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