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I guess I still don't see it. I know a lot of life sciences and CS PhDs and only one made 7 figures amortized over 15 yrs. Mostly you make very low 6 figures.
by lqdc13 9y ago
I guess I still don't see it. I know a lot of life sciences and CS PhDs and only one made 7 figures amortized over 15 yrs.
Mostly you make very low 6 figures.
- oneshot908 9y agoAll IMO... Broadly, there are two mistakes I see people make: 1. Not taking enough chances in the first place 2. Taking a chance, but riding a loser all the way down or swearing off startups altogether after a single bad experience which leads to 1 above You are a most likely an at-will employee. Your employer can dump you without any warning at any time. Any sense of loyalty beyond enjoying your work or your paycheck is misplaced. Also, you could argue legitimately that I just eventually got lucky and I represent a raging example of confirmation bias now, but it's happened 3 times now, so maybe I've learned a thing or two by getting burned a lot? Or maybe not. Truth is a pathless land and all that. One sentence advice: go work for Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple or their ilk if you want a relatively safe high six-figure income and you can't stomach risk.
- infinite8s 9y agoAre you talking about gross? At 75k/yr you'll easily clear $1M after 15 years. Staff scientists at national labs easily make that.
- lqdc13 9y agoI am assuming we're talking about annual amortized income. Otherwise, why bring up the word amortized?