Here was my path - first three of the below were during college, then I dropped out before number 4. 1) Unpaid internship (3 months) 2) $10 an hour assistant

Here was my path - first three of the below were during college, then I dropped out before number 4. 1) Unpaid internship (3 months) 2) $10 an hour assistant marketing role (1.5 years) 3) $14 an hour marketing role (1.5 years) 4) $30 an hour marketing role (8 months) 5) $35 an hour marketing role (Much bigger budget, lots of opportunity to learn) (1.5 years) 6) $50 an hour (promotion from the above role, 2 years) 7) Became a consultant for $150-$300 an hour, current since May 2017. So my path from unpaid to $300k+ per year took like 8 years.