My numbers: I have a BSc and MSc in mechanical engineering but never found a job in that field where I want/need to live, so fell back to software dev. Amounts

My numbers: I have a BSc and MSc in mechanical engineering but never found a job in that field where I want/need to live, so fell back to software dev. Amounts in Canadian rupees before tax (I pay an average ~25% of my gross income as income tax) 2011 - $21k/yr grad student scholarship 2015 - $55k/yr startup that died in ~6mo 2016 - $60k/yr contract at a university 2017 - $72k/yr + pension as manager + developer at said university 2018 - $90k/yr startup, software dev morphing into architect / product lead