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Adjust your definition of a “real career” as one making over 150k. Another adjustment is thinking 4 months is a long time, especially given you know you could i

Adjust your definition of a “real career” as one making over 150k. Another adjustment is thinking 4 months is a long time, especially given you know you could improve interviewing. Check out data fields. I’m in data analytics, no I don’t make 150k, but it’s a good living and I consider it real. I do a lot of good and save government a lot of money with my tech skills.

silvercymbals 1y ago
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- recursive 1y ago
  There seems to be something wrong with your inflation numbers. According to BLS [0], $150k in August of this year has the same buying power as $118k in August of 2019. You might check some other sources, like median USA house prices. I've looked at a few. None come close to the numbers you're claiming. https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
  - silvercymbals 1y ago
    Regardless, calling $150k a "shockingly high" salary is hilarious in 2025.
    - recursive 1y ago
      Different people find different things hilarious, but no one called it "shockingly high".
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- RickJWagner 1y ago
  Just an opinion here. You seem like you might feel you’re owed something. That’s not the case. Doesn’t matter what you studied. Or where your degree is from. Doesn’t matter what you’ve done before, or what you expect to get paid. What matters is what you can do for an employer, and what they need. Luck plays a role in the kind of jobs that open up for you. Personality does too, also your networking skills. Good luck in your searching. Sometimes careers go boom and sometimes they go bust. Only in retrospect can you tell where you’re at.
- rsynnott 1y ago
  > I'm incredibly frugal and barely spent any money doing anything over the past six months. .. okay, so why do you need 150k out of the gate, then?
schmookeeg 1y ago
I wonder what % of the country (much less the world) make less than 150k and this thread is just shitting all over them. 90%? 95%? 98%? I'm embarrassed by this whole thing.
- shawn_w 1y ago
  Making 150k for even a few years would be completely life altering (in the good way). Probably still wouldn't be able to afford a house where I'm at, but in every other way... OP comes off as hugely entitled to be honest.

silvercymbals 1y ago

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recursive 1y ago
There seems to be something wrong with your inflation numbers. According to BLS [0], $150k in August of this year has the same buying power as $118k in August of 2019. You might check some other sources, like median USA house prices. I've looked at a few. None come close to the numbers you're claiming. https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
- silvercymbals 1y ago
  Regardless, calling $150k a "shockingly high" salary is hilarious in 2025.
  - recursive 1y ago
    Different people find different things hilarious, but no one called it "shockingly high".
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RickJWagner 1y ago
Just an opinion here. You seem like you might feel you’re owed something. That’s not the case. Doesn’t matter what you studied. Or where your degree is from. Doesn’t matter what you’ve done before, or what you expect to get paid. What matters is what you can do for an employer, and what they need. Luck plays a role in the kind of jobs that open up for you. Personality does too, also your networking skills. Good luck in your searching. Sometimes careers go boom and sometimes they go bust. Only in retrospect can you tell where you’re at.
rsynnott 1y ago
> I'm incredibly frugal and barely spent any money doing anything over the past six months. .. okay, so why do you need 150k out of the gate, then?

schmookeeg 1y ago

I wonder what % of the country (much less the world) make less than 150k and this thread is just shitting all over them. 90%? 95%? 98%? I'm embarrassed by this whole thing.

shawn_w 1y ago
Making 150k for even a few years would be completely life altering (in the good way). Probably still wouldn't be able to afford a house where I'm at, but in every other way... OP comes off as hugely entitled to be honest.