" I do n’t really palpate qualified , but I do n’t design on leaving until they fire me . "
In a recent post shared tor/AskReddit, site useru/H-U-I-3asked, “For those that make over $200k a year, what do you do?” Here are some of the most-upvoted replies:
Side note — BuzzFeed did n’t substantiate these .
1.“Airline pilot. I’ve been flying professionally since 1997.”
2.“I’m a Michelin-starred private chef. I left the industry for this one family. They are no one important. No NDAs. They just have a cyber security company in the Bay Area. I work 25-40 hours a week.”
3.“Photolithography researcher at a big tech firm. Nearly 300k this year. All it took was over a decade of higher education* and being in the right place in contact with the right people. I have no idea what I’m doing half the time lol, but I’m told nobody actually does.”
4.“Lawyer at a big law firm. Wouldn’t recommend it.”
5.“Electrical engineer. To you young people… YOU NEED TO CHANGE COMPANIES.”
6.“Cyber security and compliance for a 2,500-employee company.”
7.“I play with Excel and make nice PowerPoints and am good at presenting.”
8.“I’m a software engineer at a FAANG company. I don’t really feel qualified, but I don’t plan on leaving until they fire me.”
9.“Woodworker. I have relationships with high-end interior designers in NYC but don’t live there. My work appears regularly in magazines and galleries.”
10.“I might clear 200 this year depending on my bonus… I’m a senior-level construction manager.”
11.“I work as a macroeconomist and quantitative analyst at one of the world’s largest banks.”
12.“I’m a surgeon.”
13.“I’m a primary care physician.”
14.“I’m a VFX supervisor for film and TV. It’s an awesome job — I feel very lucky.”
15.“I’m a cancer research scientist in biotech/pharma. I’ve been at it for a decade.”
16.“Not consistent but I make between 180-220 depending on the year as a crane operator.”
17.“I made my money the old-fashioned way, I got run over.”
H/T tor/AskRedditandu/H-U-I-3for having this discussion.
observe : Submissions have been edited for distance and/or clearness .
