At what age did you hit six figures in base salary? If you’re not there yet, at what age do you expect to hit it?

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33. 2008. Nyc. Male. Right handed. 5’10”. Gemini

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C L A S S I C Gemini amirite

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Too late but.... don’t do this. We don’t need to add timelines to our stress. There is nothing you need to achieve by X age

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27. Male. Have not reached 100k yet. PDX.

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25. male. latinx. did so working in multicultural shops. achieved it while working in NYC by 2001.

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Still haven't. 32, female, nyc. Probably will hit it around 50 when inflation finally floats me up there.

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I'm not calling ALL of you liars, but.....

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28

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At what age did you buy your first single family home? 28.

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I’m 43 and just bout our first house in LA and was only able to afford it because we rent to owned with the landlord. I hit 100k/year at age 29. But we had a shit load of credit card debt to get rid of before we could afford to buy.

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Never will. 50 yo caucasian male.

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As a former Ogilvy employee, that sounds about right 🤦🏾‍♂️

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Still 20K away from it at 31, F, NYC. Depressing thread.

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26 and not there yet. I’m pretty shocked by this thread... and also feel not so great now.

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24/F/NYC

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You hit 100k at 24? That’s phenomenal, but genuinely curious how you managed to pull that off. If you did a 4 year degree, how were you able to get to six figures with 2 years work experience? Kudos to you though!

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28. Female. Chicago

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No, was a senior writer

33, 2008, F, NYC.

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29/2005/LA/Male 6 years in the industry.

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27 / F / 2016 / LA

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30 NYC black male

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Just to add: every material pay increase for me was tied to a promotion and new title. Which I got approx every two years pretty consistently

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Not yet! 27

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Male/ 30/ LA/ 5years in

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26, F, 2013. Working at a digital agency in NYC.

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