for those of you who earned over 200K with a bachelors degree or less in your late 20s, what do you do?

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Consulting (O&G eng. > B4 > SKP). Skipped the MBA and was able to make the pivots so it paid off for me.

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Public accounting risk advisory mcol

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30 yo. Just broke 200 - tech consulting.

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Cybersecurity

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28 and at 200 (175 OTE / 25 RSU). B4 consulting to SaaS company

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25. 165 ote and 35 equity. TAM at tech startup

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i really need to move to tech sales 😅

Big Law (qualified in Australia where you only need Bachelor degree)

30 Yr old, data in advertising agency.

I will add: this is $200 base. No RSUs or bonuses. Agencies are known to not have any of these adds.

Some might think this is a better/worse deal.

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Software engineering

29. $200k when you include my yearly bonus. Accounting manager at tech company

Software engineering!

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