How possible would it be to jump to industry with 2 years of experience and make 100K+?Located in HCOL, Tech background (CS major), worked mostly as functional analyst (requirement gathering, testing coordination, scrum planning). ISTQB cert and working towards getting AWS solution architect cert

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Easy. With a tech background, it’s almost guaranteed. FWIW I’m relatively non-technical, in analytics at a tech company in SF at 155K with 2 YOE.

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