Noob fighting to get over hump. I'm close, but making 50k annually now including base pay. Mentor just complained that his quarterly payout dropped to $90k from market drop...FU!

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Hang in there, this industry puts compensation comparisons more in the open than many industries which can be discouraging/frustrating in situations like you described.

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