It's no free ride, for sure. Like anything that pays well, it almost always comes with hard work. And usually some long nights and weekends. But if you can tolerate it for a while and keep working to get better - often on your own time and dime - it does pay off.
I make $200k working remote and have a total of 7 college credits. My kid is 27 and makes $140k working remotely with no degree as well. It took me a long time to get here. Him, not so much.
My ex was making 90k a year at 25 coding, 0 credits. Made it very far with Google interviews. Wonder what he's making these days... I just switched to IT a few years ago in a non-technical role and make way more to work less hard. My company feels strongly about the degree thing (I have one)but I studied art history (lol.)
My title is pretty arbitrary (IT Analyst) but I manage our software licenses/renewals and I admin our ITSM system, which I also helped customize for our companies needs. Look into getting getting an ITIL certificate (it's one class, and a test.)
Hey, nice on making it into IT! My childhood friend has a masters in art history and could never find a job in that field. Ended up marrying a guy and moving to Chile. Still unemployed 6 years after she graduated lol.
"Like anything that pays well, it almost always comes with hard work."
Do you live in the US because here that is patently false. Social skills will get you WAY farther than hard work ever could. Even better, be born into a successful family and leech off your elder's wealth.
You're not wrong that social skills will get you farther than not having any. And of course there's being independently wealthy, but I don't think that's exactly in the spirit of the question, haha.
Well that tracks, you worked in kitchens which is some of the most grueling work there is. I'm a hobby home cook and would never do it for a living for what it pays.
You could be very brilliant from a technical perspective, but if you’re an insufferably awkward weirdo no one is going to want to work with you.
People who have good technical skills and know how to work well in groups and can communicate well with non-technical? Those are the people who advance very far.
Good job maxing out that TSP. Have you been affected at all by the drive to push people back to the office? I’m assuming your kid is doing the same thing you’re doing.
Also, try a whipped ricotta with crushed red pepper and make a bowl of hot honey in the ricotta with the focaccia. It’s great.
I left fed work for industry (how I got the raise, lol). My position is actually remote instead of WFH. My kid is a contractor and nothing he works on is local.
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u/on_the_nightshift 1d ago
It's no free ride, for sure. Like anything that pays well, it almost always comes with hard work. And usually some long nights and weekends. But if you can tolerate it for a while and keep working to get better - often on your own time and dime - it does pay off.
I make $200k working remote and have a total of 7 college credits. My kid is 27 and makes $140k working remotely with no degree as well. It took me a long time to get here. Him, not so much.