What's your job?

[Anonymous No.54298825]

>just got a new job as an engineering technician at an aerospace company
>am soon turning 24, with this position being my first career job
>60k a year, 4% 401k matching, company bonuses, etc etc
>have about 30k in student debt from my bachelor's degree but I'm living with parents and have no other payments to make

What is the best way to accumulate wealth and get as much time off as I can? My goal is to be high-tier middle class and have tons of time to actually use the money I make. Is that possible with my career path?

[Anonymous No.54298840]

>>54298825
Good job, anon. I'm proud of you.

[Anonymous No.54298848]

>>54298825
congrats anon, you will definitely make it.

[Anonymous No.54298869]

>>54298825
Good Job mate. Keep in mind you may not get the 401k match unless with you're with the company for a minimum number of years. Get that debt paid off and get your own pad (land you own) asap. Part time jobs on the weekends like UBER can be really fun and a good way to stack cash (if you can handle normie extroversion). With your career, after a few years, you'll have the experience to get a remote role or a traveling role. I know a mechanical engineer who travels all over the US for work on his company's dime and can afford all the latest toys.

[Anonymous No.54298887]

>>54298825
holy shit 60k? that the equivalent of 30k back in 2017. poverty tier.

[Anonymous No.54298907]

>>54298825
>>54298825
MRI tech. I do nights and weekends because it boosts my pay to 46.80 an hour, and the work is fucking easy as hell.

[Anonymous No.54298918]

>>54298825
Certainly possible, sounds like a good start, you got this.
I'm a software tester, make 50k a year (baltics), comparing by my peers I can't stop winning

[Anonymous No.54298921]

>>54298825
nice buddy. btw don't pay your loans until they reinstate interest and make you pay

[Anonymous No.54298944]

>>54298825
>engineering technician
I'm an electrical engineer and you make more than me.

[Anonymous No.54298946]

>>54298825
Niggers

[Anonymous No.54298950]

I’m an analyst for a VC fund

[Anonymous No.54298962]

I'm a female body inspector.
Needs work though.

[Anonymous No.54298964]

>>54298887
kek this

[Anonymous No.54298974]

Doctor, surgical trainee. Earn $180-200k AU yearly (paid by the hour, so highly variable).
It's not worth it.

[Anonymous No.54299011]

how the fuck does a job with words "aerospace" and "engineer" pay 60 nigger ass grand? a fuckin chik-fil-a manager makes like 3 times that

[Anonymous No.54299031]

>>54298950
I interviewed for an angel investment group for a remote administrator type position, it was 40 bucks an hour for 20-30 hours of remote work per week, mostly taking notes and updating webpages. Would have been fucking awesome to do that and fuck around, but I'm happy I got a stable position in my field instead. They gave it to someone who already did that type of shit before, as it was an immediate fill position on a 4 month contract, but I'm not mad.

[Anonymous No.54299036]

>>54299011
engineering salaries suck and haven't caught up with inflation at all. they are the same was what they were 30 years ago. and yes fast food managers outearn us.

[Anonymous No.54299116]

i get paid more than OP (about ~62k) to move pallets around with a forklift. granted, that's working weekends, but no overtime (unless i want to)
so the STEM autists were lying to everyone's faces?

[Anonymous No.54299131]

>>54298825
i get $0 dollars a year. i live with my mother who i love a lot.

[Anonymous No.54299162]

>>54298825
>60k a year
Anon this isn't even keeping up with inflation. You were making more money NEETing.

[Anonymous No.54299165]

>>54299116
You may make equivalent money now, but your future prospects may be severely limited. As a technician (not even a full engineer, mind you), I'm making the same cash and have significantly higher likelihood of being promoted into further positions that pay much more, at least into low six figures. STEM majors outside of super autists that specialize in cutting edge stuff or software rarely start off with big money, they typically get upper five figure salaries until they gain around 5 years of veterancy.
>>54299011
I would work at a comfy engineering office 10 times out of 10 than be a fuckin wagie manager at chick fil a (even though I love their shit)

[Anonymous No.54299171]

I make maps for the government
At least that's what I should be doing, in reality I spend my time managing databases and processing LIDAR data

[Anonymous No.54299208]

I make 40 percent more than you driving trucks for a living dude.

[Anonymous No.54299259]

>>54299208
Will you ever make more than that?
Also I hope you really truly enjoy such a boring job.

[Anonymous No.54299274]

>>54298825
Holy fucking shit I just remembered what /biz/ was before crypto took off. 5’9” plebs with glasses and who own jean shorts bragging about their prestigious 5 figure “engineering” jobs and outflexing each other over the really awesome and loaded with hot chicks they didn’t have sex with or even talk to

>”ahhhh can you turn it down I’m studying because I’m an engineer! It’s 11 o’clock for gosh sakes!”
Graduation Happens
>“Finally, I am a man. I am an engineer. Dabbler in the literal foundation of our universe. Physics.”
Six more hours of incelibacy
>navigate to 4chan
“Georgia Tech is a a god tier public ivy when it comes to their engineering department. Have I mentioned I am an engineer?”
>days pass
Navigate to 4chan
>”post age and income stats /biz/“
Flex on everyone that says they didn’t acquire every material thing they possess with money earned by being an engineer
>years go by
Classics majors, bus boys, waitresses, and every type of pleb in between gets rich off internet money
>navigates to 4chan
Is OP

[Anonymous No.54299275]

Why are you working as a technician with an engineering degree? Get a real engineering job or you’ll never advance.

And 62k is horrendous with an engineering degree, that’s the starting wage from 2011. You should look to be at 80-90k in a year as an actual engineer.

[Anonymous No.54299283]

>>54299259
All jobs become boring after the novelty wears off unless youre an NPC

[Anonymous No.54299286]

>>54299259
Yep. Going to buy my own truck which would be a 2x on OP salary on the low end. Then add wagies under me. Each one is equivalent in net profit to adding a median American income to my personal income. Trucking is easy when you're not retarded (look at the IQ median for it as a career and that's a higher bar than you'd think).

[Anonymous No.54299292]

>>54298825
>60k a year, 4% 401k matching, company bonuses, etc etc
I make this driving a forklift, but without the crippling college debt.

[Anonymous No.54299321]

>>54299274

[Anonymous No.54299337]

>nurse
>3% 401k match, goes up every 5 yrs or something
>Roughly $43/hr

[Anonymous No.54299346]

>>54299165
The problem with career advancement in engineering is the hyper specific job qualifications. You can spend 10 years in one area of the field and then try to hop into another area and they don't care what you've done, it's like starting all over.
While a forklift guy is just a forklift guy, all the forklift employers know he's a forklift guy and that his experience is doing forklift stuff.
In engineering, if you don't have experience using their hyper-specific technology then you might as well not even have a degree.

[Anonymous No.54299359]

>>54298825
Got fired from my comfy job because the company is bleeding money. Wish the world wasn't all capital. The thought of having to find a new job and earn money makes me want to neck

[Anonymous No.54299389]

>>54298825
>22
>artists
>recently started to make actual money on my art, and we are not talking about shitty twitter commisions for 14yo, we are talking hanging my shit in galleries and selling for 3-5k each
>im also gonna get scholarship
>life is good

[Anonymous No.54299399]

>>54299171
Mood af. I am so tired of lidar shit. And raises that get eaten by property tax increases.

[Anonymous No.54299431]

>>54298825
>History teacher at a posh private school after a few years in public education.
>90k euros a year. Honestly more than I need, I spend only around 4k a month and live the way I want. I save up the rest in various ways.
>Actually like my job, the kids are not retarded here, school is nice and well equipped, admins are sensible, don't get shit from the richfag parents because they want the teachers to actually try education their kids.
>I hold 20 classes in a normal week. With various preparation work and some of the extra group activities I organize, it's about 30-40 hours a week.
Overall comfy as fuck and I enjoy going in every day because I get to do what I like and the negative sides of the profession are minimized here. The kids are also great. I expected rich kids to be spoiled, but they are quite nice and hard working. Even the ones that are just plain not interested keep quiet in class and don't try to make the teacher's life harder.
It feels weird to say this at 26, but I might retire from here one day, since pay raises are basically guaranteed with time and it's a stable job with tenure.
Who knew a meme history degree would land me a cushy position.

[Anonymous No.54299453]

>>54298825
Congrats OP, your salary isn't great but you are in a good position to make good money in the future. Remember to negotiate raises and always interview with new companies every year or so, you should be making six figures after 3-4 years of experience in aerospace as an engineer.
>t. engineer at Lockheed

[Anonymous No.54299458]

>>54299453
bullshit

[Anonymous No.54299502]

>>54299458
Sounds pretty reasonable

[Anonymous No.54299516]

>>54299502
It's horseshit

[Anonymous No.54299527]

>>54298825
>Security Escort $35/hr.
I just read mostly, it's just existing to fulfill requirements

[Anonymous No.54299528]

>>54298825
Damn I also turn 24 next month OP. Funny enough this is the life I wanted to live, hopefully the student loans aren't too hard on you but I'm sure you'll have a good career.

[Anonymous No.54299545]

>>54299458
>>54299516
>he believed 4chan is retards
>>54298825
I hope you work at the aero part anon, otherwise your job is as useless human resources

[Anonymous No.54299553]

>>54298825
Sounds like an interesting gig. I'm sure you've researched your next couple career progression roles and determined that they pay enough to justify the low starting wage.
I'm a senior susiness analyst for a large ish corp and I'm part time these days, salary.
I used to regularly get asked how I could afford to be part time by people who made even more than me, or what I even do with my downtime.
It's cope from them in the same way that I cope with the existence of professional NEETs.
I consider myself to have struck a great balance of work, family and hobbies. I don't see friends as much as I should, though.
I think most of my co-workers live in the city and constantly have new cars and put their kids in private schools etc. My wife and I both grew up poor and love the freedom of the country, so we live much further out and my savings likely grow much faster than my colleagues.

[Anonymous No.54299602]

>>54298825
Buy lunc and stake

[Anonymous No.54299623]

>>54299389
Living the dream. I wish I'd gone of and become a 2D animator, but the field was on the way to it's permanent death when I was picking a path.
>>54299431
Living ...a dream, thrilled that it matched your interests and that you're passionate about educating.

[Anonymous No.54299728]

I’m in FAANG and make between $270-$320k/year depending on stocks. Base is 185. Put 10% into an employee stock purchase plan at a 15% discount and 6% into 401k with employer match.

[Anonymous No.54299788]

>>54299283
Not true, but those jobs don’t tend to be 9 to 5

[Anonymous No.54300109]

>>54299623
It really is great. I do appreciate that I'm lucky as hell. It's very unusual to get a job like this at my age.

[Anonymous No.54300210]

>>54298825
Congratulations and my condolences anon

[Anonymous No.54300795]

>>54298887
not a lot but definitely a good chunk of money for a 24yo single guy living with his parents