product manager at a tech company you've heard of.

205k salary w/ 20k annual bonus + ~80k in stocks. work remotely but still live in hcol area.

Pmo

How’d u land it that’s a funny ass job

Foot in the door + hard work im guessing

LMAOO it’s a dumb ass question isn’t it

Nah cause I wanna know too bro

No dumb questions if you think about it

Would love that amount of income

Depends on what you mean by functional

The reality is u got niggas who will drop 300 on some dinner like it's nothing or even 1000 in the club etc

If u rly living the city life u probably should have like 2k for doing whatever u want with

Below that I mean u can survive but ur not gonna be like standing out or f***ing with the ballers

Fr I make a fair amount but feels like taxes f*** me in CA

If u do d**** that's nothing. 800 gone in a month just on d****

What part of CA? I love CA but the taxes/COL always pushes me away

Wtf are you spending $800 on?

Designer d**** fr

North bay. Make about 120k but idk it doesn’t feel like that much given rent and housing

Ik people who spend 400-600 a month on weed. U add a Lil coke some alcohol and maybe some other s*** could easily hit 800+

Bro i dont dabble but a night out in downtown houston can be 100 easy with like 5-6 drinks & thats shots

take your ass to texas man lol

Whats ur line of work if you dont mind me asking

I don’t think I can leave. I love where I live man. It’s beautiful, the food, the wine, the weather.

I’m in wealth management so in the next few years I’ll prob be making 200k+ so just gotta stay patient

Yea that's ig what I'm saying if u go out a lot u easily spending thousands on drinks ubers food etc

I usually pregame at the crib if I'm going out to save money

Nah I cant blame you brother, that area is beautiful

I think I would move out there one day, good luck in your future brother rooting for you

Appreciate it brother

Wyd in Texas ? Income to COL balance good ?

ain’t no way this many people on here making that much

somebody CAP

yeah so my story is kind of weird. happy to expand on it here in a post if y'all are interested.

but tldr - i went to college, got super interested in tech, dropped out due to depression, some family issues, etc.

attempted to start a company w/ a friend who was the technical founder. got pretty far, but friend was lying for months about progress and reality had done nothing. once i learned how f***ed we were, we had to close down shop

i then got a minimum wage support agent job in a small tech startup. was living w/ my parents since i couldn't afford an apartment in hcol area.

worked my ass off for 2 years and got a couple of promotions.

realized my boss was insecure about how quickly i was learning. he started preventing me from growth. i left and went back to college (required moving across country).

I wanted to move into data and after hundreds of applications, got an internship while at college

long story short, but ended up getting an offer for a full time data role back at my original company under a new manager.

dropped out again to pursue it. lucked out because i literally left in jan 2020 and covid happened next month.

i worked my way up for 2 years at company, still oonly making about 70k a year

worked my ass up and won employee of year. wanted to move to product management but my company was tripping

ended up applying elsewhere and due to my relevant experience, got a job as a pm at a big tech company making around 250k a year, which was a crazy bump from 70k

recently left that job to work at a job that i enjoy more that still pays comparable

U made it bro

honestly full time student so im working retail position atm, def wanna get into a different line of work but be feeing lost sometimes ngl

COL is great tho, even on my retail salary i can live comfortably (im not super frugal but I aint balling out) Im in Houston cause I love the city, the COL and I make music with some of my best friends here

Great city tbh, u should peep it one day

Texas some bs rn, way too hot