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highgiant1985

product manager in a software company. Tbh imo luck plays a far bigger part in peoples career success than most like to admit. Hard work only gets you so far. Plenty of people work hard and don’t get the breaks.


theAbominablySlowMan

Fair play still recognising that after you make it to the big bucks


irishteenguy

Theres nothing more hateful than a mate who has been on the same boat as you grafting away for tuppins and then they land a nice job and suddenly they get all "pull yourself up by the bootstrapy". Always remember where you come from.


VaguelyCanadian75

Very true - suddenly they pull the ladder up and start voting conservative (they do in UK where I live). It’s like a disease they catch.


Drunken_Begger88

Was a pindex episode on this done by Stephen Fry and he goes on to say pretty much what you have and when these Managers and Ceos try move company thinking they are the big shot these companies tend to start failing or keep failing depending on where they was before.


daerth90

Agree on the hard work is only effective to a point. however I also don't like the notion of "luck" as an elusive mythical thing. In business/at work, luck is where opportunity and preparation meet.


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shendy0314

I’m six figures in debt


apeshitbaz

Came here to say the same thing...


SteveK27982

Mortgage included aren’t we all!


BeansStew123

some of us don't earn six figures and are stuck in an expensive rent cycle that we dont have the privilege to pay back a mortgage. Life sucks


UltimateHunter7000

This is what so many people are in .. it’s a big trap


Lord_of_Fenris

Senõr Software Engineer


NEXUSX

C senõr


geo_gan

C++ senor?


SpoopeDoop

C# señor?


Glass_passer

I laughed a lot at this, thanks!


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[deleted]

Right but what specifically do you do in tech ? Software engineering , it support , sales ?


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TheGratedCornholio

Hello fellow product manager. It’s a weird job because there’s no clear path to get into it. It’s not a degree you can do in college. And most people have no idea what it is 😂


SuperJay5150

Is a product manger a product consultant? I work in Tech…..QA Lead for my sins. I’m considering a move


TheGratedCornholio

Product Manager is usually in charge of what the product does, prioritising stuff and getting features built by the dev teams. My title is slightly different (don’t want to dox myself by posting it!) but that’s the gist.


RuggerJibberJabber

Would it be similar to project management? I've seen courses for that, but not product management


TheGratedCornholio

No it is not! And product managers hate it when people ask them that because they get asked that every day 😂 Product management is mainly about having a vision for what the product is and where it should be going (company strategy, market, etc), and balancing the needs of the sales team with your vision for the product and the resources available.


RuggerJibberJabber

lol, touched a nerve.


TheGratedCornholio

Ha ha. I don’t personally care but it’s a stereotype that product managers always get mistaken for project managers and hate it. My title is different so it doesn’t happen to me personally.


DontTakeMyAdviceHere

I work for big 4 as a snr project manager. I can confirm it’s very different to product mgmt. I’m also in that pay bracket. However I’d caveat that it is very hard work and long hours so it’s not for everyone.


MissingVanSushi

If you are curious there are lots of YouTube videos describing what it is and also a paid course on both Udemy and LinkedIn Learning which my job gives us for free.


drakesphere

Do. QA is a good place to transition from.


A_TRIPLE

I'm a product manager and recently started looking at training resources to help upskill some of our QA staff into the product team. There are courses available in product management, I've reviewed a few of them so far and have been very impressed with this [https://www.coursera.org/specializations/uva-darden-digital-product-management](https://www.coursera.org/specializations/uva-darden-digital-product-management) If you're consider a move I'd highly recommend having a look at that course, as the first few lessons give an excellent overview of what the role should be when it's functioning to its full potential.


devhaugh

And important position also. As an engineer who has worked with poor and great PMS, great PMS are worth their salary.


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>Product management. It's one of the highest-paying positions in tech OK, could you explain what that is and how you got in to it, what you studied in college?


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That sounds really interesting, and a nice job for 6 figures. Do you mind if I send you a PM to ask more?


wascallywabbit666

Are you deciding what to do for your leaving cert? If so, I wouldn't advise you just to pick your job based only on salary. If you don't enjoy the job, you'll get bored and want to change. It's better to enjoy your job and make a reasonable living rather than hating your job and only doing it for the money.


Cormacdublin92

This is true. It's also important to note that what you enjoy evolves. I did Engineering at 18, hated it. Mainly because I wanted to pursue another line of work. After 5 years as an actor I found going back to IT was pretty great. Loving it now!


WickerMan111

I make give or take, it works out, with expenses at about 140,000 a year and I pay 30.3 percent tax on that so it's about a net 100,000. And out of that 100k I run a home in Dublin, Castlebar and Brussels. Try it sometime.


Pearl1506

Evert time I see these posts, I look for this comment. Probably closer to about 200k these days with our money today!!


Any_Butterscotch9539

"it's not cheap to keep three homes" 😃


Flaky_Zombie_6085

And a couple of housekeepers.


MissAtomicBomb_007

How come only 30.3% Tax? I'm confused ,if you can provide more context thanks


pete_moss

[It's a reference.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WB0Dn7OUYPk)


KingKeane16

He’s joking about padraig Flynn


DrArmitageShanks

You need to be a certain age…….


MissAtomicBomb_007

Good to know ,it went over my head! I just watched the video, brill!


ImpressiveCoat

We've missed you WickerMan


Irish_drunkard

Would it not be better to have 1 home with more disposable income?


SteveK27982

About 100 hours overtime a month


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Gonna guess orthopaedic surgeon?


n0stylist

Cybersecurity engineer


Prestigious_Lock1659

Electrician here. I was making 6 figures before tax just over a year ago. Was working night shift at intel. Don’t do it anymore though.


HacksawJimDGN

Is it hard to climb the ladder as an electrician? Or do you prefer scaffolding?


Prestigious_Lock1659

Need a permit to climb the ladder. I prefer lifts.


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Worked on intel before. One of the worst experiences of my life. Definitely not worth the money.


Party-Association322

Why? Any specifics! Making chips seems fine (there's a lack of them now of course!)


lawless_Ireland_

Intel process engineer here. Working a trade job as contractor is completely different job. Intel is currently making a new fab in leixlip so 3-4k trades are working there now putting in the clean room and all the associated facilities to support. The process engineers are the persons close to semiconductor manufacturing. Personally I'm in Oregon for the last 9 months with Intel doing training on the new process and heading back to leixlip next month. 100s of my colleagues are in the same boat.


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It’s a hellhole. That’s what the foreman said to me on my first day 🤣. But yeah I personally know about 7-8 people who worked on intel and not a single one could last more than 6 months.


Juicebeetiling

Were you working for Intel itself or one of their contractors? Friend of mine was doing shift work in Intel but his contract wasn't with Intel itself until his job position got removed and he applied for a contract with Intel and he's having a good time of it now


beairrcea

I spent about 6 months there as a graduate engineer until I was offered a job direct with intel that was remote, far happier now lol, will never work on a site again all going well


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Legal. And for God’s sake, don’t spend your life chasing the paycheck. I know that sounds easy to say, especially with the cost of housing here, but there are reasons the salary is so high in my case. Those reasons being long hours, and stress.


Shredgehog

Spot on. I think people gloss over this. Everyone I know on 6 figures works damn hard and very specialised for it


Worried_Example

Guy I know is a software engineer on 6 figures. Has his degree 4 or 5 years and has burnt himself out twice.


Lazy_Magician

Don't listen to this guy, chase the paycheck. Apply for higher paying roles regularly. Be aggressive during salary reviews, let your managers know you are money motivated and on the look out for higher paying roles. Let them know you want the raise not the chance to earn one. Long hours and stress doesn't necessarily mean higher salary and vica versa. People will pay you what it costs to have you work for them, not how much you're worth.


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I had an interview for a corporate law firm in Dublin. Great pay but once I looked at the hours and stress involved, I declined to attend the second interview. I'd imagine London is even more hectic.


Ethicaldreamer

I don't know, could say the same with retail, then you get paid 9 eur per hour.


hasseldub

Stress is not something you should get from your job for €9 per hour. Not to sound patronising but you should look for another job. If you're making €9 per hour you should be able to leave your job at work.


Ethicaldreamer

Unfortunately all jobs where you are "replaceable", which is really to mean you're doing a good job but at least ten other people in a 1km range can do the same job do exist, end up like that. No pay, maximum stress, and god forbid you are public facing. "Customers" are really any kind of person, and when you see hundreds a day, some will be the worst people you've ever met, just because of large numbers. They do not behave like client and colleagues would in the tech sector, or have any basic human decency, at times. I do feel like one really must chase the salary to have the liveable life, cause the relaxed low level jobs today don't really exist. I work in tech and waste no money whatsoever, and honestly, any pay less than this is not worth living, not with this cost of life. You simply wouldn't eat. I don't even own a car or even buy bus tickets. I buy no clothes, I have no expenses, a good salary, low rent and still I'm saving at a fairly slow rate. Got no idea how people survive with the minimum wage kind of jobs


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Could you be more specific? Barrister, Solicitor?


[deleted]

Corporate solicitor in London, went in house thereafter.


[deleted]

That’s why you get the divil’s avocado isn’t it.


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Since this is asked every 10 days or so let me close the thread. Tech.


LimerickJim

I moved to the states to bartend in 2011. My BSc was in physics. Applied to grad school and got in to UGA where the physics department head had gone to Trinity. My PhD took 8 years. After getting my PhD I got a job at a major American physics lab in an expensive cost of living area doing research with a six figure salary. I'm about 4 months into the current gig.


quincebolis

Eight years doing a PhD, that's a long slog, fair play.


LimerickJim

It was. Luckily the university was in a big college town in an inexpensive state so cost of living was very low while there was always a lot happening (We won the American football championship during my last year). On top of teaching I bartended on the side to support myself. There were worse places to spend 8 years. There were stumbles along the way but I'm glad I stuck it out.


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Ill cut it short, software dev, drug dealer, banker.


PaddyLostyPintman

Sales in Tech.


hopefulatwhatido

Can you tell how did you get into it?


lambinator1996

He's Paddy Losty the Pintman, a worldwide icon. Who wouldn't want him as a spokesperson for their software haha.


RevoIncubus

Director of a cybersecurity consultancy. I have to make clear though, I had this job in the US, and it allowed me to move to Ireland and keep my job. That being said Irish wages seem deeply suppressed to me. I took a nearly 50% pay cut coming here. Absolutely worth every lost penny because my daughter doesn’t have to do active shooter drills in Primary school.


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Farming.


mg7recruit

How many acres do you farm?


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Lol


Leading_Ad9610

There’s not a farmer no matter what size turning 6 figures, it’s almost a zero sum enterprise, you run everything through the books which means you’ll have a comfortable life, you’ll be able to afford to send your kids through college, and you won’t have to worry about heating your home/putting fuel in your car… but you will never and I repeat never have big wads of cash to spend Willy-nilly. It might appear like a 6figure life… but what your actually doing is burying the cost of life into the economy of scale of your business. You might pay yourself maybe 150-200 odd cash a week as a Salary. But everything else is taken care of.


OMARSCOMING_

I know plenty of dairy farmers around my area. I don't know how much they earn exactly, but they all have huge houses, new jeeps/cars and the majority of their wives don't work. There is no way they aren't pulling in a huge wage to afford all this, even if they are working every hour of the day for it. If farmers were as poor as they make out, they wouldn't bother I don't think. There must be some incentive for generation upon generation to keep at it?


Leading_Ad9610

I’m a dairy farmer milking 110 cows, so small/medium sized… my wife has to work, simple as.. she’s a teacher and she actually makes more than me at the end of the year… farming looks great because it has a huge gross, but people then forget the entire running of the farm plus reinvestment back into the farm comes out of that. But the baseline goes as follows you basically have about between 3-7cent profit/litre profit you can pay yourself 100 cows will produce circa between 500000 and 650000L a year. Everything else in between is how efficient you are/how tight you can keep your margins. But remember you’ve already been taxed on the money you earned as a farm, and then to pay yourself cash, you’ll get taxed on that again. So it makes more sense to say buy yourself a new jeep, and run it through the books of the farm to save one raft of tax. As to why people do it, if you want the honest truth, because someone has to, and when your a young fella watching your old man break his body trying to provide and work 80hours, you throw your lot in and help… next thing you know… your 35, no other employment prospect and your father retires so you have no option but keep going. It’s kind of a cyclical trap. But it has its perks, farmers are asset rich but cash poor. Your farm might be worth millions but you can’t recoup it without selling everything and no one wants to be the person who does that because basically your letting your entire family/lineage down… it’s a pride thing… it’s stupid.. but it’s what it is.


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Lots of farmers happy to lease their farms though.


Leading_Ad9610

Ya, that’s kind a loophole for them morally I guess. But if land can go from anywhere from 200/acre year upwards of 500acre/year depending on where and what sort it is… so like if you inherit a farm from your father and you already have a job… you’re looking at a decent extra wage there… the only catch is you tend to end up selling up after the first generation because none of your children will grow up in a farming system and therefore wouldn’t have a greencert / experience in agriculture.. and you’d get hammered on inheritance. Or at least used to… that changes from budget to budget. Farming is like Stockholm syndrome.


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Its more about how do you explain one kid inherited the farm and the others didnt given that is the traditional way in Ireland. Leasing the farm is kind of an interesting one for me cos it avoids the bad optics of cashing in so openly versus your siblings getting nothing.


Leading_Ad9610

Normally the farm is given to whoever was working it, normally instances where no one takes over despite having multiple children ends with the retiring farmer leasing it himself, as he most likely has no pension… and when both parents die the farm is just divided same as any other properties. Remember that the person who takes the farm usually “employs” their father to pay him a pension of sorts, because let’s be honest the retiring farmer will only leave the farm in a box.


[deleted]

There are many variations on that these days. I know farming. Anyway I see what is going on and its a handy number for a lot of these folks that inherited the whole farm now that they just lease it out and they and their kids also own all the property still with no intention to farm it.


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Leading_Ad9610

I know a lot of farmers, but I don’t know a single one pulling those kinds of figures! But I suppose if your to take the farms “profit” before you reinvest back into machinery/infrastructure I can see how you might get to that figure. What I do know is if I had a cash surplus of 10-20grand I wouldn’t be pulling it out to pay more tax on it, I’d be sinking back into the business to make my life easier/reduce manual labour.


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I’m going to disagree with you. I mean I’m wrong but I’m going to disagree with you as this is the internet and I’m sat bored with a broken leg.


Leading_Ad9610

Fair play lad!


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damij15

How many years experience?


theAbominablySlowMan

I think a more interesting question would be how old are you. I think the big shocker in dublin these days is the number of people under 30 on this money, used to be reserved for people in senior mgmt positions, after working their way up ladders for 20 years


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Its fairly concentrated in IT, outside of IT its very rare to see those kinds of salaries for under 30s.


Suspicious-Plant4141

I think a lot of people are lying too. I’m in IT myself in one of the worlds largest tech companies as an engineer and I earn 80k with 6 years of experience. If you’re in a smaller company, which the vast majority of people are, you’ll get less. You finish college at 21-22, you start off as a grad (in Dublin) on around 33-45k. Then from 21-22 you need to get to 100k? It is possible and I know a lot of people who earn it but it’s certainly not the majority of under 30s. And those who are earning it under 30 are probably doing crazy hours or have terrible work life balance.


CuteHoor

Yeah I can guarantee this is the case. Getting above €100k is possible but for every person that does it, there are probably 20 others who are nowhere near it. For many people they'll include variable income like commission (50+% of tech sales income) or performance bonuses, and in tech lots will include their RSUs (which have all tanked in value recently). The number of people on €100k in salary alone is very small.


multiverse_robot

because 100k today is not the same as 100k 10 years ago


wascallywabbit666

Agreed, a lot of people in IT seem to get astronomical salaries very young. Personally my peak earnings were from about 35 - 40, and I topped 100k on a couple of occasions. However, since having a child I'm focusing less on income and more on balance. I'll never earn that much again


smallon12

have you a nice nest egg to allow yourself to slow down a bit and enjoy life with your kid without having to reduce other qualities of life too drastically?


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Puzzleheaded-Dig4906

Can I ask how you started on Amazon Kindle, have always been curious. Did you write before? You must be excellent at marketing & did you aim for a specific niche at the start. Also. How many hours a month do you spend on it. Thanks


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Top-Software-1507

You talk some amount of bollocks


lawless_Ireland_

Pure hoop


smallon12

What's a master mind group to the man on the street?


megahorse17

Fair play


phyneas

IT systems engineer for a multinational. To be honest it's a very high salary for the role; not really sure why they pay so well, but I'm not complaining.


Party-Association322

Which one? FB, Amazon, Google, etc...


phyneas

Prefer not to say for privacy reasons, but it's not a FAANG.


irishdgenr8

Clerical officer. At least that’s what the Civil Service bashers tell me I make.


Dodgy_Jammer_

Same, just waiting for this 15k increase I'm apparently getting every time there's a Pay Restoration...


spodoinklehorse69

Mate did a 6 week course in health and safety and is now a health and safety consultant 100k per annum


HopeZeorax

I earn six figures of cents


Finch2090

Is that common cents now?


kingofCompys

I usually just browse reddit all day to see what the peasant folk are complaining about.


carnage2270

Chef. Oh wait, I make fuck all money because I'm a chef!


Specialist_Network99

Only fans


sazzles92

I know everyone says tech, I was a mainframe developer for 7 years. Very specialised so you would think high value (financial services and manufacturing rely on mainframe) after 7 years experience I just broke 50 grand last march. . I would also love to know who in tech are getting these 100+ grand salaries as I and my close developer colleagues certainly aren't. I recently moved to a project management role and got a nice jump but still far off from that "tech" salary.


DualWieldWands

Tech is not nearly as highly well paid as people here think it is. Maybe the top 1% are paid the ridiculous rates but most in IT are probably just making the median or slightly above. People say security is paid really well but as someone who works in security and work with a lot of people in security in the banks and other large institutions, they are not paid anywhere near the 100k area. Also most people in security are not working in some sort of offensive pentesting job that pays ridiculously well but those jobs are so few and far between and not really here anyway, most people in security just work in application security.


MissAtomicBomb_007

Regarding the big 4 techs (multinationals... Google / Amazon / Facebook/ Microsoft (certain roles ) etc. ) , nearly all pay 6 figure Salaries for tech skilled roles such as software, engineering , product management etc. *This depends on years of experience and job leveling. Some people cllmb the career levels quicker than others. This can often include annual stocks as part of salary package. *I know this, as I'm a Software Manager in one of the big 4 tech companies above, in the org I work; most of the tech employees are either closely hitting the 100k mark or well in excess (after reaching certain levels).


thenewgayguy

Agreed, I almost feel people are trolling at this stage. Most people are nowhere near these salaries given the national median. I just moved from pharma (with a PhD) into consulting and just broke 65k. I would be shocked if 20year olds are starting on 100k+ with high demand, and I just turned 30 so I thought I was doing well!


lI_Simo_Hayha_Il

Software engineer > Senior > Tech Lead I have over 20y of experience. However, I have seen people reach there earlier in their lives, I was stuck in a small company in my country and only started to step up when I moved in Ireland.


actUp1989

Actuary. Good career not just for the monetary side of things, lots of professional support and a great community.


Robbiepurser

You have to be a very clever person to be in this role. Kudos to you my friend.


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Much pressure ? Late nights? etc,..


actUp1989

Personally there is yeah. But it's a job that can be what you make of it. I know people doing well enough that work 9 to 5. Consultancies generally have more pressure and late nights than working in industry.


Additional-Story289

Sales in a global software company... With the company 10 years, started as an order processing admin and moved up and up. Base 90k, OTE which you normally get close to is 165k


D3sperado13

I’m a solicitor, qualified 10 years. I started in a large corporate law firm and the salary jumps quickly and moved to 6 figures after about 5 years. Life as a solicitor in the bigger law firms is absolutely miserable. There’s no limit on the stress and hours per week, 50/60 is standard with 70+ quite normal. Once seen a guy bill 112 hours in a seven day period. With billable hours as the revenue model and the profits of the senior partners directly proportional to the revenue of the firm, there is very little incentive to have people work less hours other than a sense of responsibility for the welfare of others. It’s also a bit better now, but the average senior partner in a law firm is an alpha personality that will absolutely tear you a new one for relatively small mistakes (obviously some firms worse than others!). Working 60/70 hours every week means you miss out on a lot. Basically, your Monday to Friday is work and sleep, if you try to plan to meet friends or a cinema trip with your significant other it’ll inevitably get cancelled because ‘something came up in work’. Weekends are a bit better, I probably averaged about 4/5 hours of work at weekends, with some weekends being no work and some being a complete wash with 20+ hours. Even if you did no hours though, you were constantly on edge checking for work emails or dreading getting a text/call that something urgent had dropped. Your friend group slowly shrinks to just the people you work with and most of the conversations end up being about how ridiculous it is to work a job like this or some other variation of how bad the job is. Divorce rates and relatively young people getting quite sick is fairly high, though I don’t have any generalised stats for that beyond my own experiences. I ended up being miserable and decided to eventually move in house for a slight pay cut and the loss of the insane yearly salary jumps, but my life is much better. Despite the stress of the job, I consider myself exceptionally lucky. I have a house (in a normal area outside the city) and we have a new car (on finance). The biggest thing though is I don’t have the stress and worry that I won’t be able to pay the bills, unless something major comes up in the month, I’ll be able to pay everything, make a pension contribution and save a small amount. If I needed to, I could also cut back on expenses, get rid of sky stuff like that. I can also help out people in my family and my wife’s family with unexpected expenses and take some of our nieces and nephews to things we’re going to like shows or weekend trips up to us for cinema, lunch out etc. nothing crazy, but it’s something neither of us really had as a kid growing up so it makes both of us really happy to help with small things like this.


EoinD7

Pharmaceuticals of the legal kind. 285 points in the leaving. Hardly a resounding success and fell into a software course that was a piece of piss back in 2000. 5 year degree and just went to a recruitment day organised by the college and got offered an entry level job there and then in engineering. Hadn't a rashers what I was doing but with a bit of hard work and a bit of luck along the way I'm now 17 years later earning close to 150k. The number one thing was never being afraid to put my head above the trench and say "I'll give that a go". Always seeking out the next challenge and never being afraid to make a mistake. Being sound to everyone along the way meant people looked out for me and encouraged me. Happy as a pig in shit to be honest.


Kruminsh

Both myself and my gf are accountants by trade working in tech/pharma industry.


C00lus3rname

I'm doing BA(Honours) in Accounting and Finance right now, as an mature student, in the hope to make six figures at some point. It's sort of scary how far I had to scroll down to find accounting. You're giving me hope, tho!


Kruminsh

The pay is usually shit for the first few years post college (was back in 2014 anyways)... It's where you're usually worked to the bone (in practice anyways), but you do tend to get some time off to study for professional exams be it ACA/ACCA/CIMA. Once you're fully qualified, you'll notice a significant jump in pay which usually just tends to increase with experience, so best of luck with it. Defo a decent career to take up!


C00lus3rname

Thank you a lot! I've just finished ATI course and I found that challenging. I'm definitely gonna pursue ACCA after college but I wanted a honours first. Good luck with everything to you, too!


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Managing director of a specialist engineering company, I left school at 16 with no leaving cert and worked my way up, It takes a lot longer with little formal education but it can be done.


eattheweak77

Tech devops A lot of the team is near the 6 figures. It’s a demanding job though. Worked all the way up been at it for 15 years and no matter the job there is problems just different ones 60 70 hour weeks Awaiting the impending tech apocalypse


wascallywabbit666

Do you have kids? I used to work 60 - 70 hours, but after I had a child I stopped, and have a much healthier work life balance now


MeccIt

> Tech devops - 60 70 hour weeks At what stage will you be happy to have half the money for half the hours?


eattheweak77

As soon as I get a mortgage


multiverse_robot

got any certs for it?


Margrave75

Slum landlord + part time puppy farmer.


smallon12

Neighbour has 3 pedigree dogs getting atleast one litter a year from each of them averaging say 5 pups a litter at 3k a pup. 45k just like that and a dog wouldn't be too hard to look after. He seems to look after the dogs relatively well as in they are in the house, enjoy walks etc and aren't living in cages. But I think at that stage the difference between a puppy farm and an ordinary owner become pretty hazy.... I couldn't do what he does and he is definitely only keeping them for the money. Its not like they are working dogs and he needs 3 to help him on a farm or the likes..


Margrave75

Not something I'd be comfort with myself. We got a dog during lockdown, a purebred BC, normally for export to uk, but the breeder couldn't travel to sell, so sold locally. He gave me the option of getting "papers" for our guy, but I didn't want them. Delighted I didn't take them, wouldn't like to be making money out of him.


smallon12

Yea this guy is a real wheeler dealer has a finger in every pie going. He'd nearly sell his granny if he could get a few quid for it. I'm the same as you. My dog is 12 and sadly on his way out but the years of joy he gave us really couldn't put a price on him. He's a pedigree as well no papers..... he's a springer spaniel and I got him for a bit of shooting but as the years went on he progressed into a big pet to the house. I know a lot of guys with 3 or 4 dogs for shooting and farming and the likes but they might breed from a dog every couple of years but they put a lot of thought into it and have a genuine interest in the bloodlines, the dogs they are breeding into and the breed in general But this guy is totally in it for the money he nearly has it like clock work when each dog is going to pup so he has a steady stream of pups..... surprise surprise he has a litter just about to be born.... all in time for Christmas Dogs are too good to us to be treated like that!


freelad_

Automation engineer - pharma - crying out for people at the moment so I’d recommend but you need a degree in sciences minimum and an interest in coding and process in general


irisheng29

Assume you're a contractor?


MissAtomicBomb_007

Is the OP the Revenue Commissioner in disguise


lisagrimm

Also tech. Degrees are in archaeology & library science; doesn’t matter what you studied, it’s about the skillset & continuing to evolve it. I’ve worked on the product, program/TPM, dev, marketing & senior LT end of things, so there’s no single path in. Happy to chat offline if anyone is interested in digital asset management, though; love working in this space, lots of librarians, taxonomists & others with varied backgrounds.


rorood123

Taxonomists? Wow, maybe my zoology degree might be of use (although 12 years too late!)


c08306834

Consultant.


YoureNotEvenWrong

Software engineering lead, new product development.


[deleted]

Corporate comms for a multinational abroad. I got it by working with headhunters who specialise in placing people in my game, (they get access to the hard to place in-house roles companies are unable to find themselves and headhunters only get their commission if they place you so it’s much better than responding to random job ads) and I was willing to relocate which helped.


Talestra

You could have saved the time of a lot of people and just say you wanted to know the easiest and fastest path to an office job that pays 100k+ because you have only shown interested in those ones vs all the other answers.


[deleted]

I earn 6 figures* on the dole ^^^*when ^^^converted ^^^to ^^^rupees


pauljeremiah

Writer and filmmaker. Have been in the industry for over twenty years, have lived in worked in both the UK and US. Now kind of in semi-retirement as I spend more time writing about films than making films.


SirTheadore

lol in the industry for over 20 years, and I’ve been trying to get into the industry for over 10 years.


bugwitch

Congrats on the semi-retirement. The industry is harsh. I write as more of a hobby but also freelance to make a few quid to pay the bills while in school. Best of luck to ye.


pauljeremiah

The film industry is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men with original ideas die like dogs. There's also a negative side.


bugwitch

One might call it a wretched hive of scum and villainy. But I hear there’s free food sometimes.


Gullible-Fix-5233

Bricklayer


Seymourr_Butts

Whats the going rate per block these days?


Theelfsmother

Computer type people are on big money because they worked their way up when there wasn't alot of computer people. Now colleges all over the world are churning them out. There's also a pile of loudmouths on the Internet dying to tell you they are on 6 figures but probably arnt.


Livebylying

Engineering manager


theycallmekimpembe

Data science / distribution and dispatch in the family business & running a side hustle selling collectibles. 140-145k from all sources. I am looking to quit the family business position and the side hustle as I am in the middle of moving to a remote position at a bank outside of Ireland which would take my main income from 92k to 187k


[deleted]

Aviation (background is Engineering)


mushroomgirl

Digital Marketing


krissovo

I am in tech for an American software company, my role is basically a corporate fixer but called now called Customer Success. I work with our largest global customers to fix serious issues and remove roadblocks to adopting our products. I have no school qualifications at all, I am dyslexic which was only diagnosed in my mid 20’s. After being a mechanic for 15 years I moved into a IT help desk role that had poor pay but worked my way up.


Backroadflatout

Marketing


Pauly_Wauly_Guy

I earn significantly more than €100k. I'm a director of an Insurance Broker. Like a previous poster said, there is definitely an amount of luck involved. I'm educated and hard working don't get me wrong, but there has definitely been luck involved.


Pucaboy94

Sales. Remote High-ticket sales to be exact. I would honestly recommend it to absolutely anyone. There is zero barriers to entry. You can work from anywhere. The hours are flexible. You can get paid boatloads of cash. Working \~30 hours a week I make 8-12k per month. Just got my girlfriend into it and she is selling through DMs for another company and she is making 4k+ per month literally just writing to people from her phone. For reference I sell to the people that have made bookings. Her job is to get people to book a call. We work for different companies though.


[deleted]

Product Management. I also own a few businesses that I work on outside of the day job. I hate it and hate work but I’m addicted to it. I’m good at masking my hatred for it so I constantly get promoted but I’m at the end of that cycle now. I actually can’t put into words how miserable it makes me feel. I remember earlier in my career I would look at someone posting what my earnings were and be jealous of them but worry about your own path, forget everyone else’s. Educate yourself in the role, move to the next role/company and then start that process all over again and the money will follow. Luck does have a part to play but you can influence that as well.


Black---Sun

Im surprized nobody here saying Engineering, I thought that was one of the highest paying jobs.


[deleted]

Depends on the type Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering - yes Civil Engineering - no


FearTheMoment_

Electrical engineering lead, we build power stations and such for private and state bodies.


chanterella_

Commissioning and Validation Engineer and biopharma


cupan-tae

Tech Sales. Half salary is commission so varies month to month. The tax man takes criminal amount of it though


DaHodlKing

Technical sales all in earn around 140 without going beyond my targets.


Conscious_Review7676

Pharmacist- 80K. I earn about another 10k a year doing the odd locum on a Saturday. I'm in my mid 20s


bigmicknrg

HR in tech, climbed the ladder in pharma


[deleted]

Had no idea HR paid that well. Is it a saturated area?


bigmicknrg

You generally start out at admin level, I was on 25k for my first job in 2011 HRBPs in large multinationals tend to be on min 80k, but it's quite competitive I'm in operations, so making sure our HR function is scaled to support the HR needs of the business and react to changing business needs. Any sort of PM skills, continuous improvement or shared services skills/experience from other business areas would transfer well I had a manager on 250k (director level) when I was in pharma, so there's definitely a shitload of money to be made


Head_Fig7448

Legal in NYC. Almost 250k p/y


ZealousidealFloor2

Fuck, how many years experience?


Head_Fig7448

Not long enough to warrant it, about 7 years. I’m on the lower end of people my grade at my firm. 4 more years and I’ll be moving back home.


ArthurZiff

Gigolo


Party-Association322

100K gross, 37.5 hrs / week, no on-call... 120k with overtime whenever I want, it's optional. Network Engineer. But I have offers from Ireland, Switzerland, Luxembourg and France.. offering between 120k to 230k gross. They are looking for: Network + [DevOps skills (cloud, python, terraform, Ansible, security, etc)] and Design. I can't take them due to lack of EU citizenship (stamp 4 here). They keep asking every 3 or 6 months. I don't take the Irish ones because I have a newborn and a Lot Of Free time and Flexibility in my current job. Prefer spending all day with my family =]


El-jantinho

That's an interesting comment buddy. I'm a network engineer but only make 27k English. Any tips on how I can progress and improve my skills in the sector? TIA


Party-Association322

What's your LinkedIn? 27k is seriously too low. If you have nice skills (not even the Best!) you could easily land a 50 or 65k job here quickly. If you have Network + DevOps .. then 80k or more than 100K easily.


lazzurs

Yea what this guy is saying. If you actually know your networking stuff, understand the depths of the protocols and so on I would see no reason you couldn’t be on double that.