Brehs that make over $75k, how do you stay humble?

[The M.I.C.]

Volunteer at shelters.

 

[666 ReVeNGe 666]

When it comes to your promotions,would you say they were due more to who you knew and soft skills or were your promotions due more to your performance?

If you had terrible soft/social skills in your field,but your same talent would you be making the same amount right now?

Well at my last job i put in 2 years.....we got OT and i was ranked 2nd for the year. I used to put in mad extra hours so i exceeded others (numberswise) and i got paid for it.

First i proved i was good and my managers would vouch for me.....

Id say i earned it for sure but i was also cool with the oerson who had power but they know i was a top 3 performer.

At my new job...i got offered a promo by someone who knows im good but im def NOT on the "in" crowd .... that was for sure performance based.

I didnt accept it cause id have to move like 2000 miles away from here lol (and some other bullshyt)

So..as of now...ive been lucky cause i work hard. But there is def favoritism outchea in this cut throat industry.

I also speak up and ask those above me

1. what i gotta do to get promoted?

2. Am i on your radar?

3. What else can i do to stand out?

I also know how to play the game here too.

 

[OC's finest]

75k aint shyt in california, im making closer to 85k and struggling

Also this x100

Cali and ny are diff beasts

I know dudes in the bay making 200-300k that can't afford like a 3b/2b house in a decent neighborhood lol

shyts absurd

 

[twhatever]

Well at my last job i put in 2 years.....we got OT and i was ranked 2nd for the year. I used to put in mad extra hours so i exceeded others (numberswise) and i got paid for it.

First i proved i was good and my managers would vouch for me.....

Id say i earned it for sure but i was also cool with the oerson who had power but they know i was a top 3 performer.

At my new job...i got offered a promo by someone who knows im good but im def NOT on the "in" crowd .... that was for sure performance based.

I didnt accept it cause id have to move like 2000 miles away from here lol (and some other bullshyt)

So..as of now...ive been lucky cause i work hard. But there is def favoritism outchea in this cut throat industry.

I also speak up and ask those above me

1. what i gotta do to get promoted?

2. Am i on your radar?

3. What else can i do to stand out?

I also know how to play the game here too.

Do you think your race(I'm assuming you're black) made networking and promotions harder? Would being a woman make it harder as well?

And do you attend a lot of networking events? Go out with coworkers a lot?

 

[The Emperor]

#1 Remember the struggle
#2 Live below your means

 

[666 ReVeNGe 666]

Do you think your race(I'm assuming you're black) made networking and promotions harder? Would being a woman make it harder as well?

My race (mixed b/w but people think im liteskin black or some think im black and rican mixed )

1. At this current job, it dont matter. Theyre all about numbers and they like ppl to work, not complain and get in and get out.)

2. My last job had a black Senior VP and he was def down the cacs would claim reverse cism and the blacks felt it from the white SVP so its whatever

3. I think it would as a woman but my wife is a black woman and she is overpaid cause they liked her as a contractor.... you just gotta work HARDER and maybe HARDER and keep it professional at all times and never move off emotions...we have 3 managers at my new job and 2 are female. And then above them are ti senior managers and one is a woman. I think it depends on where youre at but we have a big mix and i think they only care about putting up numbers at my current job....i am just in a good field IMO. I got lucky. My prior career path had a low ceiling of like 45k and no raises, promos, bonuses and shyt....

 

[Hammer]

bunch of broke nikkas in here smh

 

[Hijo de luna]

No disrespect but is that considered a lot of money in 2018?

Not saying I make that

Those figures are probably twice the income of the average black family in those respective areas, so yeah

 

[GrindtooFilthy]

Electrical Engineer
10 years

10 yrs and your at 96k? they robbing your ass

i got offered 68k starting, i feel like after 10 yrs i should be touching 110k minimum

 

[Kaypain]

I just wanna live debt free

 

[badtguy]

I was making 70k like straight outta college.

And that IS money in maryland, i don't know where you nikkas live but i was bringing home like 4800-5,000 after taxes.

That's food for yourself even if you got a family in my area and your wife is making that much you're still good.

Now if you got mooching ass family members anything less than 100k will hurt you.

 

[Wild self]

How much were you making while you saved that up? How many years did it take?

I worked 2 jobs (making roughly 95k) from 2009 to 2014. Was working up to 80 hours per week and made sure that I can live off YEARS off of no stable employment.

 

[HALLOWEEN]

Mo money mo fun.. I mean problems..

 

[b_priest9mm]

75K would have me living like a king where I'm from.

 

[Mirin4rmfar]

Why not stay humble? It could all be gone with a job loss. As for me, I stay grinding and learning new skills. Hopefully my hard work pay off very soon. I then want to focus on having possibly having my own business. I am hungry for more.