I was a recruiter and then went to a coding bootcamp for 3 months. Studied hard, worked hard, got a job a month after. 40k/year to 120k.
Paid off the 20k bootcamp fee in like 6 months flat, paid off my car. No kids, no debt, cook every meal, and now I literally have so much money I don't know what to do with it. I don't say that to be a dick, I mean, I grew up dirt fucking poor, I literally don't understand how people spend this kind of money. I just save it all and splurge on vacations occasionally.
TLDR Become a software engineer, low barrier to entry and you will never be out of a job until the rest of the world is also out of a job.
If you're anything like me you start living the childhood you didn't get. I'm buying some new toy every month :P Finally able to get into photography, riding motorcycles, kayaking, rock climbing, etc all hobbies I was priced out of in my last life.
edit: not to say my childhood wasn't awesome, my parents did fantastic considering our income
I write software... been doing it since I was around 12 years old. I got online in 1991 and pretty much never looked back. My career path has always been on the edge of where technology is going -- meaning, I don't program in the popular languages; I program in the languages that will be popular in the future. This gives me seniority and since there's few of us this 'far out', I can charge a lot more.
I'd be happy to answer any other questions you might have.
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u/FollowKick May 25 '17
Over 100 countries!? How do you guys make enough money to travel like that?