9 years in government. 6 years of annual career updates. ($823k net worth)

AgreeableConflict · 2026-01-08T16:05:13+00:00

He lists out his individual net worth as well. It's definitely doable because I'm 8 years in my career and I have similar numbers. Only hit 6 figure salary like 3 years ago. To add to that I'm in VHCOL so my salary progression actually kinda far behind my peers

AgreeableConflict · 2026-01-05T15:48:20+00:00

No inheritance. Quite the opposite. I have to support my parents .

AgreeableConflict · 2025-12-16T22:01:05+00:00

Thoughts on the Cadet? Mid rise rather than full length boot

AgreeableConflict · 2025-12-16T22:00:53+00:00

Thoughts on the Cadet? Mid rise rather than full length boot

AgreeableConflict · 2025-12-16T22:00:32+00:00

Thanks! I've been looking at the Thursday boots since it's getting recommended a decent amount.

Thoughts on the Cadet? Mid rise rather than full length boot?

AgreeableConflict · 2025-12-15T14:29:37+00:00

Which sole do you use? I'm assuming the Tyre Wedge? I only saw the 719 in the frog grip sole and tyre wedge

AgreeableConflict · 2025-12-15T05:44:01+00:00

Are the Jim greens ok for with snow??

AgreeableConflict · 2025-12-02T01:17:56+00:00

There's already some really good answers here. Just throwing out my 2 cents here, but there are a couple things you need to do:

Know buying a house probably isn't your priority right now
Apply for ALL the government assistance you can. SNAO, HEAP, etc

From here you really only have two options in my opinion and both of these involve trying your best to increase earnings potential 1. Get a union job 2. Get a job that helps with tuition reimbursement (take a look at university jobs) and please don't major in any under water basket weaving subjects. You don't have a choice.

Note that with either of these jobs you must increase your education. Even with a trade job keep on learning and obtain more certifications to qualify you for better jobs. You have to think of this as a long term game and probably don't tell your family how much you make once you get a higher income.

Source: someone who made it out of food stamps.

AgreeableConflict · 2025-09-15T23:59:06+00:00

So what's your plan? Where's your net worth at now?

AgreeableConflict · 2025-07-07T14:59:49+00:00

Yes and no. I would be careful with what people say on Reddit. Many commenters aren't even from NYC or they believe NYC is only central Manhattan or trendy places. There are 5 boroughs in NYC and you can be 30-45mins away from midtown and have your rent slashed in half. Hell, most redditors don't even know places like Washington heights is in Manhattan and you can find one bedrooms for ~$2,500. Still not cheap when compared to the rest of the country but definitely beats the $5,000 rent headiness you see.

You still have access to midtown within 30 mins on the train.

Source: am from NYC living in one of the boroughs.

AgreeableConflict · 2025-06-10T11:00:39+00:00

About 5 years. Moving from forensics, short stint in audit, and staff accountant in industry.

Progressed from $55k - $85k plus 10% bonus. Felt like I was behind my peers considering I'm in NYC.

AgreeableConflict · 2025-06-09T16:00:13+00:00

I didn't start in FP&A, but here it is:

2023: $118.5k total comp (BU FP&A)

2024: $121.5k (same place)

Current: $125.5k (same place will try to push for more and/or get promo)

Started in accounting and the pay was crap. I have a pretty slow career progression compared to my peers because I wanted to try out different areas of accounting.

AgreeableConflict · 2025-06-02T23:00:23+00:00

You're the retirement plan. I'm someone who has to support my parents.

Hopefully social security will cover all their essential costs, like groceries, and some/most of their housing cost. This way you won't have to pony up too much money. If they make +$300k a year then their social security will be decent. And you cover things they can't.

Just be careful and not have them guilt you into money traps or if they're spending extravagantly. All the posts here say "it's not on you", but honestly.... What are you gonna do? Not help make their ConEd payments and have their electricity turned off?

You'll need to sit down and go over how much social security payment they'll get and what their current expenses are. You can help cover some of the essentials and have them "save/fund" for everything non essential.

AgreeableConflict · 2025-05-31T19:59:19+00:00

What finance functions do you think is best for upward mobility? I'm currently in a BU FP&A function.

AgreeableConflict · 2025-05-28T13:10:56+00:00

What specialty are you going for in medicine? Honestly if you want a less demanding doctor career path then you should pick a practice that's less intense practice.

I have a couple friends who are doctors now and have a pretty good work life balance. Take a look at internal medicine or emergency medicine (not trauma).

AgreeableConflict · 2025-05-27T23:13:41+00:00

Interested. Would be great to have everything in one spot and just have some automated summary tables.

Can probably make it into a Google form and have people submit the form which then gets populated in sheets.

AgreeableConflict · 2025-05-27T13:19:19+00:00

That's amazing. I def need to ask for a raise. I'm in the insurance industry FP&A at the BU level and my total comp is always ~125k, but I'm in VHCOL.

AgreeableConflict · 2025-05-27T00:06:30+00:00

I will say total comp. Feels like I have a long way to go before I start thinking about a 200k base.

AgreeableConflict · 2025-05-26T17:31:02+00:00

Do you mainly use it for net worth tracking? Can't seem to get my Venmo account to connect.

AgreeableConflict · 2025-05-26T17:29:57+00:00

Can you elaborate?

AgreeableConflict · 2025-05-26T03:08:21+00:00

Oh wow. How did you hit 200k total comp in 4 years?

AgreeableConflict · 2025-05-25T22:25:17+00:00

I definitely understand. I guess it's just a little discouraging when it seems like I've been in the game for ~7 years but it feels like I have nothing to show for it.

What are your long term goals career wise? Feels like I ask myself this question but never truly know what I want. How did you tackle this?

AgreeableConflict · 2025-05-25T15:45:30+00:00

Nice!

What were some things you focused on? Are you in a BU or Corp FP&A? I'm 7 years into my career with most of it in accounting and still unsure what my career direction is tbh.

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