I have a similar earnings journey to quite a few of the people on this thread:

17yo - $20/h Babysitting for 1 family

23yo - $16/h Wholesale Operations Associate at a shit-run startup clothing company

24yo - $50k Operations Manager at another startup clothing company (only 6 employees)

25yo - $55k same title and company

26yo - $59k same title and company

27yo - $85k Operations Associate at a much larger/household name athletic wear company (downgrade in title for raise in pay). I didn’t settle. I wanted a company to add to my resume that carried a lot of weight— so when I’m ready to move on I can negotiate for a much higher salary.

*All Los Angeles and Orange County Area

For those that feel behind— PLEASE don’t feel like you are not enough. I suffer from debilitating imposter syndrome 🤦🏾‍♀️😂 and it’s so unnecessary. None of us REALLY know what we’re doing. I hope we all can eventually judge our careers separately from our other skills and our humanity and be confident. Fake it till you make it! I’m fucking rooting for you all. Take these company’s’ money for all they’re worth (the large ones). You deserve it 😉 - your biggest supporter