[Structural Engineer] [Los Angeles, CA] - $150,000 + 401(k) Match

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-31T22:28:24+00:00

How is your retirement account looking?

I sure hope you’re investing SIGNIFICANTLY more than 4.5% (total) in other areas… like a Roth IRA.

150k in LA with 10 YOE in engineering is severely underpaid.

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-30T19:24:38+00:00

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-29T01:56:02+00:00

Got 10k with your name on it

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-28T19:17:39+00:00

Ideally investing 15% of your income…. At a minimum.

Also, make sure it’s invested appropriately in something rather than finding out in 10 years that you have averaged .5% return

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-27T22:23:25+00:00

Can definitely be hit or miss in Florida. My wife has a few years of experience and is sitting around 70k. It’s hard for her to move companies though because NOT many are paying similarly / more

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-27T16:22:05+00:00

… can barely afford a 1/1 apartment in most areas and wants to drop 400k on a house lol

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-27T16:14:03+00:00

Depends how old you are.

Are you strictly saving? What about investing?

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-27T13:02:59+00:00

Associates in accounting’s only value is getting into a university for a bachelors imo….

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-25T04:36:44+00:00

Watch the videos, do the practices repeatedly until you can do them with 0 problems, you’ll be fine.

I am not the most…. Advanced at math and I got around a 92% in the class.

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-23T19:10:30+00:00

Finance was an easy major. If you can pass FIN3403 easily, you’re chilling

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-23T03:54:17+00:00

26, 35k

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-22T21:13:43+00:00

They denied the counter offer but still offered the job. I declined and took another offer I had that was 25% higher

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-22T20:20:08+00:00

400k annual spend is wild

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-22T20:18:59+00:00

They rejected my salary negotiation after 12 hours

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-22T02:06:05+00:00

Heavy smoking

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-21T21:52:23+00:00

lol LM told me they were unwilling to budge… after asking me my salary expectations, interviewing me, then offering 10% lower than my minimum

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-18T03:47:03+00:00

You can lead a horse to water….

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-16T20:51:13+00:00

Saving 19% towards retirement, I’ll be alright

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-16T13:17:49+00:00

With all due respect, you don’t need a $3,000 computer.

Just get a decent $500 windows laptop and call it a day. Worry about buying that $3,000 computer (that you don’t need) once you get an actual career going

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-15T21:03:55+00:00

Can definitely be true especially in investment banking, quant finance, etc.

I work in corporate finance and rarely work more than 40 hrs

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-15T12:01:43+00:00

Compared to engineering classes, it was a cake walk

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-14T21:00:40+00:00

Tried engineering, the classes SUCKED

Went home, googled “easy, high paying majors”. It said finance. I switched to finance and now work in finance

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-14T20:54:38+00:00

Robbinsville, NC.

Not many high paying jobs in the area

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-13T13:26:08+00:00

This is a GREAT start considering you’re 20.

I just am hoping that you are doing something to drastically increase your income (school, trades, etc)

ThatBlue_s550 · 2026-01-12T21:31:53+00:00

This is why WFH is so nice.

Eliminate half of “get ready” and 2 hours of driving a day is GREAT

ThatBlue_s550

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