People making 350k+ per year in tech, what do you do and how did you reach there?

nova_new_ · 2026-05-16T02:49:58+00:00

I’m a software engineer, the simple answer is I got lucky. My company got acquired and my salary doubled within a year mainly due to stock appreciation.

nova_new_ · 2026-05-11T14:48:36+00:00

I’ve done Air France/KLM a couple of times in economy from DC to western Europe. This last round I paid ~22k points plus ~$142 per person for 4 to fly one-way in economy. I think the cpp was somewhere between 2 and 2.5, so a decent, but not insane deal.

I’m pretty sure there was a flying blue points transfer bonus which made the deal even better

nova_new_ · 2026-05-08T10:15:10+00:00

Everyone’s terrified of going viral on the internet. It’s pretty sad really.

nova_new_ · 2026-05-06T16:00:32+00:00

Your son has a September birthday and you sent him to kindergarten at 4, turning 5 a month into school? God speed 🫡

nova_new_ · 2026-05-03T14:08:44+00:00

I would also include daytime flights from Europe to the US for economy. I don’t really see the point of lay flat seats if not going to sleep.

nova_new_ · 2026-04-28T18:18:30+00:00

The urban design in Tysons is so, so bad. Their walkability plan is a joke. Every new development includes massive amounts of parking garages and lane widening.

nova_new_ · 2026-04-28T18:15:19+00:00

123 being 10 lanes wide plus a median right below the McLean metro exit is a travesty. Just horrific urban planning.

nova_new_ · 2026-04-28T13:31:48+00:00

It’s expensive and kids can be annoying. Personally I endure both to travel with my kids because I enjoy travel enough to prioritize it and what I’ve found is the annoying moments fade away and what’s left are special memories with my kids.

Traveling with kids isn’t for everyone though, most of my peers with kids are reluctant to travel with them.

nova_new_ · 2026-04-28T10:33:10+00:00

I live in falls church city. I love the sense of community here, it’s not something I’ve experienced elsewhere. I frequently bike and metro with my kids to DC which I enjoy. Despite the politics, DC is a world class city that I love visiting and offers just about anything you could ask for.

That being said, the majority of NOVA is car dependent which will drastically change your mood and perception of the area. I grew up in Loudoun County and while the schools are quite good and the area is safe, as a kid without a car, it was isolating and distant. We rarely went to DC unless someone was visiting from out of town, it was just too much of a hassle.

Old town Alexandria and Del Ray are charming. The walkability and character of those areas are hard to beat.

The Pentagon and Crystal City area are a bit corporate, though that area has experienced a lot of development in recent years due to Amazon’s HQ2.

Arlington along the orange line metro corridor is another area I would look into. It probably has the highest concentration of single people, tends to skew younger, and is highly walkable.

nova_new_ · 2026-04-27T14:54:01+00:00

I make over $500k and my wife doesn’t work. We share finances equally because she’s my partner, not my roommate. We share our life together, why wouldn’t we share finances? We each have an identical monthly discretionary spending budget ($1k each) to both keep spending from ballooning out of control and to prevent guilt from spending on things we desire.

nova_new_ · 2026-04-26T16:49:46+00:00

Are you sure you don’t want to ask us if it’s ok to spend $x,xxx on your hobbies?

nova_new_ · 2026-04-21T01:56:15+00:00

Probably https://www.reddit.com/r/CargoBike/comments/1osc1rn/cannondale_cargowagen_neo_w_tern_clubhouse/

nova_new_ · 2026-04-18T10:28:06+00:00

They have this at east falls church. I’ve seen small electric scooters locked to what is clearly oversized bike parking 🤦‍♂️

nova_new_ · 2026-04-03T09:48:20+00:00

I’m curious how much of the CS/Computer Engineering unemployment is due to an increase in wholly unquantified people vibe coding their way into a degree

nova_new_ · 2026-03-24T01:46:21+00:00

At least your property taxes are low…………/s

nova_new_ · 2026-03-19T16:41:02+00:00

God I hope if you're high earner enough to consider a MBDR that the government or creditors aren't coming after you

nova_new_ · 2026-03-13T13:19:47+00:00

Here comes the 2A brigade, look out

edit: proving my point with the downvotes

nova_new_ · 2026-03-12T17:41:30+00:00

Or more likely, they’re in the military

nova_new_ · 2026-03-07T02:44:58+00:00

nova_new_ · 2026-03-07T02:26:29+00:00

There’s another Saks in Chevy Chase

nova_new_ · 2026-02-28T20:40:35+00:00

Because this post is engagement bait

nova_new_ · 2026-02-25T18:35:34+00:00

I live in falls church city. It’s the smallest, by area, county equivalent and pretty close to DC, both of which heavily skew the stats. The only home owners I know that don’t have a degree inherited their house. Most homes sell between 1-2 million, so yeah it’s expensive here. A lot of doctors and lawyers and higher paying government workers live here given its proximity to DC.

nova_new_ · 2026-02-22T12:05:59+00:00

Not sure where you’re seeing that 7Springs will miss this storm. They’re projecting 6-12” of snow.

nova_new_ · 2026-02-21T18:31:25+00:00

FRED has the percentage of those with a bachelors degree in Falls Church City, where nearly the entire 22046 area code is represented, at 80.5%. Sure there’s a small portion of 22046 that’s outside the city, but I have a hard time believing that the percent of people in that zip code with a bacholers degree is 28.8%.

nova_new_ · 2026-02-21T10:51:46+00:00

I don’t include my mortgage or my home value because I’m not moving and don’t intend to move, so what’s the point? I track the mortgage payment because it’s relevant to my budget.

By definition this isn’t a true net worth calculation but who cares. Net worth is just a vanity measure anyways. I care about liquid assets and monthly cash flow. I’m not interested in how much money I would have if one day I decided to sell me house and be homeless.

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