How much are/were you making at your slowlane job?

[daivey]

Im from australia so not sure how relvent this is, but im also 26 and make about $45/hr or 57k yearly

Do you do math?
What is a normal work week look like? then let us know how your math works.

 

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[abinge05]

About $110K before quitting to go to business school. Would love that job now, quite frankly, because I had delegated so much work that I only had to do a couple of hours a day. Would have left tons of free time to work on my current business. But then again, I wouldn't have developed the entrepreneur itch if I stayed, so no regrets quitting.

 

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[BrunoRastablasta]

I'm currently freelancing (content marketing writer in HR tech). I will make just a bit more than $10K this year-- which is twice as much as the average salary here.

But slowly transitioning to fastlane

 

[1523.]

Before I lost everything I was working two jobs 11h days 7.50 a hour 5 days a week.Life is not great but it gives me enough time untill the day I can find my path and say Fu*? YOU to the slow lane.

 

[hellolin]

70k a year, 33 years old, software dev, but went to school for information security. Currently trying to get my second cert and transition into a better paid job. The current gig obviously don't pay much for a software dev position, but I don't do much at work either, rarely writes a line of code every week, and just have random assignments from the CTO. It is very relaxing but it is getting a little too comfortable. I want to get into the cloud business and do something with it, but working with government as a customer, everything is much slower, and older. I miss working with the latest and greatest technologies out there.

 

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[Soulrize]

At 25 I make about 21.67 an hour or 45k plus overtime a year. Financial analyst where I read deal contracts and interpret and understand the execution of it. (I feel like lawyer type stuff) Its alright.

 

[Sandholdt]

I am 27 and work as a production manager. 63k + 10% for my 401k (non-optional).
I put in an average of ~40 hours weekly.

 

[JWM]

I’m just curious.

Currently 26 years old, $37/hr now. But have potential to work overtime for times a half.

At 27yo I was earning $110k AUD per year. The pay raise from 80k to 110k came within a month of deciding to leave the slowlane, still didn't keep me there

 

[Spicymemer45]

$15.00/Hr as an armed security guard

The army paid me less for an average of 60-70 hours a week (But hey, free "housing")

 

[Hetman]

4$ per Hour!

 

[Ernman]

Age: 60
I was making $189K/yr when I was laid off. I was planning to quit anyway, so the layoff allowed me to collect a severance for a while. My commute was 1.5 hours one way, M-F. Work days were routinely around 10 hrs, some longer. Some weekend work to catch up and some weekend travel.

 

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[hellolin]

So 3 year update. Still in the slowlane, but with a lot free time on and off work now, in a high paying job that pays me $165k TC in tech. However, I leveraged the remote working craze and moved out of the big expensive blue city to a MCOL city in another state where part of the company I work for is located at. I am closer to all the Fastlaners here now as well, just bought my first property at $350k even at today's market. Turns out life can be a low slower and easier once I was out of the mega metros of the coasts.

 

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[Rinzler]

30 years old, I make $24.03 an hour working full time as a buyer for an eyecare company.
It's work from home but I live in California so most of my paycheck goes to rent and bills. Unfortunately it has gotten to the point where I may need to pick up a second job in order to properly save for anything else worth pursuing.

I feel very stuck without a degree or meaningful connections and don't know if my current role really has any growth opportunities after being here 2 years. Seems pretty well known across the company that we're all paid below "industry standard".

 

[Rinzler]

Sounds like you probably live in one of the most expensive places in the country. You could either move somewhere else to get saving more or you could use the expensiveness to your advantage and start your business now and charge more. Even something like cleaning gutters can be highly lucrative around cities like LA, San Fran etc

In a business like that you could set your rates up to make at least $100 per hour. And you don’t have to do that forever, either...

Thanks for the insight! I've been considering going for something like this and taking advantage of this booming area I'm in. My short term plan is to juggle two jobs to ease the burden a bit sooner, then right before the holidays start putting plans into action. Truthfully I never considered cleaning gutters so I may look into that. There's probably over 40,000 homes within a 5 miles radius of me.

 

[hellolin]

Thanks for the insight! I've been considering going for something like this and taking advantage of this booming area I'm in. My short term plan is to juggle two jobs to ease the burden a bit sooner, then right before the holidays start putting plans into action. Truthfully I never considered cleaning gutters so I may look into that. There's probably over 40,000 homes within a 5 miles radius of me.

"When it doesn't work, just double down on what doesn't work, two negatives make a positive!"

At least try to start planning to move out of there. I make way more and are working in the "in" sector consider the location, but I still took a risk and moved away. Once you do move, your first paycheck will show you exactly how much California is charging you for the nice weather and all that jazz.

 

[SmoothFranko]

Im from australia so not sure how relvent this is, but im also 26 and make about $45/hr or 57k yearly

 

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[DeletedUser0287]

I was making about 35 per hour at age 26 in the medical industry last year, I quit and never looked back.

What are you doing now? I’m in medical as well. Wish I could leave haha.

 

[DeletedUser0287]

35-38 bucks an hour.

A job is a mean to an end for me.

I, for one, know how crappy it is to work on a business without a consistent source of income outside of the business.

Same, just realized this. Recently got back in the job market. Had no choice.

I, for one, am thankful my two jobs are on a as needed basis in a highly demand medical area, so I usually do not lack work to get paid.

I am assuming you are a per diem nurse then.

I, for one, am glad that being an entrepreneur is wholly dependent on making a positive impact on the world and all I need to do is put a price tag on it so I can get paid making a difference.

 

[Ing]

80-250/hr

 

[Ing]

80-250/hr

I must correct myself. At the last pareto analyse I discovered 5 hrs/week, where its down to 40!

 

[Benji90]

29 years old, currently making £25k a year - my goal is to be able to make £2k a month profit while work/travelling, currently taking an udemy course to see if I 'get' web development.

 

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[MichaelCash]

$45 per hour but I also have benefits, medical insurance, 401K, and a paid vacation

 

[Roughneck]

33yo and currently taking 118k (AUD) + super, with my second job I take home roughly additional 15-20k + super a year. Can be lots of hours though and not a good work/life balance.

 

[Real Deal Denver]

Oil and gas construction. About 170k USD. Works out about 80 per hour.

Couldn't wait to get out of there. Not often physically difficult, mostly machines, but it was like being in jail.

I knew oil and gas paid good, but I had no idea that good.

Can you give some examples of what was bad about the job? I know a young single guy that is a go-getter and this might work out for him to bank some bucks.

Thanks ~

 

[MattR82]

I knew oil and gas paid good, but I had no idea that good.

Can you give some examples of what was bad about the job? I know a young single guy that is a go-getter and this might work out for him to bank some bucks.

Thanks ~

This was on barrow island in Australia during the construction boom of mining/oil and gas. Those days are kind of long gone though. Was crazy times for a good period though.

Bad part is being away on a desert island working every day for 4 weeks then getting 9 days off. Saw a lot of marriages break up and a lot of depression etc.

Maybe an even time roster of 2 weeks on 2 weeks off would be ok though.

 

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[Strm]

About 16-17€/h working abroad. Usually working 3 weeks and then a week or a bit more home in Estonia and I earn around 3K with this time. Is considered a good money in my home country. I can save up about 1.5-2K each month. This allows me to invest in my projects and I'm planning to quit this job around march-april 2020, get a new one in Estonia (If i need it) and have more time to work on business projects. I just need to remind myself sometimes that this too is part of the whole process. It's funny, I'm less stressed about working in slowlane than most, even though I'm desperate to get out.

Another thing that I've noticed. I'm not the most experienced or not the fastest worker(working in construction). Also I have my small side business so I have to do these things while working sometimes But I'm pretty much the first one who get's a raise, and one of the few highest paid workers in the company, while being one of the newest members. Not because what I do, but because who I am. Be a good person, helpful to others, positive even in the darkest of mornings. Notice others when they struggle and also when they're doing well. That's the least you can do to start earning more money. The leaders will notice this and they value this. These are the treats of true leaders. This will also help you tremendously in entrepreneurship.

 

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[spreng]

24, 100k.

Currently all I do is work and network. Planning on, in 5 years, to build a SaaS company with high performers that I have shortlisted.

 

[Rinzler]

27 years old,no degree making $46k a year w/ full benefits working for a State Department in California. Job is crazy stable, non challenging and essentially I'm also getting paid to learn while on the clock. However, the money gets tighter every year in this state and I'm seriously impressed at some of you in my age range making 2x-3x more.

Luckily I have the time to make sh*t happen, but having the funds to take an idea off the ground is always my struggle. (Consistency, discipline and execution aren't up to par either when I know I live close to being paycheck to paycheck)

For the last year or so I've been chasing the idea of getting a better paying job as a safety net to then pursue building a Fastlane... but maybe I need to start from scratch and read MJ's books again

 

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[100ToOne]

Last job:

$1.2/hr. 6 days a week. 12 hours a day.

If I was lucky:

$2.4/hr. 6 days a week. 12 hours a day. (with comission)

You barely live with that. That's average salaries over here however.

 

[daivey]

33, $100k CAD... full benefits.. (pension, insurance, 5 weeks vacation).

job is super easy. but im dying. inside.