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Originally Posted by wil318466
Met a guy 2 months ago at Philadelphia international airport, we were waiting for a hotel shuttle bus that was taking forever. Struck up a conversation, he said he flies through phl once a month. Turned into a "why the hell do you fly here once a month" conversation. He was a oil rig worker. Schedule was 1 month on 1 month off. 250k salary.
Sounded awful. But he was single, and he said the money was just too good.
Wouldn't be enough after taxes though, and he probably didn't get into that pay bracket right off the bat. If you have to work 2 years at 65-80k/y you'll be too far behind pace to make it in 5.
If you're working within a 5 year window with no prior experience you'd probably have to pile on significantly more risk and start working jobs like you'd see on worlds deadliest catch cramming as many jobs as you can while in season, and then finding other high risk / high pay jobs during down time... even then it's doubtful you'd hit the mark.
Entrepreneurship is the only realistic path for people without unusual skills/aptitudes.