I'm 29 and increased my income from $35K to $155K after 8 years and an MBA

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I'm a VP of product strategy and development at a multi-national bank and make $155,000 a year.

He worked at four Big Tech companies. Here's how he went from $200,000 post-MBA at Meta to much more at Google.

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When I was hired at my first tech job I got an 81% salary bump. I had no idea my customer service skills would transfer.

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