Edit: I agree with Swakid8, was just responding to troll comment. Need coffee.

I work on power plants for a living, and have made easy six figures the majority of my 20 years out of college. Making six figures is easily obtainable, but requires hard work. I get calls on nights and weekends. You also don’t get any real credit for traveling to see customers. 5 hour drive on Sunday to be at a meeting Monday morning, well that’s how it works. Getting a secure well paying corporate job is not difficult, but you will put in a bunch of time every week and it’s expected. The software companies put all the nice stuff in the office because they expect you to live there.

I started building my hours thinking how great a 3-4 day trip would be as an airline pilot as a second career. I travel for 3-4 days at a time now and still have to work several days afterward. I’ll get my ATP in the next six months and will be ready if a recovery happens in a few years.

If willing to put the time in, there are a lot of jobs that easily make six figures. Will it be something you like doing, probably not. Nobody is trolling you on a corporate job paying six figures. I’m typing this out at 5AM, getting ready for day 5 of the work week.