From Working In Research Lab 'Basement' To Earning Six-figure Salary, Woman Shares How She Did It In Just 4 Yrs

A woman recently shared on TikTok how her annual salary went up from $28,000 (Rs 22 lakh) to $158,000 (Rs 1,25,85,766) in under four years, and there are simple ways to do that.

Woman shares how she worked her way to six-figure salary in under four years

Charlotte Chaze is a data analyst who has now started her own company called Break Into Tech, which is dedicated to teaching others how to land their dream job.

She explained how she went from working in the 'basement' of a research lab to earning six figures as a high-paid analyst at AT&T.

¡°I was working long hours, the job wasn¡¯t very rewarding, and obviously, the pay wasn¡¯t very great,¡± Charlotte said. This is when she decided to apply for jobs that she wasn't truly qualified for.

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She applied for jobs she wasn't fully qualified for

She thought that if she could manage to work in a role which was manageable, she would use the learn-as-you-go approach.

¡°In 2018, I decided I¡¯d had enough and started looking for jobs, even ones I wasn¡¯t qualified for, and I ended up landing one of those ¨C a data analytics associate at a consulting company,¡± she added.

Charlotte got a new job which paid her $70k a year. After that, she tried the same method again for a new job. She said: "I again applied for jobs I wasn¡¯t qualified for and ended up landing a job as a data analyst at Comcast. This job paid $90,000 (?78,000) and the reason I got it was because I taught myself [Structured Query Language] over a matter of a couple of weeks using a website called Khan Academy.

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"During the interview process, I talked to them about the SQL projects I had done and they ended up offering me the position."

After just 18 months, she was promoted to analyst manager and was earning a whopping $104,000 (?90,000) a year. It gets better - one year after getting the promotion, she managed to secure a job at AT&T where she claims she was earning an eye-watering $158,000 (?137,000).

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¡°A recruiter from AT&T reached out to me about a job that would pay $158,000,¡± she said. ¡°I went through the interview process and eventually got the offer in December 2021. This is all because I put myself out there and applied to jobs that I didn¡¯t really feel like I was qualified for, but knew I could handle. ¡°And most importantly, I taught myself data analytics online.¡±

She then concluded by saying how any experience is relevant experience.

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