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Saying you're a software developer doesn't explain how you can afford both of those cars at age 22. I'm a software engineer and make a good salary (enough to afford a 370 at least) but I didn't graduate college until I was 22.5 and even though I don't have any student loans or debt, I don't have a huge stockpile of money to blow either. The only thing I can think of is you come from a well off family and already had a pretty good savings, or you didn't go to a 4 year school, or you literally just graduated and you're really confident that you won't lose your job so you justify the high monthly payments. Not trying to be a **** here, but I'm actually pretty interested in how you can afford both cars at age 22. Maybe you're a genius that skipped three grades in elementary school or something? Or drugs, haha.
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Word, you can't get "senior" at 22, unless you started professionally writing software at 16~18, but you can't have a full-time job unless you dropped out of school.
I got senior status around ~27 after 5~6 years of rigorous software development, ranging from c/win32 to some embedded to perl/php and tons of DB (sqllite, mssql, mysql, etc) and managing teams of 3-4.
I'm sure you are a software dev, and you might be super f'n talented and develop at a senior level, but at 22 you haven't been through enough software release cycles to be truly senior, IMO. And senior also means some management / team lead experience...
Not trying to knock you dood, heh.
Actually, you might totally be a vuln researcher and that I can believe you are senior at 22, though pretty f'n rare and you should be at BH/DF right now, = ].
EDIT: Maybe you meant 32?
EDIT: The contract side work is super lucrative. I taught iOS bootcamps through 09-10 and made more than the average US salary just in consulting money that year... so it's totally possible at 22 he can make great loot. I'm just curious how you got senior by 22...