Here's exactly how much I made as a JP Morgan trader and Buzzfeed account executive. I have no regrets leaving behind my $656K job to become my own boss.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Vivian Tu, a content creator a." Insider has verified her income with documentation. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I went to the University of Chicago, a school known for feeding students into Wall Street jobs.
It was a bit awkward, to be honest. They were like, you have to have a 401, you have to be investing, you have to be doing all of these things. It didn't occur to me until then how little I knew about investing. It wasn't a ton of money — I made a little over $1,000 on commission that summer, but it was money I could spend during the school year, so I was happy with it.I did my internship at Fifth Third Bank during the summer of 2014. It was a wonderful internship, but it made me realize again that I didn't want to work in banking. Spending the days staring at Excel sheets all day and moving logos around on PowerPoint presentations just wasn't for me.
So I got paid half of the year as if I were working on Wall Street, as well as my bonus from working in 2017, which got paid out at the beginning of 2018. And then I was just ramping up at BuzzFeed. So that year, I made $109,000. Account Executive, Client Partnerships, $100K base salary + $127K commissionsSenior Account Executive, Client Partnerships , $120K base salary + $536K commissions
In 2020, the first three months were normal sales months. And then, the next nine months were obviously impacted by the pandemic, and everything was crazy. I was doing a good job in my role and was continuing to close deals. That year as a senior account executive I made $362,000. In 2021, I started my YouTube channel, Your Rich BFF, but only took on a couple of brand deals, truly not that much. And it's been really great since then. By the end of March 2022, I quit my full-time job to takeI look back on my time at BuzzFeed and have nothing but positive things to say. I loved my manager and my coworkers — people were so kind to me. If we're being honest, I was really sad to leave. The only reason I left was to do my own thing.
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