Throwaway account. Mid-30s male born in Eastern Europe, working in the USA.

Washington DC area:

2005-2009 - ~ $25K (grad school; part-time research assistant, code monkey, and sysadmin)

2010-2011 - 0 (bad things happened)

2012 - $56K (software developer, remote contractor for a Canadian company)

2013-2016 - $74-82K (software developer, contractor at a government facility)

2017 - $90K (software developer, contractor at a government facility)

NYC

2018 - $150K salary, $275K incl. stock and bonus (software engineer, FAANG)