I want to be a top earner in tech

How do I get to the top level as shown in pic related? What do I need to learn and study? Would I have to go to college for this?

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lol this is so outdated.

Installing Gentoo.
4 fucking captchas, fucking gookmoot

for better or worse?

finish uni
get job
work your ass off for a promotion (being friendly helps)
after promotion find another job for more money and same/better promotion
repeat until president

>president
Pfft, too much work, too little pay
They should unionize desu

You don't get to the top by studying X subject. You get to the top by being talented and having true passion for what you do. If you have to ask on a Mongolian basket-weaving forum for career advice, you're probably not someone who's going to make it to the top.

Suck cock
Suck CoC.
Hard.

You're not gonna make enough money to live a life where you own multiple yachts by just getting promotions if you're an engineer. Maybe you could switch into management and start getting there when you're 35-50, but even that won't net you the cash you're looking for. Maybe found the next facebook.

Honestly the appeal of this career shouldn't be the earning potential, because it doesn't get super high for the average software engineer. Its high, yeah, but probably not what you're thinking of. Just be a good programmer who works well in teams and find something cool to do with your life because you've got job security due to high demand. Because newsflash: the people who make enough money to live that super rich lifestyle are the ones paying you to program, and that should tell you enough about the difference.

>You get to the top by being talented and having true passion for what you do.

You get promoted by being competent. You get to the top by sucking dick and stabbing colleagues in the back.