How I Went From Making $23k To $100k In Just 4 Years

In 2011, I walked out of LaGuardia airport with two suitcases, got into a cab, and arrived at my sublet in Forest Hills, Queens — found via Craigslist. I tossed up a small prayer asking that I not be walking into some heinous trap. Two days later, obviously still alive and unscathed, I started my first post-college job working as a page at The Late Show with David Letterman. While seeing celebrities every day and feeling part of the television industry put a dopey smile on my face à la...