[tomnipotent]

You're completely out of touch if you think that. Maybe a SWE/PM with 10 years of experience, but OP is a writer/researcher at a company of one. No one is paying mid-level PR/comms that well. At $250k you're in the top 5% of earners.

[ergocoder]

OP was at Stripe. And while at Stripe, she likely earned way more than 250k a year.

You are the one who is completely out of touch.