How long did it take for you???

How long have you been in this industry? For many people, to get a decent job which make around 30-50k a year, they have to get at least an Associate Degree or Bachelor degree(my cousin is making 60k working at Microsoft and he has Master degree). To make 6 figures a year, a normal person has to get doctorate degree and those require around 10 to 12 years of studying.

but, since I have talked to many successful people doing CPA, most of them can earn 6 figures from the second year of working. I know a guy who make enough to pay off his school fee(university if you want to know) and buy himself a nice Infiniti G35 at his second year in CPA, and he start out with a blog.
Another guy I know who live in the same city make 6 figures in his second year by using Craigslist

And the list goes on

For me, I have to say I still haven't achieved much, I'm waiting for my check(which is around $800 from CPA Empire) and I'm making a decent amount on other networks. I can see the potential, but for now, the cost is still greater than profit. I plan to reinvest all of them to buy some tools which make everything easier to me to scale up some of my campaigns right now, and after that, God know how much I can make.

So, in this thread, I just want to ask you guys who are somewhat satisfied with what you are having right now: How long did it take for you to be right now? Everyone have different goals, mine is to make $100.000 in a year, so I can't compare to a guy who want to make 200k. But if you are somewhat satisfied with what you achieved, then how long did it take to do that?