Say you became a consultant.

In technology or really professional fields more broadly, saying you're a consultant is probably the best way to obfuscate a lot of travel, sort of vague job duties, etc. especially with friends and family who never really understood what you were paid for anyway.

Now, it will presumably be obvious that you now are comfortably well off but, so long as you don't buy that penthouse suite in Manhattan, they don't need to know how well off you are.

>In technology or really professional fields more broadly, saying you're a consultant is probably the best way to obfuscate a lot of travel, sort of vague job duties, etc. especially with friends and family who never really understood what you were paid for anyway.

This is also what young women just out of college, typically having played varsity sports, do after setting themselves up as a call girl working for a madam: They say they are working in consulting.

What am I consulting on? My girlfriend wanted to know what the best crème brûlée is in Paris. It took weeks of research and user studies.

"I'm an outside consultant to beach resorts and other interesting places."

I work on globally scalable and extremely complex systems.

Specifically, the ecosystem. I test it for enjoyment purposes.

A professional reviewer for a travel guide so prestigious it isn't even published and only has a single customer.

Sure, but you still don’t say anything.