Jessica Derkis started her career earning $8 per hour ($16,640 annual salary) as the YMCAâs marketing manager. Over 10 years, sheâs changed employers five times to ultimately earn $72,000 per year at her most recent marketing position. This is approximately a 330% increase over a 10 year career. Derkisâ most recent transition resulted in a 50% increase to her salary.
A waterfall flows freely into Hamilton Pool, which is surrounded by a collapsed grotto. Hamilton Pool Preserve is a natural pool that was created when the dome of an underground river collapsed due to massive erosion thousands of years ago. The pool is located about 23 miles (37 km) west of Austin, Texas off Highway 71. Since the 1960s, Hamilton Pool has been a popular summer swimming spot for Austin visitors and residents.
There are 75 parking spots at the Hamilton Pool Preserve. If an average of three people come in each car for the two daily sessions, then about 450 will be able to visit the pool each day during the summer. The Hays County-owned Jacobâs Well swimming hole near Wimberley adopted a similar reservation system in 2015.