[Serious] Feeling dejected after seeing the compensations posted here

Jul 17, 2019 26 Comments

Hi,
I’m curious to know if anyone else feels slightly dejected after reading these amazing compensation packages that people post about here.
I’ve always been a competitive person be it sports, advancing my skills, etc so I mostly feel motivated by watching others succeed.
I think I make a decent salary and try to save close to 30% of it but I am not sure what else can I do to achieve what some people here have.
How do you keep yourself motivated and remove this element of comparing yourself with others?

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  • Pinger / Eng
    create💻

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    create💻
    [Serious] TC?
    Jul 17, 2019 0
  • Apple / Eng
    VGqx42

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    VGqx42
    You’re experiencing the typical social media depression. My best advice would be to delete Blind from your phone.
    Just like Facebook or Instagram, you’ll only hear about people proud of their compensation, likely the top ones, and you won’t hear about people with average comps.
    Additionally most of the high compensations posted here are due to increases in stock prices, wait for the next market crash when everyone will have cheap income and no employers will shell out RSUs.
    Jul 17, 2019 3
    • Red Hat / Eng
      johnniewic

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      johnniewic
      TC != talent. To convince your competitive self.
      Social media is pure evil, once you’re done here(got the job, similar such) gtfo.
      Once you’re comfortable enough, High TC is only good if you have high ambitions(like $2M vacation home, etc) and you need to put up with the stuff that comes with it.
      Jul 17, 2019
    • To build on that , talent != Worth and happiness. You can find fulfillment in nearly anything. Don't lose sight of the only thing that matters in life, being happy.
      Jul 17, 2019
  • Nutanix
    ajwshsvh

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    ajwshsvh
    I have felt like this before but you have to understand that everyone is different and comes from different backgrounds. There are always going to be people that make more than you as well as people who make less than you. Obviously you need a certain amount to live but if you’re making 200 vs 500, maybe you’re not making 500 but at 200 you’re already better than 99% of the U.S. population. Coming from someone with “high” TC I can tell you that it doesn’t define you as a person. There’s a lot of shitty people with high TC who hate their lives. Everyone is on their own road in this life and as long as basic needs are covered it’s about doing good, helping family/others if possible, and driving impact. Just my opinion.
    Jul 17, 2019 5
  • LinkedIn
    mtndew💚

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    mtndew💚
    Unsubscribe yourself from the Compensation channel
    Jul 17, 2019 0
  • BBDO
    sxYo02

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    sxYo02
    I did until I saw how much people are paying for housing in the Bay Area and realized I make more money than they do even though my TC is way less.
    Jul 17, 2019 3
    • Pinger / Eng
      create💻

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      create💻
      @Dell what I see in that case is double income maybe $200k + $250k and buying a house with around 5 YOE.
      It's not financially stressful, but if you take the mortgage payment, add in 2 cars (1 is luxury), and then have kids and daycare costs added soon after, there is only 10-35% of income left over to save.
      The couple has to choose between retirement savings (mega backdoor Roth) and down payment savings. The house is in San Jose not MV. The mortgage is $1M and could go underwater.
      Jul 18, 2019
    • Dell
      LUHV04

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      LUHV04
      Got it

      Good example

      Essentially , ongoing living costs combined with not super high salary
      Jul 18, 2019