I’ve joined sometime in November 2020. Ever since I was hooked on it.
I treat this forum as surrounding myself with people that I aspire to become to make sure I’m always striving for more.
The good and the bad:
1. Always thought I was making good money for my age (mid twenties). TC 140k, YOE 4. Warehouse operations. Until I realized that people my age were easily making 200k-300k. That made me question my entire career field rethinking maybe to begin coding or something seeing new grads getting 150k offers.
2. The above realization made me begin thinking for the long term. I needed to add value to myself as an employee. Truly make myself an asset in order to have bargaining power to get into roles that offer 200-300k+. It made me choose roles that I hadn’t thought of even before but that sounds super cool (Product Manager is eventual goal with dedicating myself to learn as much technicalities as possible)
3. Someone always has more TC. I’d imagine there’s no reason to lie especially since there isn’t a reward system here like there is in Reddit (upvotes) but seeing people as literal millionaires made me realize I shouldn’t be prioritizing making money as that can be a never ending pit but instead truly chasing after what makes me happy.
4. What makes me happy? Providing for my family and giving them a comfortable life that they could currently not afford. For me nothing is more important than family (wife, kids, parents, grandparents). I send monthly cash to them so they can splurge on whatever they want instead of having to wait for their pension. There is no better feeling for me than knowing this.
5. Patience is key. I cannot allow my emotions to get the better of me. My career progression is ridiculously fast right now and Blind somewhat made me lose sight of that and become a tad ungrateful when I saw TC discrepancies but I got myself straightened out. This is for stock market as well. I’ve made 30% returns 90/10 stock/options split this year by sticking to my rules but seeing literally hundreds of thousands being made also made me feel worthless but it is what it is and it’s a hell of a lot better than losing money.
That’s it, even for one person who felt the same way I did when they joined hopefully this post helps :)
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