So I am 27 years old with 4.5YoE. I have 3 friends and all of them are millionaires when I only have 130k saved up. One friend is a guy who got into Pinterest 6 years ago as a new grad. Another guy is a guy who works at Affirm, and 4.5 years ago will have 1.5M worth of stocks when affirm IPOs at 10B Another guy is a dude, not a millionaire but has tons of money due to Amazon stock appreciation. He joined Amazon when stock price was at 450 dollars. And here I am lol.. cant even downpay a house.. I feel so lost seeing my friends who started at a fairly similar TC as mine. How do I stop feeling like shit... If I study leetcode and join Amazon or Microsoft, do you think they can 5x from here? Reaching almost 7-8 trillion dollars in their market cap? Or should I join a seed startup? Or do I just do my thing and be happy with no money.. I want to be rich but it seems like all the savings I do are pretty meaningless. 3 millionaire friends at 27 years old
Comparison is the thief of joy - remember this, always. I know several people who joined big companies right after college, made about half a million in a few years and had to part ways with most of it cuz of some health or family circumstances. Comparing your life to someone else’s is moot point. You have no idea what their journey is all about. They may live up to only 30 years of age and you would go on to live till 85. Feel grateful for what you have, there are millions of people in the US alone who would switch places with you. If you really want to compare, do it with someone who isn’t as fortunate as you and then you will see you’re much ahead in life than you realize; again there’s no ahead or behind so that’s useless too, but you get the point, right? Also, no one’s getting out of here alive :)
These guys are exceptions. It's actually awesome to have friends like this. I only have friends at roughly the same level as myself, it's not that great.
They were very lucky. Think about it no other profession guarantees you to be a millionaire by 27. According to me it's just a bug of the current moment in capilism, No employee should be making millions in such a short time. If you want to make millions start your own business, If you like what you do stay as employee.
Why the heck is everybody so obsessed with money. They are not worth it, you have plenty
Learn from them and then stop comparing yourself to others. There will literally always be someone smarter, richer, and luckier than you.
This is so sad I want to cry. A person measuring himself by the money he has in his bank account.
Comparing yourself with others is nothing but a road to misery.
Seriously. That leads to a lifetime of unhappiness. Someone else will always have more money, a seemingly happy life on Facebook, etc. While you’re still young, work on self-actualization. Figure out what makes you happy. (Hint: it’s not money. Those are just numbers in accounts on websites.)
@Blue Origin What kind of work/projects do you work on?
I wouldn’t care about the absolute money I have in bank. What I cared about is, whether or not I have the mindset, methodology, experience to make money in a fast speed. I’m 27 with only 180k savings right now, however I have worked at Uber and Google, just started my own startup business, and been gaining some options trading experience. Once you know How to make money, how much money is not important anymore
This is where I'd like to be. It's a skill at the end of the day. Once you've learnt the skills, sky is the limit. A windfall from your company going public will only be a rare occurrence but learning how to rinse and repeat is what will set you apart.
Well said, can’t agree more
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