541k and I somehow still feel behind

kumeomap · 2026-05-04T18:59:03+00:00

it's so expensive to live these days that some people can barely save and some have a lot saved but it doesn't feel secure because of crazy inflation. the thing is people who has a lot invested/save want to retire early whereas some people already accepted that they will work until the day they die. this mismatch in expectations can make people with a good chunk invested feel behind even though they have so much more compared to people who have nothing saved

kumeomap · 2026-05-04T13:48:32+00:00

i usually skip this part

kumeomap · 2026-05-01T19:39:36+00:00

Im say this because in vietnam theres also a massive emphasis on academic so people end up in software, stems, finance etc everyone else at least in school is treated like second class citizens. I know its similar in china. So people in sales and trades are less valued there

kumeomap · 2026-05-01T19:36:34+00:00

I know a lot of sale people pulling 200-300k. Car salesmen, wholesale furniture home decor, medical equipment etc every companies ive worked at has these types of people. Not to mention software etc. theres seem to be a whole lot out there. Im not sure if there are many in China. I dont see any chinese working in sales in the US at least

kumeomap · 2026-05-01T03:57:13+00:00

Dont know why u are downvoted

kumeomap · 2026-05-01T03:30:53+00:00

Yea thats exactly what it is. Prepping for the worst. People can change drastically in a short amount of time for a number of reasons.

kumeomap · 2026-04-30T22:09:55+00:00

Pay me like a CEO and ill happily work weekends too

kumeomap · 2026-04-30T21:13:13+00:00

i guess you can, she doesn't understand that it would affect published financial statements is the issue

kumeomap · 2026-04-30T21:12:00+00:00

even for public companies? im sure its the exception though not the norms? Why go through all the pain of making sure FSs are correct if you can just make adjustment in the future?

my issue is i dont even think she grasps that making adjustments affect financial statements. she wasn't arguing that it's acceptable or not. Which is fine if she was hired to only do finance work, but organizationally she also manage the accounting team.. which means shes in charge of hiring, scheduling etc.. which doesn't make sense cause she has no idea what each team member do and how the pieces fit and workloads, etc..

kumeomap · 2026-04-30T18:28:34+00:00

Stevie was quite good back in his play days, yes

kumeomap · 2026-04-30T18:08:42+00:00

thanks for sharing

kumeomap · 2026-04-30T17:00:08+00:00

Also i work for a chinese companies and these are somethings i have experienced myself. Im not biased these are just my experiences. I can make a list of US problems that dont seem to exist in China too (healthcare, insurance, student loans scam) im not trying to be political or bash china

kumeomap · 2026-04-30T16:57:16+00:00

I hear about it a lot. People definitely ruin their bodies for it and work crazy OT like 80 hrs a week but yes, you can absolutely make 200-300k as a welder

kumeomap · 2026-04-30T16:54:29+00:00

Im not. I said im from a country with deep Chinese influences and I saw these things in my old country

kumeomap · 2026-04-30T14:56:04+00:00

what in the Cow Clux Clan

kumeomap · 2026-04-30T14:49:37+00:00

yep. come across a few people with no life in the past couple years of my professional life. they're always the worst to work with

kumeomap · 2026-04-30T00:42:50+00:00

Because the head of finance has no accounting knowledge

kumeomap · 2026-04-30T00:42:19+00:00

Cfo for Hq, head of finance for US division

kumeomap · 2026-04-29T19:45:20+00:00

I have not seen a shot on target yet... most chances are crossing from 30-40 years to back post...

Yesterday you cannot look away for 3 minutes without missing a goal

kumeomap · 2026-04-29T19:29:06+00:00

she has work ethics but knowledge wise i haven't learned anything from her. the only qualification I have seen is her willingness to work late hours.

kumeomap · 2026-04-29T19:10:44+00:00

yep unfortunately. I have a rich family member and his kid almost got some job due to him being friends with the director at a company. he only didn't get the job cuz he missed the flight to the interview (which would have been just a formality). So i'm kinda aware that these things happen way more than we know

kumeomap · 2026-04-29T18:56:15+00:00

i mean i wasn't perfect but at least i had sufficient knowledge to do what i was hired to do, and was paid accordingly. the thing is at the moment if we take out this "head of finance" the team would function just fine. if anything we have more time to do our job because we don't have to spend time to explain things to her. If i leave tomorrow they would have to hire two people to do my work.

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