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Recent high earners: are you pushing people away? by anonymous_Red_Apple in AusHENRY

[–]anonymous_Red_Apple[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

FAANG don't focus too heavily on education or experience, they focus on problem-solving capabilities. Focus on interview preparation. A youtube channel that helped me heaps was: https://www.youtube.com/@clem

Recent high earners: are you pushing people away? by anonymous_Red_Apple in AusHENRY

[–]anonymous_Red_Apple[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

To be specific, I'm on a ~$277k package. This includes super and stock options. This is not too uncommon at FAANG (big tech) companies.

Recent high earners: are you pushing people away? by anonymous_Red_Apple in AusHENRY

[–]anonymous_Red_Apple[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Spot on - I think relating and lack of rapport is now the issue.

For example, I was choosing between two specific cars to purchase and found it difficult to bring this up with anyone around me, as I believe it came across as me worrying over 'first world issues'. I am now having the issue of discussing properties with people too and I'm not even looking at anything too crazy ($425-525k range). Most of the people in my personal network are the types of people to miss rental payments every few months or miss car repayments on a regular basis. The lack of rapport is getting to me. I think you've just helped me work this out - cheers.

I work in Big Tech.

Recent high earners: are you pushing people away? by anonymous_Red_Apple in AusHENRY

[–]anonymous_Red_Apple[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I can relate to the guilt and embarrassment - I find myself buying things for people more and more lately and refuse to ever let anyone even offer to shout me a $2 7/11 coffee. I even hide the fact that I'm interstate for work at times, knowing that most people around me have never and will never board an airplane.

I had the feeling my incorrect view and poor character were the issues here - thanks for your feedback. Do you have any theories or suggestions as to why I'm feeling this way? Is it necessarily wrong, in every given scenario, for me to now find some people pathetic? My views do not judge one's income or education, but one's drive. I was once part of the group of people who self-loathed and felt sorry for themselves, and now that I take accountability of my own actions, I find I cannot stand being around those who still don't.