I touched 40 and feel depressed and like a loser everyday. Don't have the zest to do anything now. I so would love to go back in my 20s and stay there forever. I feel cranky nowadays for no reason. Life's mistakes go on in my mind forever. In between I do other things. How can I be more hopeful and ...Read more
Just calculated my NW and it's abysmal. Here's some background, M32 HW eng Ms + 6yoe moved from MCoL - low TC job to HCoL - medium TC job Single soon to be married, (spouse won't earn for next couple of years) Cash : 162k Stocks: 123k Retirement: 82k Car : -40k Nw : 327k I see folks my age ...Read more
Applied to 50 roles to test the waters and no response Role: SWE YOE: 8
I came to Usa πΊπΈ did my masters from UC Berkeley and working as a senior software developer. Given the wait for Green card whom should I marry? I am a single child. (I have all 3 ready to marry)
My mom put in her will that Iβll get her house, a big piece of land in one of the most expensive cities in Asia. Itβs easily worth $5M and growing. Sheβs in her 60s so by the time I get it, it may be worth $10M The question is would you stop grinding if you were me? I wonβt but the thoughts had cr...Read more
In 2018, my networth was 1 Million. It reached to 5 Million now. I am trying to understand is there any visible change in my lifestyle that would clearly appear to my friends/neighbors, but I am not able to find anything. I still live in the same house and my kids still go to public schools. (Inte...Read more
Had an in-person 1-1 with my boss today. Was dreading this bc I hadnβt completed a task that was supposed to be done by the 1-1. Proceeded to break down in tears, and then boss comes over and pats me on the shoulder. I donβt know why but I suddenly felt compelled to give him a hug, and HE RECIPROC...Read more
Bought a 800k 3400 square foot house in an amazing school district(novi). So happy to be out of the bay. Am I crazy? 4 kids. 345k 11 YOE
Age 28 single Yoe 5 Mcol expense = 2300$/month + 15k vacations/year GF wants to get married in a year . It's gonna be a single income multi-kid household. Don't own house. Just a used Toyota (10k value not included in NW) NW - 455k Distribution - Hysa - 162k (5.5% interest) Trad 401k - 37k ( ...Read more
Previous thread: https://www.teamblind.com/us/s/8bZncvfh My wife did some digging, and spoke with another woman in the office who is breastfeeding, and this other woman did notice some of her milk missing at the end of the day. She thought it was just someone else taking it by mistake, even though...Read more
Iβve dated a number of women who pushed for marriage and children but I just wasnβt comfortable with the effort they were putting into their life to be confident that I want to commit to them for life and had to let them go A lot of our conversations pretty much end up with them telling me βonce we...Read more
30F Decent dating experience but now want to get married and settle down. I keep on hearing divorce stories around my friend and work circles. What should I do?
I barley stay above the line to not get fired. I justβ¦ donβt care. Iβm not rich, but could coast for a year or so with some life adjustment before I started to go into debt. I just sorta hate my job now despite being paid so much. I want to go open a pool hall or something fun even if it means more...Read more
Laid off entire supercharging team because this logic Tesla bros are silent since first layoff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um3UAbkUuGo #misc
To have fu money. Not a single worry in the world. My last three years brought me to a peaceful state of mind with nw gains and GC.
New grad here, graduating in May. Have to choose one of these offers soon, Iβve been plotting them against each other and trying to get them to up their offers as much as I could. I like the MSFT work-life balance from what Iβve heard and also seen during the internship. But the pay is pretty bad, ...Read more
trying to get a girl to marry, however she wants a $1k-$3k gift (ex: bag) like once per 3-6 months, is that OK or red flag? goal is evaluate for a good wife potential. her appearence is 7/10, 5'8, asian, tc is < 80k tc 400k #girl #girlfriend #marriage #divorce #apple #microsoft #meta #amazon #go
Was at a party the other day and someone lower than FAANG approached me. I asked where they worked after a few minutes and learned it was a tier 2 company. Immediately stopped talking to them and moved on π people need to learn their place ππππ (also I am in FAANG now)
I just graduated and make π₯, but hopefully one day I should make real good money and have a good amount of money saved up and ready to play with. If I am blessed to one day have a NW well into the 7 figures, I dream of building a modest sizable (4K+ sqft) house on some land with a 1500-2500 sqft d...Read more