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I want to share very bad experience I had at Mastercard
I was given offer by Mastercard in month of Dec The hike was less but looking at brand & other perks I accepted the offer & was looking forward to joining them.I got few offers & I went back to them for sole purpose of renegotiating CTC, to have a industry standard hike. They didn't reverted back for 2-3 days & just dropped a mail that they are revoking initial offer as well on grounds that they didn't like i gave other interview
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Guys there’s this boot camp that I came across that trains people to get jobs in Top consulting firms and has a fee plan wherein you pay once you get placed. I just wanted to know if someone here has any experience with this ?
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The thing is almost everyone feels that way. And the way to break out of it is by recognizing what needs to be done and by doing it, starting today. There’s no reason you can’t build the life you want. Go for it and good luck
I agree w this. So many of us feel let down because we were told we are smart or special or talented in some way and our generation just expected to go on to do cool or special things and have a great life story or career. To realize a lot of those fictions we grew up w are the outlier and not the norm, is a hard realization. But I agree w MC1 that it’s not about what school you went to - I bet even if you went to a top notch school and networked into a “better” career (and what would that even be? Manager at McKinsey instead?) you wouldn’t feel more satisfied w your life than you do now. You would just be diagnosing the source of that disappointment differently.
I really don’t think you have much to be disappointed in yourself for. If anything you’re coming to that middle age realizations (this is where mid life crisis comes from for some) that what you were told life is (a grand pursuit of adventure and purpose) really isn’t that for most of us in practice. You have to really fight for a life like that and build it intentionally. And most of us don’t or won’t. And these are important revelations to have even though they are painful and disappointing.
But I also agree w MC1 about your path forward - you are going to feel this and always were until you really take charge of your story and make decisions about what YOU want even if they carry a great bit of uncertainty and risk. For me, I traveled around the world volunteering for a year in recent times. I needed it, I knew I wanted to live life like that, but it was scary giving up a job and stable life to do it. I changed industries because I knew I needed to pursue work I was passionate about. All of that was scary. There are bigger things I still want to do to push myself out of my comfort zone and live the life I want but am a little scared to do. But I think life gets full when you keep pushing for your own goals - including these side and personal ones, not just the climbing the ladder and making more to pay the bills aspirations. The design of society and life is still mundane and disappointing most days even when you do these things, but the best hope you have for contentment in life is by taking your own life into your own hands and really deciding for YOURSELF how to use it. You get one life. There is no prob at all being in a comfy job and not being a CEO - in fact this can be great. But make sure you chose it and it’s what you want. Make sure you really participated in shaping your life and didn’t just go along w the path of least resistance in front of you. To me, that’s where I think your discontent is coming from.
Dude a degree from Michigan St and a Manager role at Deloitte (your hypotheticals) are FAR above the average in terms of education, employment, and compensation. And I can’t believe you said you’d “only” cap out at $400k (literally the definition of a “one percenter”). I think you are comparing yourself to the most elite people out there, which is fine/aspirational but you should remember there are always bigger fish.
Also tbh, as someone with a good public education and a role in middle management at a “tier 3” firm (if you say so), your post came off kind of insulting. I worked so hard and I’m SUPER proud. I also left virtually all of my high school friends in the dust years ago in terms of career progression.
Actually that made me think of some real, actionable feedback here: Why don’t you take a step back and, instead of looking at all the Harvard MBBs of the world, compare yourself to some average folks instead? Your parents, your old friends, your neighbors? Perhaps it will help you realize/appreciate your own accomplishments?
To be fair, you’d probably feel the exact same way.
Same.
How old are you? And second it’s not about education - to an extent, it’s about risk you’re willing to take. You can still study for GMAT and get an MBA from a top school probably easier since you have so much experience and go to MBB - now question is it worth 200K debt, can you take the debt - there’s always a way out unless you have responsibilities or you’re comfortable
You think you’ll cap out at 400k? Yeah, boo hoo this ones on you. If you fail to realize how lucky you are this is completely on you.
I agree with the previous statement that you might be missing something else. Find your fulfillment outside of being a F500 CEO or you are in for a long, sad life. There are so many more important things in life
Nah
I spent about a year in alternative school going through metal detectors and couldn’t wear colors. I applied to college because a counselor locked me in the room to do so.
I love what I do. I excel at what I do. I obviously didn’t go to a top school. Zero regrets. We get where we are because of the choices we make along the path. Sometimes bad choices, sometimes good choices. Nothing is exclusive
That is the issue with most people right now. Being average which means being able to afford all you really need and have a meaningful life outside of the career is considered as being loser. Everyone one wants to Musks, Bezoses... This leads to self-eating, anxiety and all other issues we are currently dealing with as society. Appreciate what you are, and look for ways to help others to get where you are. Expand your identity beyond the career. You don’t need to be CEO, it’s all fake mind creation forced by society and unhealthy comparison.
Become a Navy SEAL, FBI Agent, or something similar.
How would you describe your mediocrity?
Having an education doesn’t make you smart. JS
Do you specialize in a field now? Perhaps you can totally dominate a niche of it and become acclaimed for it?
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