The higher up I get the more it sucks. I wanted to be “senior” but I feel like I’m failing. I assume this is everyone’s experience? Or am I just bad at my job? At this level I am constantly dealing with crises, internal and external, and on the hook with problems daily. Everything is my fault and there is so much … drama. I guess that’s what the money is for? This is normal when you’re senior right?!

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Definitely have been there before. I've been trying to just take things one day at a time and not letting other peoples' stress get to me. But I know that not everybody can shrug off the stress in the same way. I grew up in chaos so I kind of thrive in it, I think it is about personality at some point because it's not easy to deal with the daily drama at all

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