I’m seeing a lot of guys like this.
They went from being on top of the world, making over $15K a month with a “loving family” waiting for them at home, to drinking themselves to sleep in the back of a bar after losing their career, working a job they fucking hate, losing their wife, and barely getting to see their kids.
Life is fucking brutal. Your entire reality can change faster than you think.
So if you’re doing good right now, be humble.
Uber driver this morning: mid-50s, former middle-management tech exec. laid off from Intuit five years ago.
Thousands of resumes later, he quit trying because it’s pointless when they can hire an H-1B for a fraction of the cost. Also ended up divorced after four kids & 25-year marriage. Not sure the DC types fully understand the simmering anger out there.