HACKER Q&A
📣 nadab

Just got promoted. What must be done?


Just got promoted. 360 degree feedback from my team and other stakeholders came positive they said. My boss thinks I deserve this.

Feel bad, I feel really bad. Why do I make this much money?

My dad drives trucks for countless hours each day, makes each month what I make in 2 days. Oh God, I am ashamed.

I maybe work 4 hours a day, the rest I just walk, because I can't take this anymore.

Millions losing their jobs, parents struggling.

I feel conflicted. Grew up dirt poor, graduated, found a job. But I got lucky, I was just lucky.

What separates me and millions who live from paycheck to paycheck?

Can't sleep. The more I feel bad, the more I make money. Oh the irony, the paradox.

  👤 yesenadam Accepted Answer ✓
What country do you live in? Which industry? Is the company they making the world better, or worse?

I've never made much money, not more than my parents, so never had that problem! but I can sympathize. It should be a dream but feels like a nightmare. I guess now you can help your dirt-poor family, friends, town, country. Or you can always go back to 'honest' work that feels more real to you. Good luck.