Navigating the pressure to constantly hustle: How do you avoid the comparison trap and focus on your own path?

Everyone on LinkedIn seems to be getting promotions and dream jobs while I'm still figuring things out. How do you stop measuring your success against others? Every time I open social media, I feel like I'm falling behind in the great career race. Is everyone really thriving, or is it all just for show?

Hi everyone, I am an employee at a Big Tech Firm, and doing quite well at my job. I have few friends of mine, who are active on LinkedIn and Twitter, and use the company's name extensively and make posts and gain followers. I sometimes feel jealous of these colleagues and feel worthless due to them. Even though I am doing well than them in the job, sometimes I just can't stop feeling jealous. Any suggestions on what I can do?

Exactly today 12th jan, 1 year back, i joined the decacorn startup as an analyst. I thought i will leave it within 8 month because i was running my own startup at that time and needed the money to run it. But as 21 year old i got stuck, i saw people of my same age earning more than me and not better than me. So i started chasing their role , the money they have. And now im stuck in this rat chase. Everday i go office look at people worse than me earning more and come home to study and compete with them. But I’ve forgotten my main goal of building something. And I don’t know how to get out of this. I don’t want to waste my life in this shithole of corporate.

When i was in college i wanted to build my own company/product. Thought of many ideas and tried to build something. None of them worked and it affected my studies so I had to quit just to clear my exams. After college I took placements in a WITCH like company where I got put into data entry/operations job after clearing difficult coding interviews (kismat kharab?). Somehow learnt new technologies on the side and managed to switch to a development role at a lower salary in a startup. After 3 years Worked hard on DSA and (barely) managed to get a good offer with above average pay. But the company is not stable anymore and may layoff at any time. Right now struggling to learn enough DSA to crack any company. Now I am almost 30, i have no hobbies,no talents, no relationships just trying to have a stable career. I see people everywhere doing so many things at once. How do they manage to do this. They are working at FAANG and managing businesses at the same time, have a bunch of friends. What am I doing wrong?

I'm surprised to see on the comment section that people actually support this load of crap. To any newbies or freshers entering tech this year, don't follow this advice. These CEOs exploit your time to gain revenue and when the time is not good they wouldn't think twice before considering layoffs. Just do your job and go home to your life and family. This advice only applies to entrepreneurs who have huge stakes in the company. Because if the company do well they get millions in returns as dividends. As an employee, even if you work for 25 hours you only get the same salary. Don't follow any so called self procalimed entrepreneurs advocating for the hustle culture. You hustle for your life, not for your boss or your job.

Hello, Friday is here and so is one pick of mine to read as we get ready for the weekend. This is one of the lists I like to refer to every now and then. https://blog.samaltman.com/how-to-be-successful Please share thoughts. Share your read for the weekend too!

How do you guys dissociate from office shit once you log out and not let your job be your personality. I am glad I joined grapevine so I can write about all the shit that goes on and try and have an actual life outside office. In the name of hustle we have actually reduced the importance of living life to the fullest.

Seeing colleagues getting promoted while your contribution goes unnoticed. Working on projects that none of your peers care about. Figuring out the balance between work and personal life. Regret of ignoring physical health due to work. There are endless reasons that can trigger the imposter syndrome. How are you guys coping up with this?

So, I graduated in 2020 and joined this org at 9 ctc, worked on good stuff for 2.5 years, got two hikes and reached at 14, got promoted as well and currently at 17. Though I gave some interviews during golden 21-23 period, I couldn't switch. Seeing my friends from college having switched atleast once, with some becoming sde2 at Microsoft and Amazon, my confidence is now broken. Although I realise my mistakes and can't do anything about past. How should I pick up from here. Just went through sample interview exp at lc, and have prepared a roadmap, however that would take another 3 months, how much impact my cctc would have on future ones. Kindly advice for any preparation tips as well.