Am I a loser or not

[damwiaf]

I am 29 yrs old (turning 30), with no family, no house, no car. Graduated with a Ph.D last year, working in a boring insurance industry with only 70k annual pay and no future. I feel I am totally a loser in my life.

[lazyplane]

Originally Posted by damwiaf

I am 29 yrs old (turning 30), with no family, no house, no car. Graduated with a Ph.D last year, working in a boring insurance industry with only 70k annual pay and no future. I feel I am totally a loser in my life.

Dont understand. Why u complaining here ?

yes.......

[kakarukeys]

You are at the top 10% comparing yourself to top 9% above you while you are actually better than 90% of all people.

knn.. earning 6000 a month still complain. I am making 3,000 and I am 26 and I have no phd.

dont blame the threadstarter..he does have permanent. head. damage. after all

I can understand your sad state.
I had got my phd when I was 26. Published about 8 papers. Was all nice till then.

But once I started working, everything went down spiral. Could not cope up with people around me. They perceived me as someone different - most of them had only Bachelor degree. They started ignoring me during lunch time.

It was all getting too much for me. Started drinking and going to clubs.
Now i try not to think too much about efficiency at work. I try and behave the same way as others. While it is not making me happy as I feel I am just wasting my time, I am at least not getting sad after day"s work.

Btw, I"m earning 90k per annum and it's been 2 years since I joined this company after completing phd. It"s my 1st job.

Originally Posted by damwiaf

I am 29 yrs old (turning 30), with no family, no house, no car. Graduated with a Ph.D last year, working in a boring insurance industry with only 70k annual pay and no future. I feel I am totally a loser in my life.

there's no short cut, got to save hard, work hard to get promoted for higher pay, and invest.

at 29 my net worth was $150K and salary of $100K. now at 36 it has increased to $1.3M and salary of $200K

Originally Posted by Unregistered

there's no short cut, got to save hard, work hard to get promoted for higher pay, and invest.

at 29 my net worth was $150K and salary of $100K. now at 36 it has increased to $1.3M and salary of $200K

What's your occupation? U don't do NS I guess

Originally Posted by Unregistered

I can understand your sad state.
I had got my phd when I was 26. Published about 8 papers. Was all nice till then.

But once I started working, everything went down spiral. Could not cope up with people around me. They perceived me as someone different - most of them had only Bachelor degree. They started ignoring me during lunch time.

It was all getting too much for me. Started drinking and going to clubs.
Now i try not to think too much about efficiency at work. I try and behave the same way as others. While it is not making me happy as I feel I am just wasting my time, I am at least not getting sad after day"s work.

Btw, I"m earning 90k per annum and it's been 2 years since I joined this company after completing phd. It"s my 1st job.

How old are you when you make 90k? Just to clarify