Comparing yourself on LinkedIn
How do you guys deal with feelings of envy when you see someone more qualified than you on LinkedIn? Especially when they're younger than you as well. I've always constantly felt behind in my preparation and I can't seem to enjoy myself because I always feel as if I started too late and the people who started earlier than me are doing much better. I'm sure that I'm not alone so how do you deal with these types of feelings?
Not alone
Envy is the thief of joy.
If I may, I hate LinkedIn. What I thought would be a nifty online rolodex is nothing more than an online brag show. Messages I often get are from recruiters trying to stuff me in their life insurance salesman job, scammers, or annoying salesmen trying to circumnavigate the formal procurement process (as if I have any pull as a lowly manager). The brag show is the worst of all. One individual I know is struggling with his venture, yet he fakes it to make it with LinkedIn posts showing all sorts of low key bragging. I don't have instagram/fbook, but I bet that is full of the same crap.
Worst yet, I've attempted to reach out to old colleagues and classmates to catch up or network with nearly zero success (recently had an employee looking for a new job and offered to help, referred him to an opening at a competitor with a hiring manager I've worked with...total ghost...). It appears the social networking site is nothing more than transactional network site where many folks either hope to get something from you or demand to know what you can give them. No one cares if you wish them well on a workplace anniversary.
In the age where I'm beginning to value my privacy more and more and distrust anything online, I'm ready to bounce this account.
tl;dr, LinkedIn sucks. Logoff and enjoy the success you've reached while planning for the bright days ahead.
Feeling as others are more qualified is one thing, but the important thing to consider is results.
Consider how lucky you are to have your health, body, and to be in the US/UK/EU. Anyone posting on this forum is literally ahead - won the lottery to be born, working in the developed world, in an industry that absolutely blows most normal jobs out of the water. Who the fuck cares if you're a few years behind or a few 100k lower in the bank. Enjoy life bud.
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