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When I was a NEET, I took some ‘cid and realized that so much of my unhappiness was deeply rooted in laziness. Particularly, I realized that around the age of 25, my father, his father, his father, his father, etc. we’re all working to create wealth and material value. At 25, I was not.

I somehow came to the realization (be it true or not) that if my ancestors’ experiences and beliefs are stored in some capacity within my DNA (ala assassins creed), that would explain a bit of my discontent. Everybody in my bloodline was working at 25, and I wasn’t.

Be it true or not, the thought got me into another mental tangent about WHY I couldn’t get a job. Realized that I was selling myself short trying to apply for shit boring jobs at shit boring companies. Doing shit like writing vacation rental descriptions for $12/h. When you get turned down from shit boring jobs at shit boring companies, you really feel like your value in the job market is low asf. Hard mental barrier to get over.

Then, I realized that shit boring companies are shit boring companies for a reason. They can’t identify talent for shit. I mean fuck, I started my own company doing triangular arbitrage on btc and doge back in 2013-2014. Speak Chinese. I’m a high value candidate. If I can just avoid sperging out during my interviews, I could get into any company I wanted.

That was a game changing moment for me, as I only started applying for good jobs at good companies from that point.

tldr, I finally ended up at a top 10 company. Thanks mr acid.