the money psychology
its crazy how a thin piece of paper can hold such a tremendous value in everyone's life. money is something everyone desires, from childhood, we're told to study hard, get good marks, and secure a stable job, why? simple answer: to make money and live good life. gone are the days when "money doesn't buy happiness" was applicable, it's a fallacy now.
The problem lies in the process where we unknowingly become conditioned to chase the same dreams as hundreds before us, many of whom never really found what they were looking for.
(yes, im talking about people's obsession with competitive exams)
whats the end result? mass-mediocrity - majority end up doing something they never intended to. from my personal experience, i feel many students end up taking software related majors just because it looks cool on the resume and pays comparatively better than other jobs but never really take the efforts to develop an organic interest for the subject and grind on it.
the rejection
i recently opted out of an internship that i landed through a connection i made during buildspace, it took me 3-4 meetings with the company's CTO to conclude to the decision of not continuing further with the internship, the CTO was someone who shockingly lacked even basic technical knowledge, i mean how can someone not know "what is vercel?", every entry level developer tends to have used it at least once and on top of that, he often seemed to be b*tching about other members on the team.
few days later the CEO (the guy i met in buildspace), offered me the chance to rejoin with a stipend, i declined.
my perspective
- in the pursuit of chasing wealth people often neglect their organic interests - not everyone is supposed to be a programmer.
- one must identify their passion and purpose in life instead of getting tunnel-visioned by the stories of others.
- Money is secondary to your passion and overall well-being, so work on building habits because goals will give you direction, but it's your daily habits that carve the path to success.