Being “gifted”, only makes you wish you weren’t sometimes - eviltoast
  • The Menemen!@lemmy.world
    963·
    1 year ago

    The guilt that “you could have done more with your life”, despite being a successful engineer with a happy family.

    • OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml
      52·
      1 year ago

      “Gurtaj is a principle software engineer at Google you know! You used to be the same grade in school. What happened?”

      “Dad, I’m running a multimillion dollar startup right now”

      “Tsk tsk”

      • Lepsea@sh.itjust.works
        29·
        1 year ago

        “with all that million dollar you still can’t be a doctor, did you know your nephew could play violins blindfolded while performing a surgery when he was still 3 years old. What a disappointment”

      • TechieDamien@lemmy.ml
        13·
        1 year ago

        Meanwhile,

        “Osrs is running a multimilion dollar startup you know! You used to be the same grade at school. What happened?”

        “Dad, I’m a principle software engineer at Google right now!”

        “Tsk tsk”