Here is some sage advice: don't worry about it. A good leader doesn't have to be best friends with the workers. Do your best work for your team, and hopefully

Here is some sage advice: don't worry about it. A good leader doesn't have to be best friends with the workers. Do your best work for your team, and hopefully they will respect you. Make friends outside of work. Are you married? Somehow it didn't sound like it? Are your workers married? I used to be the most gung ho person in my office, and didn't relate well with my married coworker that had children. Now I am married and I see how priorities change. Bottom line, chin up. You are obviously good at what you do, so just keep crushing it. And don't believe everything you read on HN