I think social status is really important. I was never depressed and never really suicidal but I had suicidal thoughts and a lot of frustration. When my socia

I think social status is really important. I was never depressed and never really suicidal but I had suicidal thoughts and a lot of frustration. When my social status rose they went away. As a software developer I had a very low social status compared to say a lawyer. I am now a CTO and have a high social status. But I think software developer is generally a profession that comes with relatively low status for the education level, as compared to say doctor or lawyer. I think it's also this relatively low status that got me frustrated, finishing my Uni best in class and then being at the mercy of pretty dumb project managers. This is why I find it important to give my developers a high social status, expensive office, expensive clothes, an assistant, etc. Though society these days tries to teach you status is not important, I believe you cannot escape the nature of the beast. We need social status to be happy.