Tech was the wrong career for me. Although I've been wildly successful on several indicators (startup acquired, another going public, FAANG, etc.), it was the w

Tech was the wrong career for me. Although I've been wildly successful on several indicators (startup acquired, another going public, FAANG, etc.), it was the worst career I could've been in for social success. I should've done medicine, law, or finance. Any of those would've been miles ahead in terms of social status. Maybe I would've made less money (at least by this age - long term, it could balance out) but I wouldn't be grouped in with skinny fat nerds, overweight neckbeard redditors, or incels just cause of my profession. Similarly, I didn't know that 80% of my peers would be FOBs who have no interest in assimilating. When I look at the majority of those peers, they refuse to interact with anyone who isn't part of their home culture. This isn't exclusive to tech (if I was a quant it'd be the same issue) but it is insane all the same. So, yeah, socially it's complete suicide. I had my reasons for not going into medicine, law, or finance but I should've ignored them and done it anyway.