
Golden handcuffs are suffocating. I want to quit but the money traps me.
26M, Senior Software Engineer, 65 LPA.
Feeling a lot of low grade anxiety due to the constant pressure of proving impact on myself.
Surviving like this from 2 years. Gave myself a goal to build wealth and financial freedom.
All my friends are at average companies with CTC of 20+. Most of them are happy.
I feel suffocated and drained. Quarterly reviews, impact docs is getting hard on my mind. I feel weeks passing. Panic attacks are being suppressed and burst out sometimes.
Idk what I should do.
Work is feeling that I am just a machine. People around me enjoying their evenings with family and many having hobbies.
I earn a massive salary, in a big city . I hardly have the peace to enjoy things I bought, a nice car, shoes and gadgets. I feel I need to proove my worth every quarter to be eligible to stay.
Because at the end of the day, I failed, at being happy, at peace, at life itself.
This Monday morning is feeling too heavy.
How to navigate this situation.

Bro invest and spend wisely and earn time
Let’s continue few more years (3-4 at least)
After that you don’t have to work for money.

That is the goal I gave myself. I am saving most of what I earn right now. I just don't know if my mind can take another 3 to 4 years of this.

Bro ak baat batau ?
Agr aap 50 lakh mutual fund me rakh ke chhod do to wo 60 ki age tak 100 cr ho jaaenge
Ab bs ye soch lo 60 ki age se pahale aapko kitana chahiye khane peene ke liye ( mere hisaab se annual current expenses ka 30X sufficient hai ….tier2-3 city me 5 lakh per year bohat hota )

Do companies assign work to an employee based on their salary scale? Also microsoft me 65LPa normal salary hoga na?

Hello sir could you please refer me. I am a software developer with 2.5 years experience in full stack + aws.

You can't get everything man, you have to leave something to get other it's as simple as that so no point of cribbing. Just choose

I want to face this problem once in lifetime

Pressure will continuously grow,
Managers, leadership thinking AI as Magic Wand 🪄, expect you to be 10X Productive suddenly...
Maybe try some other org. who pays a bit less, good work but offers peace ✌️

Can u adopt me 😂




