Quote from Gottschalk:
Rather than give you some hippie advice about inner peace I'll give you some real advice:
Move away.
Seriously, if you have a bad boss then you have no choice but to find another job ASAP for the sake of your career.
You have neighbors that will never fulfill your sense of community on account of their asshattery. Life is too short to be around scum bags like them.
They obviously have a very narrow view on prosperity and no matter how rich you get or reveal to be they will never respect you. It sounds like a bunch of degree stroking wankers that think the only people that are successful are doctors and lawyers.
You know honestly speaking, I think it is normal for new neighbors to ask you what you do and where are you from, to get to know you. Making comments about that's where the money comes from, that's out of line IMO. When I first moved in I was in outside sales, now full time trading. Nowadays when ppl. ask I tell them I am studying to be a full time trader, ppl. I like that is, since I am about BE at this point after a little more than a year.
I live in a middle class neighborhood and my wife pays most of our bills for now and it's all good. I used to pay 80% of the bills when I was in outside sales. Since I have had conflicts with neighbors on both sides I don't interact with them and the new career never comes up. If they asked I would probably tell them I do some financial analysis investing. I don't like them much so it's none of their business anyway. I think I jinxed myself when I posted atleast they are quiet neighbors. One of them, the husband was out breaking ice with a shovel at 6:30 in the morning which has been there for 3 months.
If you want to have fun with your neighbors tell them you are starting a hedge fund and you are raising capital and hit them up for their $$$. That will scare them off quick.
It's funny, but when I first started making good $$$ in sales I would talk about how much I make because I was excited and proud, not arrogant though. I would ask my roomate, who owned the house I lived in, how much he made, because he was successfully self employed. He would just shut me down politely, and say he doesn't talk about that with anyone. I learned to do the same soon. Some ppl. either got jealous of my success or wanted to hit me up for a loan! I never asked anyone for a loan. Privacy is a good thing.
Dan
