I hate that people I disliked became successful

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Brought to you by my LinkedIn adventures, of course.

One dude from college is some hoity-toity VP at Banana Republic now.

Another guy is just an "angel" because he made so much fucking money from selling his dot-com early.

I'M SO JEALOUS. 

[underwaterrhymes]

A former coworker I loathed and who was a total bitchy snatchface is In a very high level position at an organization I love.

I don't understand how because everyone who worked with her agreed that she was a bitchy snatchface, but apparently that gets you places.

[silva]

agree.

[readyin07]

Yep fuck all these people

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Mar 30, 2015 12:44:38 GMT -5 RexManningDay said:

I've been struggling with this recently. We're early 30s, which seems to be prime time for some people to really start pulling away and others to ... not.

What do you mean by "pulling away"?

[pantsparty]

I hate it when people I hate are doing great at life.

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Mar 30, 2015 12:45:35 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

I hate it when people I hate are doing great at life.

Me too. 

Nothing makes me more mad. 

[cville]

OH GOD YES.

This total DB I went to law school with is fucking RETIRED FROM THE LAW due to his side business taking off. I know two other non-DBs who have done the same, and I hate them too, but not with the firey flames of passion with with I hate Total DB. HE SUCKS. AND HE FAKE TANS. SO THERE.

[thatgirl2478]

Mar 30, 2015 12:45:31 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Mar 30, 2015 12:44:38 GMT -5 RexManningDay said:

I've been struggling with this recently. We're early 30s, which seems to be prime time for some people to really start pulling away and others to ... not.

What do you mean by "pulling away"?

I'm assuming she means that they are pulling ahead of the 'pack' ie winning more than others.

And I agree miso... but then I 'gave up' to be a SAHM (but I still feel like I lost somehow and I hate that people who I don't like are doing better than me).

[sequins]

I just remind myself that it's a marathon and not a race. I was counted out for the last few years but guess who's back, bitches!

God, I embarrass myself.

I just really hate a lot of people I went to school with. Be on my side though. They were total assholes.

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Mar 30, 2015 13:09:42 GMT -5 sequins said:

I just remind myself that it's a marathon and not a race. I was counted out for the last few years but guess who's back, bitches!

God, I embarrass myself.

I just really hate a lot of people I went to school with. Be on my side though. They were total assholes.

I'm almost 38.

I'm more than halfway through the career marathon.  LOL.

[sequins]

Mar 30, 2015 13:11:23 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Mar 30, 2015 13:09:42 GMT -5 sequins said:

I just remind myself that it's a marathon and not a race. I was counted out for the last few years but guess who's back, bitches!

God, I embarrass myself.

I just really hate a lot of people I went to school with. Be on my side though. They were total assholes.

I'm almost 38.

I'm more than halfway through the career marathon.  LOL.

Well. In that case, I will support you by hating them.

Joining linkedin was not a wise move, was it?

[dojo]

I don't like that either. And on a more shallow note, I don't like it when they looked good back then and still look good today. Jerks.

[snipsnsnails]

We took a financial planning course with new couple friends/acquaintances several years ago. When we were going around saying what we hoped to get out of the class, they said they were there because they owed $80,000 in back taxes and was hoping to not have that happen again. Ummmmm. That's what we thought in our minds at the time. Three years later, he sold a software application to a large tech firm for $52million.

[aprilsails]

I just don't pay attention to anything on LinkedIn since no one I went to school with is in my specific field anyway.

However, the committee chair for engineering frosh week events from first year went straight into an MBA and then magicked herself into being some kind of dotcom guru after creating and selling an online coupon company (What? She took civil engineering!) and is now going to be on a major national television show. She had fantastic people skills, and a family with $$$, and obviously made excellent connections. I'm just annoyed because she wasn't a terribly good student in university and I helped get her through a few first year classes. All of our joint friends share her shit all over facebook. Humph.

[MrsAxilla]

I get great satisfaction when people I hate fail. A guy I hated from law school wasn't allowed to sit for the bar. Whatever the problem was, he eventually cleared it up and passed....fifteen years later. Man, what a nightmare it must have been to study for that!! Now, he practices family law in a tiny practice founded and managed by recent Cooley grads. Good for him!!

[sparkythelawyer]

The little shit that made my life a living hell in grade school went on to West Point and is some sort of military hotshot now.

I still want to puke on her shoes.

[pantsparty]

It's especially disappointing because I feel like just my active dislike should have the power of holding them back in life.

[itsme]

I feel like I messed up somewhere when I see people pull ahead. I have one friend/former friend (we don't talk much anymore) who somehow worked her magic and her career has taken off. We started in the same place yet she made things happen that I could not. I attribute this to her pushy manner.

[Saint Monica]

@misoangry - just b/c linkd or whatever site on the internet says they are "successful" doesn't mean it's true. Didn;t you post about another lawyer that made shit up on her resume or the linked?

also

you are also successful. I could see being pissed if you were like homelessandjobless or something.

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Mar 30, 2015 14:57:43 GMT -5 Saint Monica said:

@misoangry - just b/c linkd or whatever site on the internet says they are "successful" doesn't mean it's true. Didn;t you post about another lawyer that made shit up on her resume or the linked?

also

you are also successful. I could see being pissed if you were like homelessandjobless or something.

I don't think people lie about their actual positions at large companies.

My stupid co-worker lied about her cases.

I am a peon in comparison.  LOL.

[meganew]

The good thing about going into teaching is that everyone I graduated with is struggling, including the people I didn't like!

So there!

[Saint Monica]

Mar 30, 2015 14:59:00 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Mar 30, 2015 14:57:43 GMT -5 Saint Monica said:

@misoangry - just b/c linkd or whatever site on the internet says they are "successful" doesn't mean it's true. Didn;t you post about another lawyer that made shit up on her resume or the linked?

also

you are also successful. I could see being pissed if you were like homelessandjobless or something.

I don't think people lie about their actual positions at large companies.

My stupid co-worker lied about her cases.

I am a peon in comparison.  LOL.

People lie.  About stuff that can be verified online and via resumes.  It is amazing to learn which entities do not fact/verify transcripts.

also

lol

news.yahoo.com/authorities-woman-posed-lawyer-almost-became-partner-181454622.html

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Mar 30, 2015 15:01:19 GMT -5 Saint Monica said:

Mar 30, 2015 14:59:00 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

I don't think people lie about their actual positions at large companies.

My stupid co-worker lied about her cases.

I am a peon in comparison.  LOL.

People lie.  About stuff that can be verified online and via resumes.  It is amazing to learn which entities do not fact/verify transcripts.

also

lol

news.yahoo.com/authorities-woman-posed-lawyer-almost-became-partner-181454622.html

LOL.  Suits!

I appreciate that you're trying to make me feel better, but they're not lying.  Really.

[Deleted]

They hired an intern around the same time I got hired. I thought we were friends till I realized that she only called me or hung out with me when she need something from me. She is extremely charismatic and gorgeous. She had no trouble making friends which helped her make management within 5 years of graduating, whereas I was still in the same position 6 years later. With the O&G industry doing bad, I recently found out that she had been demoted to a trainee position. That was a huge fall, and now I don't feel that bad.

[elleblue]

This thread is a bummer because it's reminding me of the horrible people I've known who are successful in spite of not really deserving that success. lol

I can't hate on the truly talented though, no matter how much I may dislike them.

[pitta12]

One of my favorite uses of LinkedIn is to look up some of the assholes I used to work with to see if they are still coasting along trading on their connections or if life finally caught up to them somehow. So far it's about 50/50.

[frannyr]

Most of my contacts are former or current co-workers, not people from school. I never even think to look them up.

Is there a way to view a profile without it showing up that you viewed that person's profile? I don't want to become premium but I don't know if you can view anonymously without.

[FishChicks]

Just remind yourself that they're still colossal assholes, and the higher up they get, the harder it's going to hurt them when their asshole-ishness catches up and they fall.

[papie]

Mar 30, 2015 13:11:23 GMT -5 @misoangry said:

Mar 30, 2015 13:09:42 GMT -5 sequins said:

I just remind myself that it's a marathon and not a race. I was counted out for the last few years but guess who's back, bitches!

God, I embarrass myself.

I just really hate a lot of people I went to school with. Be on my side though. They were total assholes.

I'm almost 38.

I'm more than halfway through the career marathon.  LOL.

That's a depressing though. 

(we are the same age.  except I like to see it as just over 37)