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[–] menemen@lemmy.world 93 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The guilt that "you could have done more with your life", despite being a successful engineer with a happy family.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 52 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

"Gurtaj is a principle software engineer at Google you know! You used to be the same grade in school. What happened?"

"Dad, I'm running a multimillion dollar startup right now"

"Tsk tsk"

[–] Lepsea@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago

"with all that million dollar you still can't be a doctor, did you know your nephew could play violins blindfolded while performing a surgery when he was still 3 years old. What a disappointment"

[–] TechieDamien@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile,

"Osrs is running a multimilion dollar startup you know! You used to be the same grade at school. What happened?"

"Dad, I'm a principle software engineer at Google right now!"

"Tsk tsk"

[–] Dkarma@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Dude...fuck...are you me?