u/Lalmb123

Like the title says, I was born into poverty in the U.S. I’m posting this here because I couldn’t find a better place to write this.

I grew up homeless for several years with a single parent, was on food stamps, and moved around several times and never had a real sense of community.

Now I'm in my late 20s and have slowly worked my way up a corporate sales job. I had to turn back on my dreams growing up for a while because it was more important for me to find stability. Now that I'm here, I can't relate to my peers at all.

Most people have come from families with vacation homes and timeshares. They've been out to nice restaurants, have traveled internationally, and go on golfing trips. This is so outside my world, and I find myself feeling bitter and resentful. And these new friends and colleagues of mine have no way to relate to my upbringing. If anything, it's just made me feel more lonely and bitter and resentful.

As I'm in my late 20s, several of them are still supported by their parents, whether it's in terms of housing, furnishing their apartments or houses, or putting down payments on property. For me, everything that I earn comes from myself. And it has made it really, really seemingly hard to get ahead.

Recently, I've just become more resentful. I truly believed that once I became a working professional, the world would be an even playing field, and I would bear the fruits of my labor, and everything would be the same. But the reality has been quite the opposite. Instead, I'm watching my peers still reap the rewards of their upbringings just because they were born into a higher social class than me.

I still feel myself fighting the habits and internal beliefs that came with growing up in poverty and the harsh environment that came with it. I'm not really quite sure what to do, but I thought posting this here would be a good first step.

Has anyone else navigated this transition before? How has it changed you? Has it gotten any easier? And what advice would you have?

Does anyone here use a home concierge service? If so, was it worth it?

My wife and I (30s) recently bought our first home. I’m the first person in my family to own a home and I’m pretty exhausted with how much money I’ve put into this thing. But the time is what’s really getting me.

We both travel quite a bit for work and trying to manage everything feels impossible. The previous owners had routine law maintenance, cleaners, laundry service, etc.

I’ve gotten several emails from companies offering what seems like concierge or property management services. Some look like scams but a few seem legit and I’m on the fence.

To clarify, they would manage all vendors for the house, run personal appointments if needed, and keep up with warranties/service on roof, gutters, appliance etc

We’d have a single point of contact there who we would manage all of this through - e.g. they would tell us about upcoming services coming up for the next month or several months and handle any interactions with maintenance and vendors

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Looking for some honest perspective here.

What are sales managers thinking when evaluating external AEs vs bringing on new hires?

For context, I’m a top performing sdr at a well known public tech company - consistent 150+% attainment, leading discoveries, shadowing other reps, and goods visibility across the org.

What do they need from me to feel confident bringing me on?