Adrian Shiel delivers a first-person account of climbing the corporate ladder — including living in the U.S. for five years and serving as a product manager leading a large team — while describing that despite high pay, bonuses, company car, and business travel perks he was deeply unhappy and felt unfulfilled, often struggling to get out of bed on Mondays.
Questions this video answers
Five years.
Product manager leading a large team.
Whole man academy. I did what everyone thought they're supposed to do. I built a career. You know, I had ambitions. I wanted to do well. I actually had the opportunity to move to the U.S. i lived in the U.S. for five years, and, you know, I just kept climbing the ladder, basically. And I got to a position. I was actually a product manager. A big team of people working for me. I had this great job, really well paid, you know, great bonus, bonuses, company BMW, you know, fly everywhere business class, all that kind of stuff. And I was miserable. I was absolutely miserable. I would wake up on a Monday morning and just struggle to get out of bed because I couldn't face the drudgery of the week ahead. And I felt guilty as well, because I got this job that people coveted. You know, other people were envious of me, and everyone was like, your job. You know, I want your job. Your job's so good. It's so easy. And it was for me. It was easy. I could do it, my eyes closed. But it was. It was awful because I was just so unfulfilled, you know, I just knew I was supposed to be doing something else.
