<prompt> Human: Hello all. I am a 27 year old currently working in commercial real estate as a leasing agent for my company who is primarily an ownerdeveloper of commercial office buildings. I am currently paid a base salary of 40kyear commissions on leasing activity, which should come out to be roughly 20k NET by the end of the year. Lately Ive been running into friends at certain life events weddings, funerals, etc. and for whatever reason our financial lives are brought up in these conversations. It seems as though everyone my age is earning significantly more than I am. I am truly not one to keep up with the Joness but I cant help but notice that people of equal intelligence, drive, ambition, etc. are earning more than I am. Has anyone else ever felt like this at one point in their lives? If so, how have you dealt with it? Thanks!tl;dr - I am 27 years old and feel like my peers are earning more than me.  <response>: Sampling bias. For better or worse, the people who are successful or at least think they are are a lot more likely to bring it up than those who arent. 