I wasted 5 years of my life because I didn't know about TRP when I entered the workforce. I studied computer science and worked as an intern for a local bank maintaining their website. I got to know from my colleague that the company had financial issues (they missed paying her salary for a few months already).

Set out to look for a new job. The economy was tough back then, so I had a hard time finding a job. My dad died of a stroke when I was in Uni so I had to get a job urgently to support my mom. Long story short I settled for a job in sales even though I wasn't interested in business or marketing at all.

I figured what the hell, as long as there's income coming in, I'll just work there for a few months while I keep looking for a "proper" IT job on the side. The month turn to two months and three and the next thing I know I'd had stayed on for 5 years at that job. I had applied myself to the job and became quite good at it. And I kinda enjoyed being around salespeople. They have this energetic, positive vibe to them that I don't see in people from more technical backgrounds.

Anyway, in my first year at my job I knocked it out of the park so to speak. I destroyed my sales target and became THE TOP salesperson in the company that year. They sent me to enjoy a 5star, all-expenses paid holiday trip to Vietnam. I made more money than I ever saw in my life. Things were good. And then I made my huge mistake.

I was LOYAL.

I was BP and loyalty is a masculine trait that has no place in the current workforce today. The current workforce is very gynocentric.

I stuck with the company through thick and thin. The year after I was awarded best salesperson, the company announced that it was coming up with a new product pipeline and had to cut costs. Where was the cuts to be made? Our salaries of course. We won't be getting our yearly raises that year. And as it turned out, not the year after that either.

I stayed on anyway, hamstering to myself that I still have a lot to learn in the job with this company blah-blah-blah.

And how did the company reward my loyalty? By increasing my sales target to ridiculous numbers. And when they had to reshuffle the areas because we lost one of our main tenders, I got the shittiest areas but my targets stayed sky-high.

Meanwhile, my female co-workers didn't give a shit. The moment they announced the salary increase was to be frozen, the women quit in droves. They were jumping from job to job and getting all manners of pay increases and benefits. They were even boastful and proud about it, belittling me for my "loyalty". I didn't know it then, but they were right.

They would also play up their sexuality at work. Some would outright fuck higher-ups and even clients to get ahead. A lot of them recruited middle management to be their orbiters and got lower sales targets, better accounts etc. And even then they won't do their jobs properly.

It was a shit show. One girl who's a HB7/8 at best got promoted to a role she had zero experience in, even though there were at least 2 dudes who were way more qualified than her. Last year the director who promoted her admitted he made a mistake and even started trash talking her with us over beer (me and the director are still close friends and we've both since left the company). That's BP for "I tried to use my position to get in her pants but the bitch played me and won't put out".

Women in the workforce backstab almost daily. They deal in secrets, lies and most of all they are experts at pretending to know things but then dodging responsibility at the first sign of trouble.

I could go on and on, but it'll just be another bitter rant. To all you younger men out there, please be an expert in covering your ass in the workplace.

1- Always put everything in emails. EVERYTHING. This is a must. They WILL dodge responsibility and you WILL have to cover their ass because your boss has become their orbiter and will take instructions from them.

2- NEVER cover their asses for any situation. It'll start with really small stuff and it'll escalate quickly. Always find a way to excuse yourself from the situation. Don't be the guy who covers for them when they fuck up. 99% of the time, they won't return the favour.

3- Fuck loyalty. Don't end up like the whores, but learn the game enough so you don't get played. At the same time work on something on the side so you can one day be free from the corporate world.

4- If you have a woman as your boss, update your resume and start looking. It never ends well.

If I knew what I know today, I could've made at least twice as much money as I did these past five years. I hope some of you reading this could avoid the mistakes I made. All the best.

EDIT: I keep a copy of everything I write on my blog