Wealth Awakening
My Coworker Got Certified and a 40% Raise in Six Months—I Lost NT$1 Million and My Job in the Same Six Months
Ah-Ming, a 32-year-old office worker, watched his colleague Xiao Jing land an international certification held by fewer than 100 people in Taiwan and a 40% raise in half a year—while in that same half year he lost NT$1 million through a side hustle, insider-tip stocks, and a NT$950,000 credit-loan punt, and then got laid off. Same six months, same company—why do their fates diverge so wildly? This article untangles the sweet poison of "adding one more option," the twin ropes of greed and haste, and the underlying logic that what really flips someone's life isn't luck—it's restraint.