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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
National
Maitreyee Thakkar

‘I was crying almost every night’: Woman quit her $180K tech job despite living the American dream, here’s why

For many immigrants, the dream is clear: earn a degree, land a high-paying job, support your family, and build a comfortable life abroad. But what happens when you achieve all of those goals and still feel unhappy?

That question is at the heart of a viral post shared on X by user Primzy, a Nigerian woman who says she walked away from a lucrative technology career in the United States after realizing that the life she had worked so hard to build was making her miserable.

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