Has anyone here came to acknowledge their non-STEM neighbours (living in European apartment complex) to be too curious for their own good and after reaching/gaining a STEM degree?
Since my completion and doing my home office work I have overheard talk of my neighbours asking themselves how much I make and what I do as a living. Some even staying up late to figure out why my light is burning in my living space area at 3am. Aggressively trying to gander what I am doing. Is this just non-STEM jealousy? I have even heard the word "arrogant" fly around.
My neighbours are janitors, gardeners, cashiers... let's say people who didnt put in enough effort and are now in their mid to late 40s. I have this feeling they don't really understand the difference between arrogance and ambition, because i presume they never had an ambitious fiber in their entire body.
While I was studying they spread around how unfair it was I was granted a scholarship and was able to afford my own apartment.