Nerds Need Love Too

The dirty little secret of why we shame high achievers and how it threatens us all.

Kayus Fernander
The Shadow
Published in
9 min readApr 22, 2021

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Photo by Salem Ochidi on Unsplash

Laura: “Where did you get the money for this?”

Steve Urkel: “From my stay-away fund. Every year, my relatives send me money in hopes that I won’t visit them.”

When I was a kid, I got called Steve Urkel at least once.

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Kayus Fernander
The Shadow

I love teaching people about money, using my mistakes as what not to do. I want to help 1,000 people get one step closer to better personal finances!