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Daniel Vassallo (ex-Amazon) has a community full of people who have left or are wanting to leave tech. Several have been successful in creating info-products, courses, coaching, fl…

I’ve used several pathways and got great results. Created several product prototypes of an ML model to see if there was a customer base and business opportunity for it. Ended up wi…

I’ve had 7 careers (art teacher, financial advisor, owned an insurance brokerage, marketing director, intrapreneur, product manager, and a venture lead/interim CEO at an AI venture…

I’ve hit rock bottom a few times in my life. Once I was food insecure and another I was on short term disability for burnout. My latest period of strife is due to a traumatic death…

When I got laid off for the third time, I decided not to go back. We sold everything (house, rental property, cars, business) to have more freedom. I took a bunch of courses, tried…

Why - I got laid off from a job I absolutely loved. I loved my team, the project, the company. I felt like I found my calling, building software with AI to provide immediate benefi…

Sounds like you might need more information on both of your options. It might help to write and respond to: What are all of the ways I can stay motivated and productive while livin…

What does “being managed out” mean/look like?

This isn’t answering your question, but I thought worth mentioning based on the concerns in the comments. One way to know if you might be getting laid off is when your 1:1s stop ha…

This isn’t advice that was given to me but something I wanted for myself that changed my life. Advice: Figure out how to exercise for the sake of exercise In the past I exercised f…

Learn how to ask great questions in a way that generative. This will help you catch issues early. To do this pay attention to people asking great questions that are well received a…

Aligning your activities with the company mission is great advice. “bosses will give you tasks which are about furthering their career” This is obvious but hadn’t occurred to me

I spent last month trying as many things as possible to see what was most desirable. Best paying ended up being trading time for money. In order of most money made: • workshops • c…

Interesting question. I’ve felt lost most of my life but haven’t consciously thought of trying to overcome the feeling itself. Lately I’ve been looking at humans and animals as all…

Questions Are the Answer by Hal Gregersen When you’re stuck or your team is stuck, do what he calls a “question burst” to ideate all the questions that need to be asked. It’s so si…

It’s an experiment. Many people are trying to figure out a way to make a living that doesn’t require giving our time away to someone else. As much as I’m sharing ideas, I’m looking…

Thank you. I’m happy to share more information. It’s a framework that’s been developing organically tying in my work/life experience and masters research. There are 3 ways people g…

After getting laid off for the third time I decided I had enough of building other people’s dreams. I was going to go out on my own. The problem was I didn’t know what to build. Af…

I joined a group called Portfolio of Small Bets by Daniel Vassallo. It’s an online community in Discord full of people doing all kinds of projects. The majority are devs. There are…

There’s that saying, “a healthy man wants a thousand things, a sick man only one.” I burnt out so badly I was on short term disability for 3 months. If your health is declining, it…

That sounds amazing! Congratulations Do you still want to be a data engineer? I wouldn’t let HR “requirements” stop me. There must be a way. 5+ year DEs once had 0 experience

I started in finance and got into tech. Was a product manager. After my last lay off I decided not to go back to being employed. I’m creating info products (ebooks, online courses,…

The fastest way to leapfrog your career is move to a new challenge every 12-18 months. The moment you’re stagnant, leave. You can be in a challenging environment at one company, bu…

I’m living it now but didn’t realize it until recently. It’s easy to focus on what we don’t have and want something else. I came to this realization when I kept getting everything …