This is the way to go-

Even if it’s advertised hybrid, call the bluff and ask which says the team is coming in in person-

Look for side hustles- airbnb, turo, spacer; spinlistee are all ways to make your existing assets for you. I used to rent a 2 bedroom house and rent both rooms on airbnb, that’s how I saved up enough down payment for my first house at 3.5%. I bought an expensive car and made over $20k renting it in Turo in the first two years.

And now I have.3 jobs, one is 2 Wednesdays a month, and the other is hybrid but only going in as needed because the other team also doesn’t go in every week—- for the 2 days but only on important meetings. I outsource one job to a student at $20/hr and still make over $15k a month just by doing the two jobs that I have, working about 25-35 hours a week: I’m amenable to outsource cooking and cleaning and pay $25-30/he for help so that I can have a life- make time with my kids and do my workouts etc.

I’m on a path to early retirement (coastfire)by 45 thanks to this hustle culture.

This is the time to hustle and don’t let anyone tell you to follow the straightforward path, question everything- do something and ask forgiveness later, I see a lot of people like to do things by the book- it certainly doesn’t help them, cos they are back at 20/hr where I am making $70/hr by lying on my resume saying I know something I know a smattering off, I make an interview script that I read from during my interviews and then study on the job. People can’t fathom the idea of lying on the resume, of lying in an interview, you best believe they are not making $350k a year and are wondering why their boot camp didn’t give them the promised jobs.

You need to give the recruiters and companies what they want to hear, and sell them the product (you) with confidence. They don’t want a goody two shoes. They want someone that can get the job done.

At one point I was doing 4 simultaneous jobs (short term contracts) I just said yes to every single recruiter than called me, put anything they wanted me to, got pulled up with multiple bg checks but still made it thru with bluffing and got the project, found hacks like doing c2c contracts to reduce scrutiny , and making it work in this tough economy. You can’t fake credentials but you can fake experience and I highly suggest you do it!

Say you know coding, say you know project management, see if you can qualify for the interview, see if you can pay someone to help you do the work after hours, grow into the role instead of expecting someone to take a chance on you.

Pm billing rate is 50-64/hr , coding is even higher.

Many times I put the experience in there that they want to see, I get the job and then I’m studying it with ChatGPT or YouTube so I can speak Meaningful to and help the company with my job and presence .

It requires a large paradigm shift… and culture shift.