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by readonthegoapp 1084 days ago
no advice in particular that you should listen to except that every year over 35 prob counts against you - market seems pretty bad right now, too, but i'm not sure how bad - might just be me. in either case, 6 months looking might be optimistic, esp if you hope to land a job at or near the same level - whether pm, sr pm, etc. and that might be no matter your particular skillset, desired IT position, experience, etc. we're a few months out from the layoffs, so maybe things start easing a bit now, but who knows.

i'm finally being pushed into trying to go from wantrepreneur to entrepreneur - it's not working out for me (yet?), but it's def exhilirating. and i still have this feeling that as soon as i do it, i'll be like 'FUCK!' -- as in, why didn't i do this x years ago? i, like a lot of people, have tried to try, but not _really_.

my particular view on life is, as an americano/whitey/male/etc., i have literally 1Mx more opportunity, thus responsibility, to do good/important shit than the literally billions of other people who do _not_ enjoy what i do, so that's a driver to me to actually try to do something useful/meaningful w/ my time on earth.

but it's also just selfish - i want it - i don't think humans were made to take orders from a dictator, and it's a/the reason i've always had problems with having my own personal dictator - whoever happened to be my boss.

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That's awesome that you're moving to real deal entrepreneur. I relate a lot to what you said. I'm not male but otherwise do have a crap ton of privilege in my life. And beyond that, like you said, I want it too (it being, business success, to make an impact, to be financially independent). Good luck and if you're open to sharing I'm curious what your business is and how you're starting it.