$50k jobs:
- 5 interviews
- take home assignment
- background check and drug test
$100k jobs:
- 2 interviews
- tour of the office
- “welcome to the company!”
Interesting..
I apply to a job.
I get rejected.
I cry.
lol
Rohan invested $400k for 25% in Poppi.
Poppi sold for $2B to Pepsi.
He made ~$500M from *ONE* deal.
Jesus.
Hiring in 2021:
- 50% raise
- fully remote
- “please join us”
Hiring in 2025:
- 10% pay cut
- 5 days in office
- “take it or leave it”
:(
A police officer in San Francisco makes $830k/yr.
Whoa.
I live on $20,000 per year.
- I drive a used car
- I live with a roommate
- I don’t buy new clothes
Am I too frugal?
I applied to a job with a 40% pay cut.
I got rejected today.
Whoa.
I’m 30 and I:
- rent an apartment
- live with a roommate
- drive a 100,000 mile car
I don’t live an exciting life.
And I am OK with it 🙂.
List of layoffs:
BP - 7.7k employees
IRS - 45k employees
HP - 2.5k employees
Chevron - 9k employees
Blue Origin - 1k employees
Estée Lauder - 7k employees
Unemployment: 4.1%.
I don’t know, man.
I applied to 100 jobs since I got laid off.
I got:
- 98 no replies
- 1 rejection
- 1 ghosting
I don’t know what to say..
What I spent in February:
- $800 rent
- $250 food
- $150 YouTube
- $25 tea
- $25 gas
- $20 laundry
Total: $1,270
What do you think?
I have been unemployed for 3 months now.
I feel unsure, uncertain, and unsafe without an income.
Please don’t quit your job. Life is not a joke.
Only 22M Americans are millionaires and 220M of them are on Damus.
I bought:
- designer clothes
- custom sunglasses
- and vintage wine bottles before
I still managed to save $650,000 by 29.
What luxury items are worth the money?
A 9-5 gives income, benefits, and stability.
A business gives stress, risk, and uncertainty.
“i CaN’t WoRk A 9-5”.
I got laid off in November.
I decided to be a full time YouTuber.
I question every single day if I’ll be successful and I question if I’m throwing my life away when I could get a job and build wealth from it.
I see my friends getting promotions left and right.
I have no idea what I’m doing with my life.
What I spent in January:
- $800 rent
- $765 car insurance
- $300 groceries
- $110 tea
- $35 gas
How did I do? 😅
Tech revenue per employee:
Onlyfans: $31M/employee
Craigslist: $14M/employee
Netflix: $2.6M/employee
Apple: $2.4M/employee
Meta: $2M/employee
Google: $1.7M/employee
Microsoft: $1.1M/employee
Wow.
My income in my 20s:
20: $16/hr
21: $52.5k/yr
22: $86k/yr
23: $105k/yr
24: $138k/yr
25: $107k/yr
26: $117k/yr
27: $175k/yr
28: $175k/yr
29: $170k/yr
How did I do?
I decided to do a no buy year in 2025.
1. I will cook food
2. I will not buy books
3. I will not treat myself
4. I will not pay full price
5. I will not buy electronics
6. I will not buy decorations
7. I will cancel subscriptions
8. I will only buy again if I run out of it
Did I miss anything?