If someone were to observe me at the current job they would probably think I fall into one of these categories but like I know exactly what we need to build (since I did it at my old job) and have spent two weeks trying to get people to agree that my view is correct.
So I could either waste 80 hours spinning my wheels on useless presentations or like 10 hours lazily attending meetings w/ camera off this week to get to the same exact place i.e. doing what I thought should happen two weeks ago
I'm 38.
At this point of my life/career, I have so many friends working corporate W2 jobs making $200-400K/year (mostly in NYC/NJ/PA corridor) who just don't actually work that much.
One friend makes $250K as a manager at a biotech... all he does is send pictures of his chicken coop or other DIY projects all day during the week.. no idea what value he actually provides his company.
Then there's my "jiggler" friend who you might recall... guy makes $250-300K and just plugs a "mouse jiggler" into his laptop and just goes to the gym, homeschools his kids, tans, does yard work... all day. I ask him what he does and he can't even articulate it...
Another friend makes $150K at a remote startup and just travels around the world all the time... don't ask don't tell situation on where people are at any given time... but does seemingly little actual work.. maybe 1 hour a day.
This is truly what's going on out there... BS W2 jobs all over the place. And AI is a bubble?
Really?