52% of Gen Z is already freelancing, more than half a generation is choosing to bet on themselves. It is the most self-reliant workforce built in decades, but people keep mistaking a broken job market for a broken generation.
If you're going to take the big career risk, do it between 22 and 25.
Not because you'll magically be braver then. Because that's the last window before marriage, kids, and real responsibility make the same risk cost ten times more.
Advice for people in tech.
> Keep an emergency fund of 9-12 months with you
> Avoid taking loans, unless necessary
> Upskill post job hours, in weekend, whenever you can
> Take the job that comes your way if pay is decent
> Be interview ready as much as possible
> Ask for work, if you feel you aren't contributing enuf
Consider yourself lucky if you a job, tough times for people who haven't upskilled much in last few years.
Apply for jobs, apply for scholarships, apply to further your studies. Go to the interviews, complete the assessments, do it for the plot. Opportunities favor those in motion.
Musafir Cafe is easily one of the best series I’ve watched in a long time. Beautifully written, deeply emotional and painfully real. Biggest takeaway: sacrifice your dreams for the person you love and you’ll end up losing both. Very romantic. Terrible risk management.
I think one of the most heartfelt experiences in life is discovering that someone genuinely enjoys your presence. Not what you provide, Not your accomplishments. Just you, your thoughts, your energy, your existence.