Things that feel cringe (until they start working):
- Posting on LinkedIn (until a stranger DMs you with a life changing opportunity)
- Cold DMs (until one turns into your biggest client)
- Filming yourself in public (until the video gets a million views)
- Hosting your first event (until 100 people show up)
- Speaking on stage (until someone tells you your talk changed their mind)
- Starting a newsletter (until it pays your rent)
- Introducing yourself to strangers (until one becomes your cofounder)
- Asking for referrals (until half your business comes from them)
- Pitching your friends on your startup (until one of them invests)
- Asking for a raise (until you get it)
Cringe is the entry price (most people never pay it)
I really don’t like folks posting nonsense like “30K-70K per month” while hiring, you’re clearly looking for someone who knows to do the job, the difference between the 2 numbers is not even negotiable.
Doing this to attract prospects and then asking them to work for 30K because that’s the base pay is bollocks
@saurhbh personally despise slop even if it looks like a cinematic masterpiece, in my case if I don’t provide some more value that AI can’t, some clients might replace me with it but again if you wanna be obvious about it looking like it was made with AI then fine