update: DS/DE/DA roles 520k/yr, 4js for 3mons, 3js for 1 yr... peaceful
Hey folks, I'm a lightweight and currently two beers in and I just wanted to share a positive update. already saved 95k this year basically.
DS, DS, DA, DE (gov contract)or. Those are my roles in order of j1-j4. 5-6YOE, my own LLC on my resume as of the last 3 years. Area is in a/b testing, experimentation, recommenders (minor), pricing, and (Starting for J4) Agentic AI (meme-grade tier). I'm a total knucklehead delivering the minimum, submitting algos for BS patents, and otherwise thriving. I'm at my desk for 60 hours/week, working roughly 50-54 hrs/week, and it's great. Worth every ounce of stress.
I got really lucky. The DA work is like 5-15 hrs/week, the DE work is like 5hrs/wk (thanks uncle sam contracting). It's great. Everyone is happy and I'm getting 2-5% bumps a year.
I highly recommend getting your friends to OE that are in your field. It changed my life to be able to get recommendations and ins at known ezpz jobs.
Currently working to do a startup for a hobby I have. Some college dropout doorknobs already got 1.6m in investment lined up (preseed). They just need someone to prove out their BS idea. I already told them it's wrong and what the best next-steps are to at least achieve buy-in for preseed round, looking to greener pastures gang, not to be that guy pipe-dreaming but I'd like that idea to be successful, it's at least aligned with the hobby-coding I do for myself to improve my money's ability to make itself multiply.
happy to take dms. Most of the content I've written on this sub is about how to hide your experience in an LLC you own + how to use a reverse recruiter to go out and apply for jobs. I got a great connection in pakistan that applies for jobs like $50/week or something, cant remember the exact details. I'm two beers in.
I'm spending my money on my family to enable them to do trips they only dreamed of doing. I come from a poor family with generational poverty (mountain rednecks kind of story, although cutesy and sweet), and I'm taking them on a lovely trip starting next week Wednesday. What a time to be alive folks.
Cheerio