Seems like a trade + honesty + can run a business as an IC/MBA hybrid, you’ll clean up and have a good or very lucrative career. Especially as billing peers cos

Seems like a trade + honesty + can run a business as an IC/MBA hybrid, you’ll clean up and have a good or very lucrative career. Especially as billing peers cost of living. Probably a big caveat exists for businesses that get into contract bidding, as that’s different. There’s 1x old plumber in my town who does honest and on time work and he’s a spry 70 year old. And charges a hefty but honest hourly rate given the service. There’s no plumbers behind him. Whenever Ive thought I might not make it in tech, a trade and running a business on it was the backup plan. *edit the nuances I’ve seen that are worth mentioning is if you’re not in that owner/operator role, the work can get bad. Know enough friends who: - slipped in a construction site moonlighting a demolition job and now limping and can’t afford a doctor. - Electricians who got their in around a strict union hierarchy but also zapped themselves pretty bad early on.