Your Career Might Fire You! Go Remote Now!
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I'd be giving up my career. Maybe, yeah. I'd be giving up my career. Maybe, yeah. Maybe your career is going to give you Maybe your career is going to give you Maybe your career is going to give you up in a year or two. Go remote, try up in a year or two. Go remote, try up in a year or two. Go remote, try freelance, try consulting. Maybe your freelance, try consulting. Maybe your freelance, try consulting. Maybe your career is not as secure as you've career is not as secure as you've career is not as secure as you've imagined to be anyways, and you're only imagined to be anyways, and you're only imagined to be anyways, and you're only realizing it now. What about my realizing it now. What about my realizing it now. What about my retirement savings back home, my 401k, retirement savings back home, my 401k, retirement savings back home, my 401k, my RSP? Well, they don't disappear. They my RSP? Well, they don't disappear. They my RSP? Well, they don't disappear. They keep compounding. You might not be keep compounding. You might not be keep compounding. You might not be allowed to add to them if you're not allowed to add to them if you're not allowed to add to them if you're not paying taxes anymore, but you're adding paying taxes anymore, but you're adding paying taxes anymore, but you're adding a second track that works faster, a second track that works faster, a second track that works faster, parallel. You hear the bugs? parallel. You hear the bugs? parallel. You hear the bugs? I'm not good with technology or I'm not good with technology or I'm not good with technology or business. Fine, neither was I. I've business. Fine, neither was I. I've business. Fine, neither was I. I've never sold anything. Sure, the learning never sold anything. Sure, the learning never sold anything. Sure, the learning curve is real to transition to online, curve is real to transition to online, curve is real to transition to online, but you need at least one income stream but you need at least one income stream but you need at least one income stream that works remotely to do this. Minimum that works remotely to do this. Minimum that works remotely to do this. Minimum one. Multiple is better. It seems risky. one. Multiple is better. It seems risky. one. Multiple is better. It seems risky. Sure, it is, but staying on the path Sure, it is, but staying on the path Sure, it is, but staying on the path that's fully dependent from an employer, that's fully dependent from an employer, that's fully dependent from an employer, from geography, from currency, from any from geography, from currency, from any from geography, from currency, from any one job market being re-rewritten by AI, one job market being re-rewritten by AI, one job market being re-rewritten by AI, to me right now that feels less risky. to me right now that feels less risky. to me right now that feels less risky. So, less goes in both directions, right? So, less goes in both directions, right? So, less goes in both directions, right? Risk goes both ways. And you actually Risk goes both ways. And you actually Risk goes both ways. And you actually control it anyways.
Summary
The main theme is reassessing career security by embracing remote work options like freelancing or consulting. Key subjects include the potential instability of traditional careers due to factors like AI and the continuity of retirement savings like 401ks and RSPs. The practical takeaway is that building a remote income stream, even with a learning curve, is less risky than remaining solely dependent on a geographically bound employer in an evolving job market.