$60K Salary Isn't Livable Anymore: The Side Hustle Revolution
Description:
Is the traditional 9-to-5 dead? With AI making entrepreneurship more accessible than ever, George and Soham explore why young people are abandoning corporate careers for side hustles and startups - even when the odds are stacked against them.
What We Cover:
- Why quiet quitting became a thing (and it's not about the money)
- The $60K median salary reality: Why corporate jobs don't cover cost of living anymore
- How AI became everyone's co-founder: ChatGPT as your business partner
- George's brutal honesty: "I've hit rock bottom 5 times" - the real cost of entrepreneurship
- Why university culture pushes everyone toward Google/Meta instead of startups
- The complacency trap: How corporate jobs kill your risk appetite over time
- Stock options vs salary: Why skin in the game changes everything
- China's 24/7 work culture vs Western work-life balance: Who's winning?
- The knowledge layer: Why reading books and learning compounds matter more than ever
- From legal docs to accounting: How AI eliminates traditional startup barriers
Key Insight:
We're living through a perfect storm - rising costs, AI democratizing business creation, and corporate jobs offering less fulfillment than ever.
The stars have aligned for the biggest entrepreneurship wave in decades.
We're living through a perfect storm - rising costs, AI democratizing business creation, and corporate jobs offering less fulfillment than ever.
The stars have aligned for the biggest entrepreneurship wave in decades.
Bottom Line:
Whether you stay corporate or go entrepreneurial, the key is building your knowledge layer and maintaining agency. AI can be your co-founder, but you still need to make the decisions that matter.
Whether you stay corporate or go entrepreneurial, the key is building your knowledge layer and maintaining agency. AI can be your co-founder, but you still need to make the decisions that matter.
Perfect for anyone feeling stuck in corporate life, considering a side hustle, or wondering if they should take the entrepreneurial leap. Sometimes the biggest risk is staying comfortable.
