(this is not ragebait, i promise, just read til the end) The "employment" concept is having its last decade. Salary alone can't make anyone work hard anymore. Tiny startups run by founders outcompete employee-run businesses. AI replaces junior/average work, while top talent freelances, productizes skills, or starts a business. All recent notable hires were - acquihires (Bun, Windsurf, Lemon Squeezy, and more) - bribe-hires (Marc paying huge signing bonuses to get people to join) The critics are gonna say, "but everyone can't be a businessman.." Well, go back to the early years of IG/YT. Only professionals were making videos and creating social media content. Today, half of the working population is doing blogging and other types of content creation. I think in the old days, "business" meant "i'm planning to raise money, build a unicorn, go for IPO...". But today the definition has changed. People would rather prefer making $30k/mo with their own biz instead of being employed. Just because it feels better and you get 100x more respect from society. E.g. when you go to a party and say "i work as .... in faang.." nobody really cares about you from that moment and on. But if you run a business that's barely making a living, people are interested. So the future key human KPI wll be this: "Be interesting". There are many ways to achieve it, but entrepreneurship will be one of the most popular. Long story short: no matter what you do, try your shots at building a business. Do it as a side gig, on weekends. Maybe it's not for you, fine, but give it a try, dont take risks, keep your job, just use your spare time. thx for coming to my ted talk.