Millennial Boss and FIRE Drill podcaster, J talks about becoming a creator, career hacking, and salary negotiation, alongside pursuing FI, side hustles, and a growing podcast.
- What challenges did J face when she graduated college without many job options?
- How did J become a creator, instead of a joiner?
- What moment gave J the motivation to change her life?
- What type of job did J first land, while also teaching at the library and managing a study-abroad blog?
- How did J change her resume to reflect what she wanted to do, to ultimately land an internship with the USOC.
- “Sometimes it’s more important where you work, not what you get paid.”
- How did J use her previous experience to over-perform at internship with the USOC?
- When J decided to pivot toward the tech industry, what did she take into consideration?
- J earned her master’s degree: would she do that again?
- What is a hackathon, and how did a hackathon lead to a job offer from Facebook?
- Did seeking out networking opportunities come natural to J?
- What is an affinity group?
- What gave J the confidence to ask for a huge pay increase when applying for a job?
- Four indicators that you have the power to negotiate your salary:
- You’re very qualified
- The business is very interested in hiring you
- You don’t need the job
- You’re not asking for that much more
- J uses Glassdoor to research market-value salaries, or building relationships with someone how has that information.
- Is it likely that someone will get a big pay increase while working in the same roll?
- How can someone get on a recruiting list for tech companies?
- Is coding know-how required to compete in a hackathon?
- When and why did J adopt the FI mindset?
- What did J cut from her spending when she jumped into FI?
- How does having multiple sources of income help J with her job satisfaction?
- Why does J consider herself to be a highly efficient person?
- How did J create remote opportunities within her job, to help alleviate some difficulties in her current job?
- What is an “abundance mentality”, and how does J apply that to her finances?
Listen to Brad and Jonathan explore these concepts further here.
Links:
Mr. Money Mustache: The Shockingly Simple Path Behind Early Retirement
