Someone who can sit across from another person and actually talk is ahead of 95% of corporate America.
If you have a technical skill + salesmanship you can basically live in an entirely different dimension than most people.
You’re an expert financial modeler and can talk to another human for an hour over coffee or drinks?
Then start a little finance/strategy business where you charge SMBs $2-5k/month for some scope of work. Get 2-4 clients.
There’s anywhere from $50K to $250K annual revenue for you. 90% margin since it’s just you / your systems. Maybe occasional 1099 you bring in for something.
Why would you work for a company in this case?
You don’t like “chasing” clients? Doing receivables?
Oh…
But you do like HR bs, corporate babble, performative humiliation rituals, getting fired, etc?
There’s no safety anywhere, so why aren’t you just building your own castle?
Jun 17, 2026 · 3:48 PM UTC
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I once worked a large deal with a horde of consultants across a handful of firms.
Multiple workstreams, endless calls. And every person on them was a zombie. Reading the slides, going through the motions, double clicking and circling back.
It was a special circle of hell.
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But on this engagement, when the client would dial in five minutes late and find me mid-conversation with people I'd never met, it floored him every time.
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He pulled me aside and said 'man, I want you on these calls. This is what we want'.
If you've ever worked on a deal you'll know this type of rapport and goodwill is what actually gets deals to the finish line
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