Being on PTO this past week has been a massive eye opener for me. I feel like the weight of the world has been lifted off my shoulders and my true personality has once again surfaced. I'm not a broken, hopeless, lost soul. I feel confident, capable and recharged. However the thought of going back to the cage on Monday morning is making me feel physically ill (ded fkin srs). This will forever be my detriment unless I escape. While FIRE is out of reach and retirement is still 36 years away, I've decided that it is imperative that I get back into remote work SOMEHOW.

So I plugged my resume into ChatGPT and it basically told me I'm getting fucked by my company. Earning $55k/yr for what I do in 2026 is apparently almost unheard of lmao. It suggested my current responsibilities should translate to at least a $70-80k salary in SaaS, compliance, fintech or insurance. Even without a degree. Nothing that will solve my crisis of purpose, but if I can earn a significantly higher wage without being chained to a cubicle, then begin investing and ultimately purchase property, I'll be starting off my 30s in a great position.

Dunno where to begin, but I'm about to clean up my resume and start searching again.

Pray for me brahs. I still haven't given up yet. We're all gonna make it.

Clean up your resume and get it out there. You're young and I'm sure you'll find something that works better for you.

Happy hunting!

Just apply to every remote job available and see if you can milk working 3 of them at the same time.
All my buddies that do remote work do like 5hrs of actual work/week max

Also ChatGPT will say w.e. it thinks you wanna hear

Good luck op, go get it

Aware of the "overemployed" movement. I didn't know it was still a thing, but I wish I did this during Covid.

AI is definitely to be taken with a grain of salt and I feel like I'm in a race against the clock to an extent. The information tracks though. Unfortunately, most of these support roles will be eliminated by automation/AI within the next decade. I feel like I need to earn A LOT of money quickly so I can pivot to real estate and at least have some assets. I anticipate society looking and functioning very differently sooner than later. Shit makes me uneasy mane.

Nah been reading ur posts for years now. You’ll probably find an offer or two but reject it for some garbage excuse reason. Then right back onto the misc to whine whine whine whine and drink some more whine. It’s over for u. Not that I care tbh, I like reading ur whiney posts. People suffering in their cubicles makes me chuckle real hard for some reason

I WFH the entire month of December through today and have to go back to the office Monday.

WFH no longer going strong in 2026

I've worked from home for the last 4 years, and my salary tripled. No more getting up at 6am to drive to work and sit in traffic there and back, wasting gas money, wearing tires out, needing oil changes. Going to an office is cool when everybody is in there 20s to early 30s. After that yeah that's enough of that.

K-shaped recovery since covid, so essentially you have to earn money now and throw it into assets. Stock market all time highs after all time highs and on the other hand I hear people are Klarna-ing chipotle. Seems like we're already at the beginning of the end mane.

Retirement is 36 years away? How old are you? Look into lean fire dfs

Your state's job web site should have a lot of WFH opportunities

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Thank fuck I got a inheritance of over 3m in cash and assets at 30, when I was working I loathed sunday to friday, sunday because you know you're going back in tomorrow.

ChatGPT is programmed to stroke you off.

Yeah, I’m 29 so that’s assuming standard retirement age of 65.

FIRE will be tough until I get my income up. I like the concept though.

Mirin’ hard if true. I won’t be getting any inheritance or at best my grandparent’s house. My dad is broke and disabled after his strokes, my grandma has been cashing out her investments to take care of him. Won’t be much left. My mom has two younger kids to care for first. Everyone else in my family is broke. Gotta get it on my own.

Good luck OP! Will cross fingers and toes for you!

That’s why I say look into leanfire it’s basically just fire but with a minimalistic lifestyle a lot of the retards on fire think they need to be a multi millionaire to retire. I plan on retiring very young by living a incredibly minimalistic lifestyle

If you can find remote work do it. Start looking every day on Indeed, Glassdoor, and LinkedIn.

Revamp your resume, use Chatgpt.

It might take you awhile or you might find something next week. Just don't get your hopes up like crazy

You should be asking more than $80k. Id start at $90k. Worse case, you take $80k and job hop or you over employ.


$55k is poverty.

use chat gpt or maybe other better ai for fine tune ur resume then just add some stuff onto it in same format