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Up until 2024, these videos used to bum me out. Born and raised in Baltimore with a crazy upbringing from a broke family of high school dropouts. I joined the military to escape the toxic environment and before 2024, the highest I had earned was about $45k/year in a dead end retail management job. After knocking out some online degrees, I now work remotely in my first data analytics role making $93k/year plus a coaching side hustle that brings me up to $121k/year. And our household is now at $191k/year for me and my wife. If I can do it then anyone can.

That’s exactly why I got out of the shampoo game and became a cardiologist!

Just saw on Facebook that a local guy I went to high school with bought a 2022 really nice Corvette. My immediate thought was that he went into huge debt, but the guy does own his own HVAC company so now I'm wondering if he could have paid for it outright.

Is that a 14" or 16" MacBook Pro?

Pure commercial. This guest is promoting his business lol

Focus on aquiring assets. If you need a high salary to achieve that, go ahead, but a high salary shouldn't be your ultimate goal. My salary is below average but my passive income makes my total income far above average. And I get to have a relatively low stress job because I don't need a high salary anymore.

stop comparing your self to other and live your life. It not how much you make it how much you keep

Would have liked this data if it was based on median instead of average. Median paints a better picture of where most people are

We live in Flora Illinois where homes cost around $70,000 and jobs pay between 20-25/ hour. We live very well on what we make. I drive a concrete truck and my wife drives a school bus.

It would make sense that the highest earners today are millennials. They’re into tech and their parents “boomers” still stressed education. Those that actually did are the highest earners now.

But you have to be the guy on wall Street to afford the plumber.

What skills should one learn to be on pace or ahead of this ever evolving workforce?

The arrogance of thinking they know more than an actual professor teaching, not saying that paying 200k is worth it but don't go to Bethel and learn on your own

Great analysis, thank you! Just a quick off-topic question: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How can I transfer them to Binance?

Uhh.... the salary expectations question throws me for a loop because prospective employers often post the salary the position pays... in the job posting. Secondly, who uses LinkedIn anymore?????????

If you are not an idiot and you are not lazy you will have enough of a nest egg that you don't care what the reason is. The only reason you need is you don't want to

Around the 35:30 mark he says layoffs the last two years have been impersonal. That has been going on well over a decade. I think the 2008 recession made things permanently bad for the employee.

WHY NOT QUIT FOR THOSE REASONS??

Thanks Ken. Real talk. I'm self examining myself ahead of 2025. Glad you are in my proximity.

ok so 99% are applying to jobs NOT within their own company or using leveraging their in-house network--but, guys, what if that 99% doesn't have a choice but to go to the job boards? What if we do not already have direct contact with someone in the job we are hiring for. Some of us can not leverage our network because we simply don't have one so we have to do the whole conventional job board thing! It's kind of gaslighting and nearsighted to state that not acknowledge that this is simply not the opportune reality for most candidates.

OK. I'll just stay at a job where I'm unhappy, until the day I spaz out on somebody and get fired.

There's a lot of money, employment and power for selfish people to seek in new employment tech. They will gaslight you or outright lie and encourage you to give away unnecessary personal information.

54:40 Losing a job is much worse than losing a loved one. Add the total loss of trust in future employers. No loyalty from Employers = None from me.

Applicants without any matching skills are likely meeting their application quota for unemployment.

I knew my husband was going to get fired and he was in complete denial. I was right. He could have spent 6 months finding a new job, instead we’re scrambling because he refused to see the writing on the wall.

First sign - Donald Trump elected President.

omfg, just deliver your message, don't word smith for half an hour a message that can be delivered in 2 minutes.

Very interesting

Free Lance = Gig work and the pay will be shit compared to full time salary with benefits. If everyone is a digital marketing wizard than no one is.

Most white collar jobs are bs and don’t add value to customer products and services. Most of the value can be automated with excel macros or simple web tools. Corporations are figuring this out.

My layout came from someone else's manager, and my manager didn't know until I asked her about it.

lmao "it is time to have a strategic alignment of your bone"

Truth: We have made the decision to lay you off and hire an Indian national at 1/2 the wage to lower our operating costs, while H-1B, L-1 and H-4 Visas are freely available with little oversight. DOL and USCIS will not validate the accuracy of our LCA or will they verify we have looked for a US Citizen, as required. Rather we will sponsor an Indian, who will most likely tied to our organization for the next 6 years. You will get a severance but will never work here again. Somehow, I don't think the truth will work.

They are speaking to the stock owners, not you nor the employees. These statements work perfectly fine for the audience! You're not the audience jack ! There is no softening of the blow of the your fired moment!

Thanks for the forecast! A bit off-topic, but I wanted to ask: My OKX wallet holds some USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How should I go about transferring them to Binance?

So the secret is giving you money and selling more books for you? How about you send me a link to book and assessment for free. If it gets me hired I’ll him back and be a success story. See audience this is called accountability. Most people online speak in abstract theoretical ways that lead to building their brands. Let’s see if Ken will put action to his words.

Well, sometimes the company does not telegraph the next move. One day they're discussing keeping the employee as a high-valued asset, a month later that person gets laid off with ten days notice. The company execs just want to utilize their human assets as long as they can.

Market sucks

But why not?

Corporate America and propaganda shit wait if you want too

I’m in a similar situation. I’m not sure what I would like to do next. I do feel like it is time to move on. I’ve always just worked jobs and never really thought more about what I’m good at or interested in due to the fact of most of my working life has been spent on the production floor. Then about 5 years ago, moved on to the office 8-5 life bc I thought it was the right move for my family - work life balance.

I think it’s the same people who calculate that unemployment is in the 4s, that calculated Harris was going to win the presidency in early November.

The Fed has been facing their decisions on bad government.Job numbers that are about to get updated , which will be a shark to the system

We've been in a cooling job market for well over a year

Corporate culture is narcissistic and old...

This is huge. Thanks Ken

This is a fantastic dialog of the current state of the job market and hiring practices. Thank you!

Entry-level jobs are outsourced overseas, and those foreigners will have experience. After they gain experience, firms want to bring to the USA and get well-paid jobs while Americans drive Uber to pay bills. I was looking for internships, and recruiters are asking why I don’t have Experience, and it’s just my second year at the university. 😂 All entry-level Jobs are fake, and entities post fake jobs to appear financially successful.

Who you know? Not always.

I watched this entire 32 minute video hoping that you would address your actual title of this video. You did not. All you did was give examples of outliers being able to recontextualize and reinvent themselves and don’t let firing limit you. This has nothing to do with being fired in 2024. I just lost my job and after 30 minutes of listening all I got from this was day 1 cry and tell those you trust day 2 have some fun day 3 tell everyone and get back to work. That’s all I got from this. In fact, my comment on this video is more constructive than 30 minutes of your talk. You have a responsibility to address important topics with care. You have a very elevated voice due to your stature you should take this seriously. People are profoundly struggling and don’t need someone to drone on and on.