Most people leave a job in a reactive moment — bad boss, bad quarter, bad Tuesday. Brian pulls out his old tech-sales discovery playbook and runs it on Carl's decision to go independent: what was the real pain, what did ownership actually promise, and what had to be true before the leap made sense?
In this episode:
- Why one bad day isn't a signal — and Carl's six-month "annoyance inventory" that is
- The two sides of ownership: equity (and what watching a $12B acquisition without any taught Carl) and controlling the whole solution end to end
- "Artificial friction" — the approval layers that exist for no technical reason, and what disappears when you leave
- The runway math: nest egg, a spouse's stable income, and how the calculus changes if you're the sole breadwinner
- Getting over the resume-gap fear and what people will think
- Why frustration only fuels the fire for a little while — you need a specific picture of success to keep going
Plus: a cross-country drive, a weighted-vest bait and switch from Costco, and marketing automation that skips the small talk.
New episodes every Tuesday.
What is My 24/7?
My 24/7 is a show about what happens when you leave the safety of a tech career to build something of your own. Hosts Brian Ng and Carl share the unfiltered lessons — money, mindset, mistakes — from making the leap into entrepreneurship, one week at a time.