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T-7 Days Before Leaving My Software Job
@nelsonxlee
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Why it worked
The video taps into a common aspiration and fear: leaving a stable, well-paying job to pursue something more meaningful, especially in one's 20s. The creator's vulnerability and promise to document the entire, unfiltered journey create intrigue and relatability, encouraging viewers to follow along.
Summary
The creator announces they are quitting their Big Tech software job at Shopify in 7 days with no job offer or backup plan. They intend to document the entire process, sharing the good and bad weeks, to show what it looks like to leave a stable job and pursue something more.
Structure
- 1Announcing resignation from Big Tech job in 7 days
- 2Acknowledging the difficult job market and lack of backup plan
- 3Expressing the feeling of time slipping away in their 20s
- 4Describing the Sunday night dread of looking at a calendar
- 5Stating the intention to document the journey of leaving a stable job
- 6Showing the good, bad, and difficult weeks of the transition
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Shopify (mentioned as the employer being left)
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T-7 Days Before Leaving My Software Job
It's T minus 7 days from
when I quit my Big Tech
software job at Shopify,
I have no job offer lined up.
And no backup plan.
And I know the job
market is brutal right now.
But I can't escape the
feeling that my 20s
are slipping away.
You know it's the Sunday
your laptop and you look at
your calendar for the week
and feel absolutely nothing.
Then you do it again
next week and then the
next year, and the version
of you that had ideas and
a dream and a passion and
a grand vision for your
life slowly disappears.
So I'm not trying to tell
you to quit your job.
Most people shouldn't.
But I am gonna document
every single part of
when someone does
leave their well-paid
cushy, Big Tech job.
I will show you the good
weeks, the bad weeks,
and the weeks where
I want to crawl back.
Because I think a lot
of us want to do MORE with our
lives
I believe a lot of us want
to DO MORE with our
lives
of people my age are
sitting on that same
feeling and just wanna
see if someone makes
it out on the other side.
T minus 7 days.
HERE WE GO!
Original caption
7 days until I quit my software job at Shopify with no plan. Documenting the whole thing. #quit9to5 #bigtech
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