Corporate Careers vs Content Creation
A little insight
I don't miss my old corporate life a single bit
Teams' ringtone alone is enough to give me the creeps.
My girlfriend still works in corporate tech.
And she’s lucky to have:
Great tech stack
Smart colleagues
Flexible WFH
But her calendar? Way too many calls.
I remember those days:
Half a dozen invites you can't decline
Ten faces in boxes, each taking turns to "go around the room"
Little real work most of the week
My schedule today
Coaching calls: ~2 per week, 1-on-1, 45 min each
The rest: deep work or life
That's it.
Any call with >2 people is high risk of time waste.
Ten people? Guaranteed zoom-out.
It's no wonder the internet is obsessed with "escape the rat race" content.
People don't necessarily want to be founders or influencers, they just want agency over their own time.
We don't all need to quit and start companies.
But maybe employers could start providing more flexible and modern work environments :)
I wish to contribute to making it easier to work for good companies
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High-paying companies
That prioritise output over nonsense (for instance, in my last job at Oracle Zurich, I had very little meetings - maybe a few hours per week)
Many of them allowing WFH, sometimes fully-remotely
Being a content creator and entrepreneur has its own challenges
One is that I've swapped "endless meetings" for having to regularly post content.
I chose this path because writing and tinkering with ideas on LinkedIn/Substack feels fun for me (most days).
But there is a pressure to keep the feed warm, even when I'd rather be 100% offline.
Here's how I'm handling it:
1. Lower baseline stress
I design normal weeks to be calm - so vacations don't have to serve as triage for burnout.
2. "Maintenance mode" trips
When I travel, I do quick morning check-ins (platform OK? coaching clients OK?) and skip the heavy lifts.
3. Lightweight posts
When I’m travelling or working on other things, I publish more relaxed updates written on the fly.
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