No, if I’m between real jobs, I do whatever other sorts of work needed to pay my bills. I have worked with plenty of high skilled people who did just as I described though, immigrants, Americans, etc. they earn twice a European salary for two years, then get laid off in a downturn or quit and spend a year doing dumb shit and net out ahead anyway.
By the time you’re making $~400k, which is what you’d need to be doing what you describe, you’re not doing skilled work any more, you’re in executive management.
Is that what you do between jobs? Woodworking and starting a successful YouTube career?
Most people burn through savings and turn to credit cards to survive between jobs, but I’m glad it’s working out for you buddy.
No, if I’m between real jobs, I do whatever other sorts of work needed to pay my bills. I have worked with plenty of high skilled people who did just as I described though, immigrants, Americans, etc. they earn twice a European salary for two years, then get laid off in a downturn or quit and spend a year doing dumb shit and net out ahead anyway.
I guess life is different for high skilled workers living the real American way.
By the time you’re making $~400k, which is what you’d need to be doing what you describe, you’re not doing skilled work any more, you’re in executive management.
You can do it with $200k if your family has money