Egregoros

Idk what to do boys. I bitch constantly about painting, but customers keep showing up, keep referring me, and keep giving me more work...

Internally I hate painting. But externally I focus on customers, do the stupid shit like clean up after myself, double check everything, am easy to work with, etc.

Like the townhome i'm doing. This lady called three other painters. Every single one of them bounced and just ghosted the client. Like it's so easy to not be a fuck up in this business and they just throw work at you.

But i hate it...


what do???


P.S I have no other opportunities to earn income and my tax obligations cost more than any w2 I qualify for (the last 10 years of my resume is being a contractor and the last 8 is running my own business, so any corporate job gets sus over that).

STOOPID

It's the stupidest fucking complaint. "Oh, my business works and people keep calling me" but idk, i just never wanted to do this as a career.

@Tony @subnetter the market was oversaturated back when I was last looking for one and that was before gpt 3 came out and the models are only getting more powerful (imo amplifying the output of skilled programmers who leverage them but that's neither here nor there), further reducing the number of asses in seats you need, on top of the preexisting glut of cs grads with a few years' experience (hi mom).
I almost got back in ~a year ago but that didn't work out (my fault) and I may never be able to get back in except by extreme and unfair amounts of good luck because of what happened and my long period of being out of the game except as basically a hobby, which, while not worthless, doesn't look as good as if I spent the last half a decade plus bouncing around the startup scene.
I'm finally making enough to make a decent living despite all that but I'd rather go back if I could. I have spent too long on the outside looking in atp to not even blink at retarded work cultures and environments. Working on your ass instead of busting it is worth it (to a point anyway).