u/Different_Biscotti_7

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It feels like everyone I know has either been laid off or is stuck in jobs where they’re overworked, exploited, and underpaid.

I’ve been applying for the past six months, and while there are openings, a lot of them are fully in-person roles paying $55k–$75k… in major cities. They’re also asking for years of experience, degrees, and a long list of responsibilities that are probably like 2–3 jobs combined.

Everyone I know has been affected by the mass layoffs: White people, tech nerds, people with multiple degrees, and especially Black women.

Meanwhile, I live in Manhattan, where the cheapest one-bedroom I can find is around $3,000. They don't care about us, and I'm tired of pretending that everything is ok.

It’s hard not to feel like something is fundamentally broken. Inflation is insane, wages aren’t keeping pace, and it feels like everyone I know is suffering. Meanwhile, they are building ballrooms, not paying taxes, and spending billions bombing people in other countries.

I’m a freelance event coordinator trying to make it work, but it’s exhausting. I know I’m not the only one feeling this way. Send me companies that are offering shitty wages. I can create an Excel sheet of the companies hq or the CEOs' addresses, we bring tomatoes and protest. They don't deserve to live comfortable lives while they suck us dry.

It feels like everyone I know has either been laid off or is stuck in jobs where they’re overworked, exploited, and underpaid.

I’ve been applying for the past six months, and while there are openings, a lot of them are fully in-person roles paying $55k–$75k… in major cities. They’re also asking for years of experience, degrees, and a long list of responsibilities that are probably like 2–3 jobs combined.

Everyone I know has been affected by the mass layoffs: White people, tech nerds, people with multiple degrees, and especially Black women.

Meanwhile, I live in Manhattan, where the cheapest one-bedroom I can find is around $3,000. They don't care about us, and I'm tired of pretending that everything is ok.

It’s hard not to feel like something is fundamentally broken. Inflation is insane, wages aren’t keeping pace, and it feels like everyone I know is suffering. Meanwhile, they are building ballrooms, not paying taxes, and spending billions bombing people in other countries.

I’m a freelance event coordinator trying to make it work, but it’s exhausting. I know I’m not the only one feeling this way. Send me companies that are offering shitty wages. I can create an Excel sheet of the companies hq or the CEOs' addresses, we bring tomatoes and protest. They don't deserve to live comfortable lives while they suck us dry.

It feels like everyone I know has either been laid off or is stuck in jobs where they’re overworked, exploited, and underpaid.

I’ve been applying for the past six months, and while there are openings, a lot of them are fully in-person roles paying $55k–$75k… in major cities. They’re also asking for years of experience, degrees, and a long list of responsibilities that are probably like 2–3 jobs combined.

Everyone I know has been affected by the mass layoffs: White people, tech nerds, people with multiple degrees, and especially Black women.

Meanwhile, I live in Manhattan, where the cheapest one-bedroom I can find is around $3,000. They don't care about us, and I'm tired of pretending that everything is ok.

It’s hard not to feel like something is fundamentally broken. Inflation is insane, wages aren’t keeping pace, and it feels like everyone I know is suffering. Meanwhile, they are building ballrooms, not paying taxes, and spending billions bombing people in other countries.

I’m a freelance event coordinator trying to make it work, but it’s exhausting. I know I’m not the only one feeling this way. Send me companies that are offering shitty wages. I can create an Excel sheet of the companies hq or the CEOs' addresses, we bring tomatoes and protest. They don't deserve to live comfortable lives while they suck us dry.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot and wanted to see if anyone relates or has figured this out.

I have pretty intense ADHD, and for a long time it felt like a curse. I’d come up with great ideas constantly, but had zero follow-through. It was frustrating to feel creative but not effective.

Lately, things have shifted. Medication has helped a lot, and I’ve also built real execution skills through working as an assistant and learning project management. So now I can follow through — but I’m currently underemployed and mostly doing side gigs.

What I’m realizing is that my brain naturally operates in ideas. I connect dots really fast, see opportunities, and come up with concepts that feel… viable? Not just random thoughts.

Example:
My best friend is an amazing cook (trained chef), and her husband works at Costco and also has restaurant experience. I immediately thought — why aren’t you guys running a high-end meal prep service for busy/wealthy families? Like a premium, consistent, beautifully packaged weekly drop-off situation. That feels like a real business to me.

But here’s my question:
Is there a way to make a career out of being the “ideas person”?

I don’t mean in a vague way — I mean actually structuring it into something real:

• Do people get paid to come up with business concepts and hand them off?
• Is this basically consulting? Creative direction? Something else?
• Or is the reality that you have to be the one executing to capture any value?

I’m trying to figure out if this is:

1. A legitimate lane I can lean into
2. Or just a piece of a bigger role (like founder, strategist, etc.)

Would love to hear from anyone who’s wired similarly or has turned this into something sustainable.