1 year after layoff, did I go back to corporate?

It’s been almost a year since I got let go, and I’ve just been back on job interviews. Getting grilled across the table made me ask myself: what for? Do I go back to trading my time for money, or keep building something of my own? I’m sitting by the harbour in Hong Kong for an honest brain dump. I talk about losing momentum on this channel, the comparison trap, and what AI is doing to jobs. I also get into why I think you need to prepare now (invest in hard assets, save aggressively, budget) and the community I want to build, where we learn about money from each other. Are you working through the same thing, a job or building your own? Tell me in the comments 👇 0:00 Intro & back on the channel 0:50 Losing momentum 1:09 The comparison trap 2:06 Job interviews (in Cantonese) 3:45 Trading time for money? 4:50 Why I don’t want the corporate path 5:32 AI and the future of jobs 6:56 Prepare yourself: invest, save, budget 7:39 The community I want to build 9:00 Why I’m doubling down on YouTube 11:07 Don’t be a corporate slave Follow along on Instagram: @brian.invests #personalfinance #hongkong #laidoff #corporatelife #investing