Hi all,
Just a few days ago i've completed the millionaire fastlane . The book was for me for 90% a acknowledge that I should have made difficult and risky choices earlier. But as for more people, you have to be ready to make these choices. Your situation at home has to be ready.
I'm a very successful IT expert, mostly specialized in Azure, programming and architecting solutions in all kinda tech languages. Yet, just 5 months ago I have made my last day as an employee and I'm never going back. I worked 11 years for the same company, made a lots of promotions and the board promised me the CTO role after the sitting CTO would retire. Also would I receive shares so I would be a true member of the business. But then there comes the CENTS commandments around the corner. For the sake of simplicity, ignore the fact that I was an employee and could not speak about control. But yet, the business owners decided to sell the company. In just 1 day (the day that they informed me) all promises have gone through the sink. No CTO role, no shares, just more and more new promises so that I would not leave. Well, here I am.
After the announcement it still took me 3 years to make the 'hard' decision to leave. Not because I thought there were still opportunities within the company but because I knew that my departure would mean difficult times for my old colleagues. Also I've got a new baby boy that made me stay for another year. But after that, and more lies, I ran has hard as I could.
I had decided that my next step would be to start my own company. I didn't care that I did not know how to start one, I took every hour in the evening or even in the night to study. Prepare all steps towards the last day at my employee existence. So 28 December 2021 my company was born with a holding entity next to it. Yes, I could have done it without the holding but I have plans. Big plans. Leaving the slowlane!
I'm now working within my own consultancy company and have a assignment until the end of the year. This means an guaranteed income of around EUR 150K this year. True, this is not net income but I use this money to pay myself first where possible! By working in a complete other working environment and connecting with smart people I'm triggering myself again to come with business ideas, learn again so that before the end of the year I'm going to work my a$$ of for my own business with my own exit plan!
Thanks for reading and I hope my story motivates other people to think less and do more
Just a few days ago i've completed the millionaire fastlane . The book was for me for 90% a acknowledge that I should have made difficult and risky choices earlier. But as for more people, you have to be ready to make these choices. Your situation at home has to be ready.
I'm a very successful IT expert, mostly specialized in Azure, programming and architecting solutions in all kinda tech languages. Yet, just 5 months ago I have made my last day as an employee and I'm never going back. I worked 11 years for the same company, made a lots of promotions and the board promised me the CTO role after the sitting CTO would retire. Also would I receive shares so I would be a true member of the business. But then there comes the CENTS commandments around the corner. For the sake of simplicity, ignore the fact that I was an employee and could not speak about control. But yet, the business owners decided to sell the company. In just 1 day (the day that they informed me) all promises have gone through the sink. No CTO role, no shares, just more and more new promises so that I would not leave. Well, here I am.
After the announcement it still took me 3 years to make the 'hard' decision to leave. Not because I thought there were still opportunities within the company but because I knew that my departure would mean difficult times for my old colleagues. Also I've got a new baby boy that made me stay for another year. But after that, and more lies, I ran has hard as I could.
I had decided that my next step would be to start my own company. I didn't care that I did not know how to start one, I took every hour in the evening or even in the night to study. Prepare all steps towards the last day at my employee existence. So 28 December 2021 my company was born with a holding entity next to it. Yes, I could have done it without the holding but I have plans. Big plans. Leaving the slowlane!
I'm now working within my own consultancy company and have a assignment until the end of the year. This means an guaranteed income of around EUR 150K this year. True, this is not net income but I use this money to pay myself first where possible! By working in a complete other working environment and connecting with smart people I'm triggering myself again to come with business ideas, learn again so that before the end of the year I'm going to work my a$$ of for my own business with my own exit plan!
Thanks for reading and I hope my story motivates other people to think less and do more
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