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Hey,
Here's my progress thread. I had been looking forward to writing it for a long time now. I will journal here about my journey from graduation to fastlane business, applying the principles outlined in TMF . In order to take pressures off my own shoulders, I will only talk about what I have done, and the next step I need to take.
Context
I graduated in June 2020. In September 2020, I came to Poland for holidays, loved it, found a job and decided to stay. I will start my very first "real job" (I have been working student jobs since I was 16) in October in an international company here in Poland. My salary is slightly above Polish average, but nowhere near what I would make in Belgium (about 900€ /month). This is the bottom of the bottom, a job that will enable me to pay for rent, food and the gym, which is, comparably to the rest of the world, actually quite good!
Is it idiotic to go work in the former Communist block while everyone is moving west for "better living conditions"?
I know it is weird, but I'm actually much happier to be making so little money (about 5.75€/hour) compared to what I would have made in my home country. At least here, if I do something wrong, embarrass myself, make a big mistake or even get fired (that happened before), I will not feel stressed or pressured because I can always go home. Had I been handed a very big job with a very big salary, I would have been much more stressed about the idea of potentially losing it. This therefore takes all the pressure off my shoulders, and I feel freer.
The other thing is that I have much more value in Poland than I did in my home country, because literally no one makes the conscious decision to choose to make a 900€ salary instead of 1500€ . Belgium being a country with very good living conditions, everyone wants to go there, which increases competition: while I had to compete with the French, German, Dutch, Greeks, Spanish, Polish, Lithuanians, Bulgarians and well, other Belgians for unpaid internships and slowlane jobs in Brussels, I compete with legit no one in Poland. My skills and background are rare, and I can offer that to people. Even one of these big accounting firms which wouldn't dare consider my resume for an internship in Brussels, offered me an interview for a job in Poland. It's nice to feel desired (btw, if you really really really want to work for a company in your home country but you can't, go to a country where people make less money and where that company is also established. It will suddenly be much easier.)
While my sister called my moving here idiotic, here's what I believe: if you want to build a fastlane business, whether you make 900€ or 1500€ now does not matter because the slowlane will not make you rich anyway. A slowlane job's function is to pay for food, health and shelter. I guess time will tell whether this statement is right or not.
The first step: the foundational job
The first step on a fastlane road is the foundational job. Checked. Now, I need to develop specialized labor to increase my worth/hour. I intend to teach the languages that I know, for about 10€ /hour, which will be significantly better than my hourly wage at my job. The more students I can get at once, the more money I can make (until I teach an entire class?). That money will pay for the next step, the development of a specialized skill. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Once I find my first student, I will write it here.
Best,
M.
Here's my progress thread. I had been looking forward to writing it for a long time now. I will journal here about my journey from graduation to fastlane business, applying the principles outlined in TMF . In order to take pressures off my own shoulders, I will only talk about what I have done, and the next step I need to take.
Context
I graduated in June 2020. In September 2020, I came to Poland for holidays, loved it, found a job and decided to stay. I will start my very first "real job" (I have been working student jobs since I was 16) in October in an international company here in Poland. My salary is slightly above Polish average, but nowhere near what I would make in Belgium (about 900€ /month). This is the bottom of the bottom, a job that will enable me to pay for rent, food and the gym, which is, comparably to the rest of the world, actually quite good!
Is it idiotic to go work in the former Communist block while everyone is moving west for "better living conditions"?
I know it is weird, but I'm actually much happier to be making so little money (about 5.75€/hour) compared to what I would have made in my home country. At least here, if I do something wrong, embarrass myself, make a big mistake or even get fired (that happened before), I will not feel stressed or pressured because I can always go home. Had I been handed a very big job with a very big salary, I would have been much more stressed about the idea of potentially losing it. This therefore takes all the pressure off my shoulders, and I feel freer.
The other thing is that I have much more value in Poland than I did in my home country, because literally no one makes the conscious decision to choose to make a 900€ salary instead of 1500€ . Belgium being a country with very good living conditions, everyone wants to go there, which increases competition: while I had to compete with the French, German, Dutch, Greeks, Spanish, Polish, Lithuanians, Bulgarians and well, other Belgians for unpaid internships and slowlane jobs in Brussels, I compete with legit no one in Poland. My skills and background are rare, and I can offer that to people. Even one of these big accounting firms which wouldn't dare consider my resume for an internship in Brussels, offered me an interview for a job in Poland. It's nice to feel desired (btw, if you really really really want to work for a company in your home country but you can't, go to a country where people make less money and where that company is also established. It will suddenly be much easier.)
While my sister called my moving here idiotic, here's what I believe: if you want to build a fastlane business, whether you make 900€ or 1500€ now does not matter because the slowlane will not make you rich anyway. A slowlane job's function is to pay for food, health and shelter. I guess time will tell whether this statement is right or not.
The first step: the foundational job
The first step on a fastlane road is the foundational job. Checked. Now, I need to develop specialized labor to increase my worth/hour. I intend to teach the languages that I know, for about 10€ /hour, which will be significantly better than my hourly wage at my job. The more students I can get at once, the more money I can make (until I teach an entire class?). That money will pay for the next step, the development of a specialized skill. But let's not get ahead of ourselves. Once I find my first student, I will write it here.
Best,
M.
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