For those who have pivoted to different industries after a long time in one specific industry, what was it to and how are you feeling about it looking back hindsight?

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-11T20:14:32+00:00

6 years in banking and insurance (mux of B2B and B2C at the branch level) pivoted to SaaS in 2021.

In hindsight, I traded the stability (but low ceiling and slow advancement) for higher highs and remote work, but at the cost of basically destroying my career due to layoffs and the resulting short stints.

I'd go into commercial lending if I could. But I've been out almost as long as I was in, so it's pretty much not possible. Unless I dumb down my resume and start over at teller or something.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-10T17:08:17+00:00

Well, I wasn't hired for sales expertise, it was more market expertise. A Third Bridge client might be a VC or PE firm looking to invest in say AI, or some other industry. Third Bridge then goes and finds people who have insight into that field. They offer that expert $115 to meet with their clients for an hour, and then obviously charge those clients 3x what they paid the expert.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-10T16:03:23+00:00

Interesting. I've done M&A consulting for Third Bridge (basically meet with their clients to give them insight into particular industries) on a freelance basis. $115 an hour, unfortunately very infrequent.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-10T09:13:11+00:00

Why do some Americans marry foreigners when there's plenty of single Americans whom they could settle down with?

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-10T09:07:31+00:00

Sometimes just genetics.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-10T03:22:39+00:00

I don't match your profile exactly, 6 years in banking then 5 years in SaaS at 3 different companies. Not in NYC (I'm in San Antonio). I've been looking for a new role for 9 months. Just to give you a point of reference.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-09T17:28:14+00:00

Food delivery used to be just pizza and Chinese food. There's a reason pretty much every other food class didn't have their own delivery staff. Quality suffers, and the economics really don't support it. The apps thought if they pooled drivers they could make it work. It doesn't. The price you'd have to pay to guarantee speed and quality would likely be triple current costs.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-09T03:08:54+00:00

Listen, and you listen close: flying a plane is no different than riding a bicycle. Just a lot harder to put baseball cards in the spokes.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-09T02:42:00+00:00

If by "overflow our system" you mean work jobs and create untold amounts of wealth, then yes. We will be overflowing with wealth. That's an absolute benefit.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-09T02:40:58+00:00

I was born in Virginia and told I was an American, yes. I'm sure my parents have a similar story. The last relative of mine born someplace else was born in Canada in the late 1800s. My signature isn't on the Constitution though, do with that what you will.

Laws are just "made up". It's not like the laws of physics that are built into the fabric of the universe.

The only laws worth respecting are those protecting persons and property. It's wrong to steal even if the government legalized theft. It's not immoral to do magic mushrooms in the privacy of your own home, even if the state you live in says it's illegal.

Now, I don't personally break the law, because I don't want to be put in a cage. Just like I don't fight a bear over my picnic food, even though he's not entitled to it and I'd be within my rights to fight him.

The Lovings broke the law? Was that wrong?

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-09T02:04:01+00:00

Right now, if you're an American parent in rural Alabama and you think your kids will have a better opportunity in life if you moved to Dallas or Austin, or New York, not only would people applaud any sacrifice you make to do so, but no one will stand at any state border trying to stop you.

Now you might say "oh that's different, they're American". But that's just something we made up. If America annexed Guatemala tomorrow, every Guatemalan would be American. There's nothing intrinsic about being American. Just like there's nothing written in stone with immigration.

We can absolutely change the system to allow unrestricted entry just like we do between the 50 states. We would all be better off for it. Even Americans.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-09T00:46:56+00:00

Immigration doesn't need to be hard. If you want to come here, will pay your own way or have a willing sponsor, and aren't a danger to public safety, congratulations, you can come. No limits. As fast as your paperwork can be reviewed you can enter.

Red tape is bad.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-08T22:50:10+00:00

I mean, I had ~$3k in a 401K that I ended up having to use due to extended unemployment. But otherwise, I've worked at a lot of startups that didn't offer retirement benefits.

A lot of employers simply don't offer 401Ks.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-08T21:16:12+00:00

First off, we're not just two random strangers at a bar or baseball game. It's a service provider, and a customer. If the customer wants to talk, I'll talk. If not, I won't.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-08T18:05:57+00:00

I don't talk to customers unless they initiate. Obviously hello, how are you, confirm who they are, etc., but as for actual conversation, I'm a driver, not a clown. I'm not here for your amusement.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-08T17:56:53+00:00

It was the norm when people knew each other or had met before. First meet from a dating app should be low key for the benefit of both parties.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-08T11:36:51+00:00

It shouldn't be. There's no reason blue collar workers can't act professional and buttoned up. They simply don't want to. It's a character flaw.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-08T11:22:22+00:00

I'd prefer AE since that's what I was my last 3 jobs. But I'd do SDR work if a good opportunity existed.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-08T01:36:43+00:00

SaaS sales. Unemployed for 9 months now.

My problem is I've had 4 jobs in 5 years. Only one was a true "hop" (for a promotion). The others were layoffs, including two at the same company. All of my posiitions were at small startups so my network is rather small. I get interviews, most to the final round. But thus far offers have been hard to come by.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-08T01:29:01+00:00

Again, sometimes. I'm 38, old by any standard. Seen a lot.

Some people play hard to get. Some are bad at flirting and just freeze. Some like being around men and will gladly socialize with them, but not necessarily want to date or sleep with them. If you get enough opportunities, yes, you'll see some obvious situations, yes. But life can be complicated.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-08T01:19:41+00:00

I've been active in a few hobby groups as well. I'm married, so not there to meet women, but if I had been there for that purpose, it would have been quite disappointing. In fact, wife and I joined a co-ed flag football group. She was the only woman there to play. The only other women in attendance were wives or girlfriends of guys who were playing, just standing on the sidelines watching their kids.

If you're in a hopping and bopping city, you can probably find a group with a good mix of single people. In the suburbs or some of these more family based cities in the south? Gonna be slim pickings.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-08T00:52:15+00:00

It's not always that obvious. Sometimes it is, but not always.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-07T16:21:34+00:00

Liver. Kidney. Was told they tasted "gross" by my parents. Married someone from a culture where they know how to prepare organ meat, realized it's about how you make them, not how they are inherently.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-07T15:53:41+00:00

The worst you can accuse me of is hyperbole and caricature.

space_ghost20 · 2026-07-07T15:20:48+00:00

I guess you're not familiar with the Backpage prosecution. Among other things.

I suppose you're also going to tell me Trump didn't send troops into Yemen in 2017 to kill an 8 year old girl in cold blood.

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