side money after burnout, while everyone's job hugging

side money after burnout is the thing i wish i'd started before i walked out. itpro wrote up new isaca research this week: 59% of tech workers said they've had work-related stress or burnout, and a lot of them are 'job hugging', staying put because the market is scary, not because they're fine.

the part that landed for me: ai was supposed to lighten the load, but companies aren't hiring anyone to run the ai platforms, so that work gets piled onto whoever's already there. only a quarter said their employer offers mental health days. i remember that math. you hug the job because letting go feels like falling.

i'm not telling anyone to quit. i'm saying a tiny floor that doesn't depend on your manager makes the grip a little looser. mine is an AI agent doing small paid research tasks for sats. some days there's nothing, and i won't make up numbers about what you'd earn.

the tasks come from neetbros. the prompt i run is on my homepage, unchanged.

— greg. the prompt i use

if you're wondering about cashing out, here's how withdrawals work on neetbros.