We’re rapidly heading toward a future where many of our traditional full-time jobs may no longer exist. We all know it’s happening - we see the cliff ahead, we talk about it, we’re even afraid of it - yet we keep accelerating toward it.

The institution (think companies, investors, and the market) is fueling that momentum, pressuring us to make AI smarter, faster, and cheaper. But instead of pushing back for the sake of our own well-being and survival, we’re very much playing along.

So now comes the time where you have to start thinking about your future career. And consider whether traditional full-time role is still the best bet.

Most people still equate full-time jobs with stability, which makes sense - they’ve been the default for so long. But that stability? It’s an illusion. If recent waves of layoffs did not yet shatter this belief, it will as more and more companies will experience product-market fit collapse, and your full-time job could disappear before you even see it coming.

And it will get even worse as the new open roles will begin to dry up - just look at Shopify: they’ve already made it a requirement that any new role must be justified by proving AI can’t do it first.

So when people say solopreneurship is risky, I have to disagree. Building a diversified business around your skills is actually the most secure way to work. You own your skills, your reputation, and your distribution. That, to me, is security.

Because the ultimate career flex isn’t chasing titles, building someone else’s dream, or flying first class to off-sites. It’s having career optionality - being in a position where full-time roles are just one of many ways to work, not the only way, and definitely not a requirement.

Everyone, and I mean everyone, should be putting their 'ceo' hat on and begin evolving their career with optionality in mind: a system that gives you leverage, protects your independence, and keeps your skills relevant, no matter how fast the world changes.