#gen-z-careers

#gen-z-careers

"This is absolutely a rare window for young workers because the demand is real, funded, and seemingly long-term," Fraser Patterson, CEO of Skillit, stated. "These are not speculative jobs. They are tied to multi-decade investment cycles, and they offer a path to strong earnings, skill development, and stability without requiring a traditional four-year degree."

O'Hagan has a 401K, healthcare benefits, PTO, and a six-figure salary (she declined to specify per her NDA but said it was between $150,000 and $250,000). That's not to mention other perks like meals cooked by a private chef, her own "nanny wardrobe," access to personal chauffeurs, and trotting the globe via private jet. "My orthopedic medical sales job could never compete," she says.

"I would make something with AI that that team is probably not using or doing. I would send it to everybody on that team and I'd say, 'look, I built this for you, and I doubt you have this, and if you hire me, I will build more of it,' Rogier says. 'That will get every hiring manager to respond to the email and want to talk to you. "It'll be so far ahead of what their internal teams are built, they'll be like, holy shit, I need that on my team,' he adds."