Life as an Unemployed Creator

My Plan to Succeed in 2024

Jack Ross
4 min readFeb 7, 2024

Happy Tuesday and Welcome back to… THE JAILBREAK.

The End of a Chapter

Well… it’s finally over.

  • The last paycheck hit my account
  • My laptop has been returned
  • I’m officially unemployed

A few weeks ago VMware was acquired by Broadcom and they fired thousands of engineers, team members, and of course… Me!

My first month unemployed has been wild, to say the least.

  • Hit 1,500 subscribers on YouTube
  • Landed my first brand deal
  • Hired a team of editors
  • Paid my rent from content

Things are going great… but I’m terrified.

Not because I’m worried that my content business will fail or that I’ll have to find another job…

I’m terrified because this is the first time in 5 years that I have ZERO idea what my life will look like 12 months from now. 😟

So I’ve made a plan.

A plan to create my dream life as a full-time creator.

Here’s how I’m going to do it:

The Freedom Number

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Jack Ross

Data Engineer • YouTuber • Digital Nomad. Leveraging the internet to create a life with more freedom. 💻✍️🎥 Subscribe: www.TheJailbreak.io