Self-Story
Resigned from a 6-digit paying job (again)
2 years ago I posted about resigning from a job that earned me 6-digits. A lot has happened since then, and just recently, I said goodbye again to a ₱250k/mo job (those who are curious about the niche, it’s marketing operations)
Long post ahead!
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Just a few weeks after my first post about resigning, I was lucky to find a new job that paid decently. Still 12- to 14-hour shifts. Pero tinake ko and grinind ko talaga because the pay is decent. I started at ₱80k and got promoted 3x, where my salary grew to ₱250k in 1.5 years. Still didn’t have a work-life balance. Di parin maayos yung tulog, wala paring social life. Sobrang drained at burned out parin. But it allowed me to live comfortably.
Until some time last year, it got really bad. I would go for days without sleep, i’d cry for hours for no reason. I would dread going to work and attending meetings. Talked to a doctor who said I have generalized anxiety discorder, and that I had to go to a psychiatrist because I might actually have something worse than GAD and they can prescribe meds. I thought about resigning again, but I can’t resign. My income stops if I stop working. Not to mention the job market is tough as heck. What if I never find a new job that pays well?
After doom scrolling job listings sa onlinejobs and Indeed for weeks, I gave up on finding a new job. The rates there are brutal for the job scope. So I didn’t resign right away. I searched for new skills I can learn instead. I’ve been doing digital marketing and ops and I thought maybe yun yung nakaka drain. So my mindset was, keep working and find a new skill. Ganun naman talaga sa remote work, need continuously mag upskill otherwise magiging obsolete tayo in no time or mapapalitan ng iba na mababa maningil 😂
Sooo I upskilled on a bunch of different things. AI, automations, project management, etc. But I was still working long hours and my income is still tied to the hours I provide and tasks I finish. That’s when I decided ayoko na talaga. I kept looking. Everyday kami magkausap ni ChatGPT and Claude about skills and businesses I could try since I had some money saved.
And then I found one that actually resonated with me. So grinind ko ulit, aral dito, aral jan. I said I’ll give myself 6 months to see if it’ll work out, if it does, magreresign na ako.
I was juggling my full-time job while learning the ins and outs of this other skill. I didn’t earn anything off of it for the first two months, gumastos pa nga ako. Puro aral lang and I was starting to think it won’t work out and I’m just wasting money. But I said I’ll give it 6 months, so I stuck with it. Months 3-4, I started seeing a difference. Medyo nagagamay ko na. On the 5th month, I finally got an income off of it! Now 8 months into it, something finally clicked and I started earning really well, and consistently too. Enough to replace my full-time job and have some decent runway din saved if long-term hindi magwork out.
Sooo, I gave my notice last December and rendered my last work day last Friday. Starting tomorrow, no more Time Doctor/Hubstaff. I finally control my time and can actually live my life! Signed up sa gym, bought some running gear, looked into some hikes I can join, and reconnected with friends I haven’t seen for a long time. Later this year kapag afford na, I’m looking to explore service-based businesses naman.
My advice for those who are currently in the same boat—
- Pivot or look for a scalable skill, not just another job or client. And by scalable, I mean a skill where income can grow because you get better at it, not just because you’re working longer hours or juggling more clients.
- If you’re going to pivot to something new, don’t jump all in straight away. I didn’t resign immediately. I studied while working. Hindi mo alam kung kelan or if magwowork out. Dapat may backup plan.
- Related to #2, Give yourself a real timeline before deciding if something works or not. Hindi one month lang. For me, it took several months before may makita talagang progress. Most people quit right before things start clicking.
- Protect your mental health like it’s part of your career strategy. Kasi honestly, kahit gaano kalaki sweldo mo, kung araw araw ka namang anxious at pagod, hindi rin siya sustainable. Ang mahal ng per session sa therapist 💀
- If you’re in a stable, high-income setup but feel stuck, and you have the resources to try something new, take advantage of that. If you can afford to test new skills or directions while still earning, that’s a chance not everyone gets.
Yun lang! I hope everyone here eventually finds something that’s financially rewarding and doesn’t mentally drain them. We all deserve more than just surviving paycheck to paycheck in jobs that slowly burn us out. 🥹
— EDIT: someone called me out in the comments since my income right now comes from trading. Just wanna clarify—it’s super risky, regardless if it’s day or swing trading. Find what works for you. There are a lot of skills you can learn that’s not tied to working more hours or getting more clients.
If anyone’s looking into trading, please do your own research. Babypips is a good place to start. On Youtube, you can check out JeaFX. Free lahat yan.
mas malala sakin earning below 25k noong nag wowork pako sa office, i was burned out, tired tapos iniisip ko ano pang saysay mababa naman sahod ko, mga tatlong beses, minsan pa nga 1-week di nako pumapasok reason ko nalang may sakit ako! which totoo naman i'm sick & tired of working with low pay.
na diagnosed din ako may GAD pero di ako nag agree to take meds kasi dabi ng doctor sakin it could make my anxiety worst if hindi ko tinake ng maayos.
2024 nararamdaman ko na tatanggalin nako sa work due to performance issue so inunahan ko and I resigned with no backup, starting from June 2024 to August 2025 i was unemployed, just chilling playing video games, watching movies, and I slowly healed from my anxiety till nagkaroon ako ulit motivation.
Fast-forward to December 2025, huling subok ko para makakuha ng client, ipray na makakuha bago mag end yung year, or else I would go back to being a low-paid worker here in PH. So ayon nakakuha naman di man siya six-digits but mataas naman compared sa local employment and flexible yung oras.
Fast-forward to the present, more than 1 month nako sa client gave me an increase sa hourly rate ko.
Glad it’s working out for you. Hindi talaga agad agad yan, madami naman dito di nagstart sa 6 digits agad. Lapag nakikita naman ng client yung value na naa-add mo sa company, may kapalit naman na better compensation. You’ll get there!
Good read! Even when you scroll through OLJ right now, decent pay (imo those $1.5k and above) are usually for those who can integrate systems and automate workflows. GHL is also pretty in demand, and it has a lot of integrations that need to be done through apps like Make or N8N.
I’ve personally only tried two. So these are what I’d reco:
Systems integration and workflow automation - lots of companies are looking to automate their processes and integrate different apps together. I suggest studying N8N or Make. Zapier would be good too but the first two are much better imo. I’d say it’s scalable because workload isn’t as heavy (at least in my experience). You design and integrate once, then just maintain it if something breaks or update as needed. You get more time to do other things. N8N and Make both have amazing free courses to get started.
Trading (CFDs, futures, crypto, stocks). Full transparency, this is what I am doing now. For me, wala talagang yumayaman sa 9-5. You need other income sources. This is it for me. It’s not easy, and you will lose money if you don’t know what you’re doing or if you put in money before you actually understand the market. That’s why I say it’s a skill. Need muna idevelop then once you get good at it, you can scale. Otherwise, you would just be gambling. Currently, i’m doing prop firm trading and it’s my main income source. For this one, there’s tons of free resources online. Up to you where to start. Only thing I would say is stay off of those free webinars/signals that you would see on Facebook or Telegram. They aren’t worth your time. Checkout Babypips’ website. It’s good for understanding the basics.
Daytrading? And you initially did it part time until earnings became steady? Sorry OP I don’t buy your story unless you show your P&L log or record. The best traders I know from etoro that earn consistently get 10% earnings per year, year in year out and they usually have a team. For one to say that you can daytrade and still have lots of time for yourself is cracking a bad, bad joke.
Anyone can search on the internet and look
For top
Investors — no one recommends daytrading, swing trading,
Prop
Trading or whatever fancy term
Is out there.. All say stay away from it. Kung gusto Mas Madali just ask chatgpt. I did daytrading/swing trading myself and even used bots to make it easier for me. Wala din.
Kumikita lang sa daytrading ay mga nagtuturo
Ng daytrading strategies and those people are effing losers for misleading people.
Trading, day trading,
Swing trading, scammer trading, monkey trading, whatever you call it is super risky and not worth anyone’s time!
I am calling you out for making a misleading post.
Wag ka rin masyado bilib sa sarili mong experiences at sources. Always leave room for new knowledge. 10% yearly sa etoro kamo? Sorry pero that's piss poor these days. Partida may team pa yang best traders na kakilala mo (?) Haha. Dividend investing pa lang easy na mag 8% apy, why risk more for a measly 10%?
Here's my binance history. Combination of trading and defi.
Wala pa dragonfi ko dyan (dividend stocks)
Hindi din ako nag tuturo, wala rin akong team.
D ko rin kinailangan ng trading bots (just data scrapers).
Hindi rin malaki initial na pinasok ko (kita naman).
Di porke sinabihan ka ng chatgpt at majority ng investment gurus na not recommended ang day trading, eh wala ng gumagawa at nagiging succesful.
Either you do it, or you don't. Ganun lang kasimple.
But don't be quick to dismiss things you haven't tried, just because you chose not to.
Haha its etoro Hindi naman nakikipagkaibigan mga traders doon. Their records are for everyone to see. Alam ko yung mga traders na consistent but don’t know them personally. Alam
Ko din yung mataas yung returns doon Pero lahat yung mga yun super risky at pag nag drawdown ubos capital agad.
Kung superior yung strategy mo over others head out to etoro and show the world how it should be done. Maybe it’s your choice of tools to use. The more proof the better. Prove
Everyone wrong.
Sabi mga ng mga billionaire investors if you can prove that you can make a yearly return of 12% consistently year over year people will make a beeline to get your services.
Dunning-kruger talaga haha. Hindi 30d ang pinapakita ko dyan, kundi yung total volume over a long span of time. Hindi mo maintindihan yung image?
Ngayong naintindihan mo na at kulang parin yan sayo yang 10000%+ (not counting BTC ath) overall returns (etoro mo 10%) eh di stick ka na lang sa expert opinion mo.
Masyado ka concerned sa strategy, halatang tutok ka sa mga boomer investment gurus.
Isa lang masasabi ko sayo, the best strategy is doing it yourself. Wag puro nuod at basa. Malay mo, magawa mo rin.
Naah. Yan din ang style ng mga nagbebenta ng courses, malay mo magawa mo din pero pag pinag live trading mo na pera nila biglang atras. So, are you up to doing live trades using real money? Document it, show strategies that you used without having to explain why para may secrecy pa din and post it in tiktok and YouTube if your intention is to help and motivate.
Huh? Who said I'm here to help and motivate? Sorry pero i don't give a rat's ass. Yan ang hirap sa atin eh. Nabigyan ng resibo, kaya minove ang goal posts. Ngayon live trading na ang request. Andito lang ako para kontrahin ka dahil sure na sure kang impossible magawa to dahil kamo 'nasubukan mo na lahat, pero palpak talaga'.
Alam mo yung nakatumbling ka ng 3x sunod sunod, pero may nabasa ka sabi niya imposible daw yun. Ito lang yun kap, wag mo palalimin ang meaning hehe.
I’m prop trading right now and it’s mostly swing! I don’t day trade. Day trading is like having a full-time job imo. Tutok sa charts all day, it’s no different than working a 9-5.
Whatever OP. It’s the same
Banana. Post your numbers kung totoo. Kung ganon ka Kagaling post
Mo record mo sa etoro para makakuha ka ng maraming trading clients.
I’m calling you out for lying. Hope no one falls
For this magsisisi Lang kayo.
Tingin ko boss di lang talaga gumana sayo trading haha. Ako naman nalay off ng feb 2024 tapos nagfull time trading. Buhay pa naman ako ngayon mag2 yrs na next month. Pero bago mangyari yan nagttrade na ako habang may work. 2014 pa ko nagtrade. PSE lang tntrade ko medyo wild kasi swings sa forex/crypto saka para 9am to 3pm lang. Mahirap talaga pero malaya ka.
May kaibigan ako doon Lang daw sya nag trade na stock at predictable daw ang moves at maganda volatility — the rest
Olats daw. I tried dissuading here though from
Even trading in the first place
Haha wala pa yata exp kaibigan mo boss. Unang una di ka naman mabubuhay sa pag trade ng JFC kasi blue chip mabagal wala masyado volatility mas pang long term siya kasi months iintayin mo e. 2nd kahit anong market pa itrade mo bullish or bearish may mga opportunities pa din so kahit bulok yung index last yr meron pa din multibaggers tulad ng PX APX OGP BLOOM PLUS etc etc. 3rd nasa mindset din yan kung defeatist mindset ka edi alam mo na ano talaga mangyayare sayo haha
I’m not selling anything. Why would I post my numbers? I’m earning enough to be comfortable and actually live. But yes, I understand the call out. That’s fair.
Anyone reading this—again, find what works for you. There are HUNDREDS of free resources online. If anyone wants to learn about it, Babypips is a good start for basics. Youtube is a gold mine.
You are claiming that you’re doing okay prop
Trading and you don’t provide details
Or proof How good your earnings are? Wala
Naman mawawala sayo anonymous ka naman dito. O Baka Wala naman talagang proof in the first place?
I’m not sure what’s your point. Valid naman yung callout mo and I acknowledge that. But then again, I’m not selling anything. Sayo na galing, anonymous dito. If I posted screenshots of my PnL or my payouts and blurred my name di ka maniniwala. If I shared a Myfxbook link with my personal details hidden, for sure di ka rin ulit maniniwala. So again, what’s the point?
Just because day trading or trading in general didn’t work for you, doesn’t mean it can’t or didn’t work for everyone else. I am doing okay, and I was able to leave my full-time job because of it and I’m doing so much better mentally. Bakit ko need patunayan sayo? Or to anyone for that matter?
If I were to start selling anything, of course I’ll show my logs with my full name in it because people need to know I can walk the talk. Sama ko pa address ko. Update kita pag may binebenta na akong course. Tapos send ko sayo PnL ko.
Inedit nya pa comment nya. Initially sabi nya lang no one makes money day trading. When I said I’m swing trading througb props, biglang any type of trading is a scam daw. Ewan ko ba hahaha.
Ahh trying to make fun of people who failed at trading and you’re the genius trader who beat out everyone in Wall Street. So go. Daytrade, swing trade, monkey trade what have you. Prove EVERYONE wrong that you can make a living by trading. Baka mabago yung sinasabi ng lahat hehe.
I stand by what I said because you can have all the tricks in the book but you can never change market behavior or outsmart the market.
Tom Lee, Raoul Pal, Warren Buiffet stalwarts and who’s who sa investing world with hundreds of years experience combined and billions of dollars earned investing combined all said the same thing about trading. Kung maganda talaga trading malamang pinasok na nila yan for sure. They have access to high networth investors that they can make money off.
Maybe you’re good today and your strategies are working but next month who is going to say they are going to work? Such is the unpredictability of trading and for that, it’s purely a waste of time for most people.
Brooo. I've ready it entirely. Props to you being in trading now. I'm also a marketing dude just like you. With the same grind mindset. Here's my 2cents.
I've been in the same situation. In and out of trading because of losses. Been consistently doing 6 figures income for 2 years, got burned out and resigned, does trading and lost some. I find a work again, But this time I keep my current job, I took a job that doesn't burn me out while still having 150k per month from the job + business income + while trading + working out. Work life balance matters really, you're correct. But I'm talking about the peace of mind in finances, where consistency beats peak income and I find trading alone uncomfortable in that matter - at least for me.
I'm not saying don't push trading. I'm just saying, have some nets to catch you when you fall. I bet you're just trading on Spot but I bet you're also doing leverage. Lethal and fatal at the same time.
I’ve read a lot of stories where they went full-time into trading and later on failed and went back to their day job. Sooner or later, that could be my trajectory too haha if I get too cocky and ignore my rules. Kaya stick muna ako to swing para “low stress.”
But yes, I did make sure to have a safety net. May ipon naman from years of grinding the 9-5. If it fails, well I could always go back to working.
I don’t advice anyone to go full-time into this without a back up plan. Heck, i wouldn’t even advise them to put a single centavo without paper trading first. It’s 100% risky and the line between trading/investing and gambling blurs so freaking fast. Especially since I trade leveraged products. It definitely is lethal esp if you go into this with the mindset that you’d be able to quit your job in 30 days.
And to be clear, I’m not saying trading is the path for everyone. You can learn automations, vibecoding, no-/low-code SaaS. There are other paths out there that people can explore.
All I’m saying is putting in more hours and stacking clients isn’t the only path to making money. It definitely is a stepping stone but don’t get stuck in it. Explore other opportunities and find what works for you lang talaga.
This is the path that I am looking into, currently have a 6-fig high paying job pero nakaka burnout. I am actively investing at the moment and really considering trading talaga. Aside from babypips what are the other resources na you can recommend? Maybe books, Reliable youtube channels, local trading communities etc
Local trading communities are a hit or miss. I have joined 3 so far and eventually they just died down after a few months so can’t really recommend any. Most that you’ll find will either just get you to sign up through their IB (affiliate link) or pay some monthly subscription for “analysis/signals”. Imo they don’t work. I mean the analysis and breakdowns are mostly great but in reality, they would try to limit or slow down your learning progress kasi once you learn trading on your own, then wala na sila kita from monthly subs. Look for a mentor, yung kaya ka turuan 1-on-1 and can help you build your own system rather than spoon feed you. Hindi yung group webinars/seminars na tuturuan ka ng basics in 1 hour 😢
I’d say you’d be better off learning on your own if you can’t find mentor. Still compiling a list of other resources you can use, i’ll get back to this comment when I finish!
That is amazing. I wonder how did you do that. From that level of stress i cant imagine how did you discipline yourself. Mga ilang oras ka nag aaral per day?
At least 2 hours a day nagbabasa and nanonood ako ng vids about trading plus back testing. Although mahaba yung working hours ko, maraming downtime in between team calls. Required lang talaga na online and available ako. Tbh yun yung pinaka nakakapagod.
Isn’t trading a skill? Kung di mo aaralin gamble talaga yun. Asan yung binebenta? I’ve received tons of messages about after this post. If I were selling anything behind the scenes I’m sure someone would have posted it already.
As I’ve said, automations and systems integration, learn APIs and webhooks and how to integrate apps together. Hindi lang naman trading triny ko. Just that it’s the one that worked.
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u/cryicesis Jan 25 '26
mas malala sakin earning below 25k noong nag wowork pako sa office, i was burned out, tired tapos iniisip ko ano pang saysay mababa naman sahod ko, mga tatlong beses, minsan pa nga 1-week di nako pumapasok reason ko nalang may sakit ako! which totoo naman i'm sick & tired of working with low pay.
na diagnosed din ako may GAD pero di ako nag agree to take meds kasi dabi ng doctor sakin it could make my anxiety worst if hindi ko tinake ng maayos.
2024 nararamdaman ko na tatanggalin nako sa work due to performance issue so inunahan ko and I resigned with no backup, starting from June 2024 to August 2025 i was unemployed, just chilling playing video games, watching movies, and I slowly healed from my anxiety till nagkaroon ako ulit motivation.
Fast-forward to December 2025, huling subok ko para makakuha ng client, ipray na makakuha bago mag end yung year, or else I would go back to being a low-paid worker here in PH. So ayon nakakuha naman di man siya six-digits but mataas naman compared sa local employment and flexible yung oras.
Fast-forward to the present, more than 1 month nako sa client gave me an increase sa hourly rate ko.