Hi group! I want to start by saying that I will always keep the main group free. I didn't start this to make money off people looking for work with subscriptions. I just want this to be a place where we can all come and talk about freelancing, the job market, and job hunting. But, I have a group of 500 eager professionals, and I can't help but think that at least a few of you would like a more focused and inclusive group. I also see that many of you are interested in Medium, and I can't help but think I could have another stream of income if I monetized my Medium knowledge. Don't get me wrong, there will be a course coming for free for ALL OF YOU about Medium, but what I am thinking, is a more focused brain-trust, where we have weekly training and advice calls, more in-depth information about Medium, and a more focused environment. I would charge a monthly subscription, something anyone can afford, but the main group would always be here to ask basic questions, and talk about everything not related to Medium. Its tough to make a living and if I could even make another few hundred bucks a month, it would be worth it to me to teach all I know about Medium. So what do you think? If you are interested, please let me know> Also, if you ARE interested, help me decide what would be a good monthly subscription? Remember, this is going to be a very activity-heavy group, with a lot of information and focused on Medium. $4.99, $9.99, $12.99, $19.99?????? What would be worth it to potentially make a few extra thousand a month on Medium. I did, November and December I make between $2500 and $4500. It CAN happen. See the screenshot! What do you guys think? Something you would like?

Roll on an income! (just joking) Ok folks this is some time for advice - i used to blog a bit when working for large corporate - mostly about life as an over 50 woman in the tech world - never took off much (my tone was too sarcastic) and frankly it was a place to vent - but i was teaching myself to use claude code and gemini so i could start the journey of building stuff for myself. The thing is i started documenting what i learned in my tech workflow - and I am seeing some return on interest from posting on reddit (well great for me) - but my medium acocunt - well now is looking a bit confused.. Any ideas on how i should improve it - want to do more tech stuff as well as journey to making a living doing apps and sites stuff and would really be interested in some feedback - or is a Medium profile worth grooming - at one point i think it would be worth sharing on linked in but i dont want the venting stuff associated with my real name. Thoughts? For those curious my medium profile is here: https://medium.com/@MinimumViableMatriarch

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If you're here, you're probably over 40 and fighting the same fight I am. Sending out resumes that disappear into the void. Getting ghosted by recruiters. Watching younger people get hired for jobs you're overqualified for. Wondering if you're unemployable or if the entire system just broke while you weren't looking. You're not imagining it. The job market is brutal right now. Especially for us. I'm 57. I've been freelancing for over 20 years. I have a degree. I use AI tools every day. I'm faster and better at my work than I've ever been. And I still can't get hired. Not because I'm not good enough. Because companies don't want to invest in people like us anymore. We're too expensive. Too experienced. Too likely to know our worth and not accept garbage wages. This group exists because we're all dealing with the same thing. And most of us are doing it alone. Scrolling LinkedIn at 2am wondering what we're doing wrong. Applying to jobs we're overqualified for and still not getting callbacks. Trying to figure out how to rebuild a career in a market that decided we're disposable. You're not alone. That's why we're here. Drop a comment and introduce yourself. Where are you? What kind of work are you looking for? What's your biggest struggle right now? Let's actually talk about this. Let's help each other. Let's stop pretending this is normal and start figuring out how to survive it together. Welcome. I'm glad you're here.