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Colleen Schnettler and Joe Masilotti
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Colleen Schnettler and Joe Masilotti didn't wait for anyone to greenlight their careers. Together they talk about building wealth on your own terms: finding leverage, compounding your skills, and designing careers that don't require a boss's approval. For developers, freelancers, and anyone plotting their escape from the org chart.

Episodes

  1. 1D AGO

    Putting Ego Aside to Fill the Pipeline

    Colleen landed a six-month part-time AI consulting contract and two go-to-market coaching clients. All within a week of reaching out to her network. Joe spent 50 hours building his own Substack clone before realizing the code wasn't the important part. Strategy was. He threw it all away and finally made peace with where his content lives. Topics covered Using your network when you need work (and putting your ego aside to do it)Shadowing an AI head to learn what companies actually need from AI enablementWhy marketing services are a harder sell than technical services to founder-led companiesThe mental drain of coaching calls and keeping scope containedJoe's rebrand from "the Hotwire Native guy" to mobile apps for Rails businessesBuilding a productized service vs. getting too comfortable with a long contractUsing Claude as a business partner for strategy and copy iterationWhy solo consultants can adapt faster than agencies in the AI eraThe domain name problem when your last name is hard to spellWork retreats and the mental freedom of being away from home responsibilities

    42 min

  2. JAN 27

    When Coding Isn't Enough

    AI is eating into the value of "just coding", so what do you do about it? Colleen and Joe talk through how they're each adapting: AI-enabled services, getting more strategic with clients, and actually understanding what non-tech businesses need (not just what they say they want). Plus: cold outreach experiments, product ideas, and some financial housekeeping. Takeaways: When coding becomes commoditized, strategy becomes the differentiatorCold outreach isn't deadThe best opportunities come from understanding the business problem, not just the technical one Chapters: 00:00 Adapting to AI eating our lunch06:33 Cold outreach and building in public16:25 What non-tech businesses actually need from us

    27 min

  3. JAN 27

    Welcome to Permission Not Required

    Colleen Schnettler and Joe Masilotti didn't wait for anyone to greenlight their careers. Together they talk about building wealth on your own terms: finding leverage, compounding your skills, and designing careers that don't require a boss's approval. For developers, freelancers, and anyone plotting their escape from the org chart.

    4 min

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Colleen Schnettler and Joe Masilotti didn't wait for anyone to greenlight their careers. Together they talk about building wealth on your own terms: finding leverage, compounding your skills, and designing careers that don't require a boss's approval. For developers, freelancers, and anyone plotting their escape from the org chart.

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  • Creator
    Colleen Schnettler and Joe Masilotti
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
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