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Colleen Schnettler and Joe Masilotti

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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Episodes (14)

May 27th Maybe I don't actually love tech?
May 6th The First Ruby Native App I Didn't Build
Apr 22nd Motion vs. Action

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May 27, 2026
47½ minutes
87 MB

Colleen had a weekend revelation: she doesn't love building products as much as she loves building businesses. The work doesn't matter, the industry doesn't matter, and tech might not even be the long-term home. Joe pushes back, then realizes she's been circling this for years. They float a partnership experiment where Colleen brings Joe qualified leads and he delivers the work, then dig into the harder problem underneath: how anyone builds trust at scale when cold outreach doesn't convert anymore and the real sales cycle is years long. Joe ships pingrb...

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Maybe I don't actually love tech?

Colleen Schnettler and Joe Masilotti

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