My 24/7 Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/my-24-7 My 24/7 is a show about what happens when you leave the safety of a tech career to build something of your own. Hosts Brian Ng and Carl share the unfiltered lessons — money, mindset, mistakes — from making the leap into entrepreneurship, one week at a time. © 2026 Brian Ng, Carl Chandler b9658baf-0fa1-58dc-b5a4-ccec4c5683ca yes en Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:00:10 -0700 Tue, 04 Aug 2026 06:01:46 -0700 https://img.transistorcdn.com/E6kpTJSU9C-UEiO4wIDTaJ6XpRHkvYuXPQ_bOaj_HqY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS83MWMy/ZmJjZmY5NDRjYTk5/NmE3NGNhYmU0Njcz/YzEyZi5qcGc.jpg My 24/7 episodic Brian Ng, Carl Chandler My 24/7 is a show about what happens when you leave the safety of a tech career to build something of your own. Hosts Brian Ng and Carl share the unfiltered lessons — money, mindset, mistakes — from making the leap into entrepreneurship, one week at a time. My 24/7 is a show about what happens when you leave the safety of a tech career to build something of your own. careers, business owner, small business, entrepreneurship Carl Chandler No No How to Know It's Actually Time to Quit 2 2 How to Know It's Actually Time to Quit full ab574cc2-4aab-4e6c-a541-8da0d5699481 https://share.transistor.fm/s/6e0ccad3 Most people leave a job in a reactive moment — bad boss, bad quarter, bad Tuesday. Brian pulls out his old tech-sales discovery playbook and runs it on Carl's decision to go independent: what was the real pain, what did ownership actually promise, and what had to be true before the leap made sense?

In this episode:

  • Why one bad day isn't a signal — and Carl's six-month "annoyance inventory" that is
  • The two sides of ownership: equity (and what watching a $12B acquisition without any taught Carl) and controlling the whole solution end to end
  • "Artificial friction" — the approval layers that exist for no technical reason, and what disappears when you leave
  • The runway math: nest egg, a spouse's stable income, and how the calculus changes if you're the sole breadwinner
  • Getting over the resume-gap fear and what people will think
  • Why frustration only fuels the fire for a little while — you need a specific picture of success to keep going

Plus: a cross-country drive, a weighted-vest bait and switch from Costco, and marketing automation that skips the small talk.

New episodes every Tuesday.

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In this episode:

  • Why one bad day isn't a signal — and Carl's six-month "annoyance inventory" that is
  • The two sides of ownership: equity (and what watching a $12B acquisition without any taught Carl) and controlling the whole solution end to end
  • "Artificial friction" — the approval layers that exist for no technical reason, and what disappears when you leave
  • The runway math: nest egg, a spouse's stable income, and how the calculus changes if you're the sole breadwinner
  • Getting over the resume-gap fear and what people will think
  • Why frustration only fuels the fire for a little while — you need a specific picture of success to keep going

Plus: a cross-country drive, a weighted-vest bait and switch from Costco, and marketing automation that skips the small talk.

New episodes every Tuesday.

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In this episode:

  • Why one bad day isn't a signal — and Carl's six-month "annoyance inventory" that is
  • The two sides of ownership: equity (and what watching a $12B acquisition without any taught Carl) and controlling the whole solution end to end
  • "Artificial friction" — the approval layers that exist for no technical reason, and what disappears when you leave
  • The runway math: nest egg, a spouse's stable income, and how the calculus changes if you're the sole breadwinner
  • Getting over the resume-gap fear and what people will think
  • Why frustration only fuels the fire for a little while — you need a specific picture of success to keep going

Plus: a cross-country drive, a weighted-vest bait and switch from Costco, and marketing automation that skips the small talk.

New episodes every Tuesday.

]]> quitting your job, when to quit, leaving tech, career change, entrepreneurship, starting a business, ownership, equity, financial runway, tech sales, discovery process, corporate bureaucracy, side hustle, small business, decision making No My 24/7 Episode 1: Meet Brian & Carl 1 1 My 24/7 Episode 1: Meet Brian & Carl full 18354a45-0233-48a6-97ab-c29b8aef3f24 https://share.transistor.fm/s/08d8600a Two tech careers, two very different leaps. Carl spent years at Mailchimp, Zapier, and Webflow before betting on himself; Brian went from tech sales to opening a matcha tea franchise on Market Street in San Francisco. In the debut episode of My 24/7, they compare notes on what the jump actually looks like.

In this episode:

  • Why "autonomy and ownership" finally outweighed a comfortable tech paycheck
  • The invisible two-to-three-year runway behind that shop that "just appeared" on your corner
  • Why commercial real estate moves at a pace that breaks a tech brain — and the Queens lawyer out-hustling DocuSign
  • Carl's renovation rule for budgeting: whatever you think it costs and however long you think it takes, pad it
  • The one thing each of them would tell you before you take the leap: don't marry the plan, and find your community early

New episodes every Tuesday.

]]> Two tech careers, two very different leaps. Carl spent years at Mailchimp, Zapier, and Webflow before betting on himself; Brian went from tech sales to opening a matcha tea franchise on Market Street in San Francisco. In the debut episode of My 24/7, they compare notes on what the jump actually looks like.

In this episode:

  • Why "autonomy and ownership" finally outweighed a comfortable tech paycheck
  • The invisible two-to-three-year runway behind that shop that "just appeared" on your corner
  • Why commercial real estate moves at a pace that breaks a tech brain — and the Queens lawyer out-hustling DocuSign
  • Carl's renovation rule for budgeting: whatever you think it costs and however long you think it takes, pad it
  • The one thing each of them would tell you before you take the leap: don't marry the plan, and find your community early

New episodes every Tuesday.

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In this episode:

  • Why "autonomy and ownership" finally outweighed a comfortable tech paycheck
  • The invisible two-to-three-year runway behind that shop that "just appeared" on your corner
  • Why commercial real estate moves at a pace that breaks a tech brain — and the Queens lawyer out-hustling DocuSign
  • Carl's renovation rule for budgeting: whatever you think it costs and however long you think it takes, pad it
  • The one thing each of them would tell you before you take the leap: don't marry the plan, and find your community early

New episodes every Tuesday.

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