It’s the Season One LinkedOut finale, babe! And yes—we’re pivoting harder than a tech founder post-downturn.

In this episode, Syd and Brit spill the tea on their next big move: launching a modern baby + kids boutique featuring secondhand gems and sustainably made goodies. Brit’s passion for vintage? Activated. Syd’s urge to romanticize community spaces? Unleashed. We’re embracing entrepreneurship with open arms, open minds, and maybe a tiny bit of mania.

Season Two of LinkedOut will be all about building something of your own—from creative side hustles to soul-fueled small businesses. Because if the job market won’t give us purpose, we’ll make our own.

Also on deck:

• The highs and lols of starting a biz with your bestie
• Why we’re obsessed with “third places” and fighting isolation with community
• A gentle reminder that creativity doesn’t always need a capitalist outcome
• The power of wasting time on purpose (shoutout Seinfeld)
• What we learned from putting ourselves out there this season
• And a teaser for Season One & Done—our reality TV recap pod you didn’t ask for, but now you can’t live without

We're chasing fulfillment, not burnout. Building a village, not a personal brand. And yes, we’ll miss you. But we’ll be back. Season Two is for the girlies who launch LLCs in their Notes app at midnight.

This week, Syd has officially retired from LinkedIn and is now living her best soft-life fantasy—rebranding as a neighborhood photographer and making art, making friends, and making the golden years even golder. Meanwhile, Brit reenters the job market and hits rock bottom: she finds a listing that wants one person to be a CMO, barista, life coach, and full-stack developer… all for the pay of a fast food gig, in California, no less. Love that for us!

We also spiral into:

• Why every Bravo-lebrity and influencer has a podcast now (but ours is actually good, thanks)
• A tale of a man with three jobs—just for fun, apparently?
• The absolute nerve of companies using AI to screen applicants and then shaming you for using AI to apply
• The chaotic-but-cozy vibes of podcasting through late capitalism with high-quality audio and low tolerance for BS

Retirement is cute, but the rent is still due. *sigh*

This week on LinkedOut, we’re talking cause → effect → chaos. Syd and Brit dive into the butterfly effect of accepting lower salaries as experienced professionals—because when one of us takes a pay cut, it ripples across the whole damn industry. We also break down the internet’s reaction to new tariffs and why luxury brands are spiraling, rebranding, and possibly just screaming into the void.

And of course, we’re shouting out the real MVPs: the creative community and small businesses trying to thrive while the economy plays hot potato with our livelihoods. Spoiler: we’re not anti-hustle, we’re anti-exploitation.

Discover:

• The economic butterfly effect, explained by two girlies with WiFi and rage
• Why underpricing yourself hurts everyone, not just you
• How tariffs are tanking luxury brands' carefully curated identities
• That time Brit said “luxury is a scam” and we… agreed
• Strategies for supporting your creative and small biz friends