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Stig Brodersen

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
150 total appearances

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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

So there was just really, really pressure on always performing the best that you could.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

Also because, okay, I think we just need to edit that out.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

I was actually just about to say something really interesting, but as also wrote to you, Nathan, I can't say that because I signed a lot of

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

annoying things on the contract that I couldn't talk about.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

So I would say that my compensation was more than $100,000 and less than $200,000.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

And that was really out of the gates for me.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

No, I was trading energy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

So that actually had nothing to do with stocks at all.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

Like, really, like energy, like whenever you plug in your computer, that kind of energy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

Well, you basically trade it like you would trade a stock.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

So you go on an exchange and you would say, I would like to buy a certain amount of power.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

And then you would agree on a price.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

And then you would basically say an hour later, five minutes later, 10 seconds later, perhaps have another price.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

So basically your job was to analyze where is the price of power going.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

And then you would buy or sell depending on your position.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

Okay.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

So how many, what year did you start that job and what year did you end it?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

Um, I started in 2011 and I quit after, I want to say 18 months, something like that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

I had no big plan or whatnot.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Case For Quitting Your $100k Corporate Job with Stig Brodersen of We Study Billionaires

So basically, this was all about being true to your values.