Njinjoh had a good thing going — $166K cloud contract, DJ business on the side, life was moving. Then the contract ended. Just like that. No warning, no extension, no safety net. Suddenly he was staring at an empty calendar with bills that didn't care about his employment status. He hadn't interviewed in 6 months. The market had shifted. Impostor syndrome crept back in. 'Can I even command this salary again? What if the market has moved on without me?' The DJ gigs helped, but they weren't paying the mortgage. He needed something fast — and he needed it to be bigger than what he had before.