Okay…that’s a bit of a stretch but I wanted to take a minute to explain a few things.
I do have some changes coming with the stack and am hoping to move towards some video/podcast posts as well as some open Zoom Meetings for anybody interested.
I ran a survey on LinkedIn to see if anybody would be into some open conversation and ask questions because I realize how many of us out there are feeling a little bit alone right now. There is enough interest that I can justify purchasing an upgraded Zoom Account to make this happen and up until Wednesday of Last week, I was ready to pull the trigger.
A week ago, I was terminated from my job.
No…nothing nefarious…nothing vaccine or passport related.
I worked with a great company and an amazing team of people where some of our positions were eliminated or made redundant based on the marketplace created by the COVID environment and a Corporate Pivot. As an analytics guy, I get it and hold no ill will and will continue to support those who are still with the company and their evolving roles.
However…
As my posting here on Substack, LinkedIn and Twitter were sponsored by me having an actual paycheck, I am having to adjust the timelines on the new additions.
SO…
With several of my subscribers and networked connections on LinkedIn asking how they could support, I’ve monetized my newsletter.
$5/mo
$50/year
And, if you want to give more, you can select anything above $50 and below $500.
Now…for the worst sales pitch ever…
Here is what you will get by being a paid subscriber over maintaining a Free Subscription:
Nothing
I have appreciated all of the comments, private messages, emails that I’ve received from all of my posting, but I never got into this to make a buck. The information that I share is to help raise awareness and to try and get us back to a world that resembles normal and will always be free.
Coming into the close of 2021, with the way things were going, we all looked forward to the restrictions coming to a close, mandates being shredded and life getting back on track. I’d actually looked forward to fading back into obscurity and taking a break from the charts. However, that’s not what is happening. Things are getting worse and they are trying to extend this COVID world with no reasonable end in sight.
Having Cancel Culture attempt to have me fired from my last position, given the politically charged environment we are in and with a lot of companies forced into changes of their own, I had to so some soul searching.
Should I give up on sharing the information and hope that my previous content gets overlooked by any potential employers?
or
Do I just keep on keeping on and hope for the best?
Again…I believe that the information and content that I share is valuable and important, so, I’ve chosen the latter.
I’ve made my decision and I am just going to keep doing what I’ve been doing.
While I will be continuing on with the plans for video posting and open Zoom meetings, it’s just going to take a bit longer to get there and hopefully I have some support from the community.
Appreciating that times are tight, just after Christmas and 2 years of Pandemic…If you can help out with a paid subscription, it’s greatly appreciated.
If you can’t, no worries…please just keep up with your support and spreading the message.
Thanks!
Oops! @ElonMusk. 😂
I’m asking @ElonMuck to bring you back to twitter! Just tweeted him! “please bring back @YakkStack (an Albertan datastiscian) who worked hard through the pandemic to being Cdn tweeters data. He was deplatformed for sharing empirical govt data re: covid in the jabbed. TY sir.”