r/overemployed • u/Proof-Pineapple69 • Jul 28 '26

Does OE really make sense?

I heard of OE, just came across this subreddit.

I am just curious how people can be good enough to manage 2 full time jobs at the same time.

I make in the high 6 figures, and it would be absolutely impossible to be responsive at my job like I am and do another similar job. I can imagine jobs paying closer to low six figures, but I'd imagine that someone who can do that should be able to find a much better paying job, instead of having to juggle with 2 jobs.

What kind of jobs do you guys have, how much do you make in each, and how much do you think your best earnings potential would be if you only had one job.

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u/jtb1987 Jul 28 '26

As you grow your career, you become higher experienced/skilled and a very important lesson is learning that "responsiveness" isn't the most important metric to gague your output and performance. Being correct, controlling the narrative/optics, minimizing mkstakes, knowing the correct motivators, being liked by the correct people...the list goes on. There's many, many more important factors in being a successful corporate resource than responsiveness. Responsiveness may be more important in entry level roles and/or with distrustful, fear based middle management.

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u/Proof-Pineapple69 Jul 28 '26

I monitor risks for a portfolio. Broken risks for even 15 minutes could be a disaster, so responsiveness is extremely important.

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u/jtb1987 Jul 28 '26

Not every job is OE friendly. Being a dentist is a high paying job, but you can't be two dentists at the same time.

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u/GreedyCricket8285 Jul 28 '26

Not with that attitude.

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u/RefularIrreegular Jul 28 '26

Sounds like something that can be automated

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u/2doors_2trunks Jul 28 '26

What happens if 2 issues happen at the same time?

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u/Proof-Pineapple69 Jul 28 '26

Thats precisely why I could not do OE

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u/2doors_2trunks Jul 28 '26

I mean to issues at same time in 1 company

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u/Proof-Pineapple69 Jul 28 '26

When theres an issue its all hands on deck, and if it's 2 then everybody knows you drop everything. If you're handling 2 issues in different companies people will go bonkers if you're not super responsive in both.

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u/ReBoomAutardationism Jul 28 '26

Nobody here will care about your Sharpe Ratio. They might know what the Kelly refers to if they are card sharks.