Jobs ≠ Stability (and Here’s Why I Said What I Said About Tabitha Brown)

I understand what she’s saying.

She’s not telling people to quit their dreams, she’s saying “pay your bills while you build.”

Cool. Got it.

But here’s where I disagree and why I made my post:

👉🏾 It’s 2025. The job market is NOTHING like when Tabitha was driving Uber back in 2017. Back then, you could hop in your car and make cash the same day. Now? Uber barely covers gas, and traditional jobs aren’t stable either. We’re at 2M+ unemployed (probably more if we’re being real), and it’s hitting Black folks especially Black women the hardest.

👉🏾 Jobs don’t = stability. You can get hired today and laid off tomorrow. So telling someone “go get a job” isn’t the magic fix it sounds like.

👉🏾 It’s not your work ethic it’s your strategy. Most struggling entrepreneurs I see don’t lack grind, they lack systems. And if you take the same energy you’d put into clocking shifts at a job and invest in coaching, mentorship, or the right digital playbook you can build something sustainable without waiting on HR to maybe call you back in 6 months.

👉🏾 No Plan B. The second you run back to a job “just for now,” you risk getting too comfortable with paychecks, drained of time/energy, and your business gets pushed further down the road.

So yes entrepreneurship ain’t for everybody.

But for the ones who chose it?

You chose it for a reason.

Let’s stop acting like a job is the only “responsible” safety net. It’s 2025.

That net has holes in it.

💬 What do y’all think?

Does Tabitha have a point for “side hustles first,” or do you agree jobs aren’t the safety blanket people think they are?

Lets chat

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