The Unfireables - Jason Weiland

𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗲: 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗳𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀.

Most people don't go from concert halls to coding. Toolie did.

She wasn't born a geek. She was a classical musician. Working on computers was her day job until Microsoft recruited her. Ten years there. Then 9 years running her own business. Then back to corporate: Agile contracts with Boeing, Amazon, Disney, Expedia, Starbucks, JPMorganChase.

Then 2025 hit. Laid off.

"I've been secretly wanting to return to entrepreneurship for years but didn't have the financial cushion. Well, so much for that plan! Being laid off pushed me back into it whether I was ready or not."

Sound familiar?

𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁:

After 14 years in Agile software development, she noticed what's broken. Nobody trains the people who actually lead the teams — Scrum Masters, Kanban Managers, Product Owners. They lead by influence, not authority. Way harder. Nobody teaches them how.

So Toolie's building what's missing.

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴:

YouTube videos teaching Agile leadership. A mentorship program for Agile leaders working alone in their companies. A free chat community for real-time help. Certification classes teaching Agile practices that actually work.

𝗛𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗼: "𝗛𝗮𝗽𝗽𝘆 𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 == 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗳𝘁𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗲™"

While everyone obsesses over AI, Toolie focuses on the humans writing the code. Because if developers aren't empowered to push back when things aren't working, they'll produce crap whether they're using AI or not.

𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝟰𝟬 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗨𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗼𝘆𝗲𝗱:

"The Community provides accountability and the chance to share information that benefits everyone. It's not the kind of accountability that makes you feel guilty, you feel uplifted when things don't happen as expected."

And this: "Entrepreneurship is really a combination of zig-zags and sidesteps before you achieve a rhythm that propels you forward. The Community and Jason's coaching help you find that rhythm."

Toolie® Merchant, SPOC®, SMC®, SAMC®, SCT®, SAC® gets it. Entrepreneurship is scrappy. It's building something because the system pushed you out whether you were ready or not.

Welcome to the community, Toolie.

— Jason

𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗲'𝘀 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀:
Certification: https://www.remotescrumstudy.com
Chat & Support: https://www.practicalscrum.com
Corporate Agile: https://www.rsscorporateagile.com
Leadership Content: https://www.youtube.com/

𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁. 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲!
https://www.skool.com/second-act-ai-3035/about

I sent over 800 job applications.

No offers. No callbacks. A lot of silence.

I'm 57. By every measure the job market uses, I'm done.
Except I'm not.

We started Over 40 and Unemployed because we needed a place for people like us. Not a job board. Not a networking group full of toxic positivity and resume tips that don't work. A real place.

Where you can say "I've sent 300 applications and I'm losing my mind" and someone actually gets it.

We have almost a thousand members on Skool right now. People building freelance businesses, monetizing their writing, landing consulting clients, making their first dollars outside traditional employment. People who were written off. Building anyway.

This page is an extension of that. A place to share what's working, what's not, and what the job market will never tell you about your own worth.

And there's something else coming.

Something bigger than a community. Bigger than a course. A movement for workers the system forgot. People who've been employees their whole lives and now need to be more.

It's called The Unfireables.

I'm not ready to say everything yet. But it's coming. And if you've been shut out, written off, or told you're overqualified one more time this year — it's for you.

For now: follow this page. Join the free community: https://www.skool.com/second-act-ai-3035/about. And if you've sent 100+ applications with nothing to show for it, drop a number in the comments.

Let's see how many of us are out here.

My first blog post published on Quicken . Many more are coming. I worked hard to get a byline on Quicken.com, but here I am!

https://www.quicken.com/blog/market-research-on-a-shoestring-budget/

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