I made $57,000 from my "boring" 9-5 in January

Hi Sheconomist Insider 👋 It’s Thamina, Founder of The Sheconomist. This is your bi-weekly dose of celebrating the female economy where I help ambitious, purpose-driven women like yourself flip the script on money, career & wellbeing conventions so you can live life on your own terms.

TLDR:

• 🤖 AI is changing how hiring, networking & opportunity discovery works

• 👩‍💻 How to start a successful side hustle without quitting your 9-5

• 💰 I invested & saved over $30,000 this month, here’s how

• 💜 Meet Brittnay Martin Déjean, a champion for inclusion in business

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LinkedIn is now the No. 2 most cited source across major AI search engines. Here’s what that means for your career.

If you’re not showing up on LinkedIn in 2026, you’re leaving money, power, and career leverage on the table.

AI has completely changed how hiring, networking, and opportunity discovery works.

Here’s what most professionals don’t realize:

✅ 94% of corporate decision makers use AI tools like ChatGPT before ever speaking to a human.

✅ Career paths are shortening, AI is speeding up who gets noticed.

And guess what shows up in AI results more than most websites?

LinkedIn.

AI assistants increasingly rely on credible, structured, expert-led content, and LinkedIn provides exactly that.

LLMs favor:

✅ Expert opinions
✅ Rich, conversational text
✅ Publications cited in media
✅ Ordered lists, guides & definitions
✅ Verified identities and on-platform dialogue

This is why LinkedIn’s identity graph and professional commentary carry outsized influence in AI results.

So if you want to...

✅ Be poached for that next-level career opportunity
✅ Get invited to speak, lead, or advise
✅ Build your personal brand as a future founder or investor

Stop waiting for permission and start creating pull!

Here's how you show up on LinkedIn in the age of AI:

1️⃣ Have a complete & rich profile.

👉 Structured metadata (industry keywords, skills, quantified impact, featured section, extensive headline) often becomes what AI assistants repeat

2️⃣ Post 2-3 times weekly.

👉 Even short reflections build visibility.

3️⃣ Consider newsletters & articles.

👉 Long‑form content behaves like “earned” media for LLMs

4️⃣ Make your content LLM-friendly by writing like a guide.

👉 ordered lists, headers, FAQs, how to’s

5️⃣ Use your voice.

👉 Your face, your story, your lessons - they create trust.

Stop waiting to feel “ready.”

Authority comes from doing, not waiting.

If you need some more hands-on support, my friend Courtney is launching her next “Level Up on LinkedIn Accelerator” cohort and she’s fabulous - highly recommend.

❣️ Thamina’s Top Picks

👩‍💻 How to Start a Successful Side Hustle Without Quitting Your 9 to 5 (join us on Friday!)

✍️ Just discovered this gifted writer and I am obsessed, I feel SEEN

👀 An early-stage fashion company I’m watching and considering investing in (I listened to the founders’ pitch earlier this week)

🎙️ Been following Shelby’s journey for 2+ years now and it’s very impressive what she’s built and how she shows up (good listen)

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✨ This week’s Moodboard

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💸 Cooking up Wealth

I made $57,000 in January. From my “boring” 9-5. And then proceeded to invest & save over $30,000. Here’s how: