Jack Raines

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About

Jack Raines is a writer and comedian known for posting satirical content on LinkedIn, often making fun of hustle culture and professional networking. Many of his posts take the form of joking confessions to irrational or criminal behavior done for the sake of the grind. He also writes a finance culture blog called Young Money.

Career

In 2021, Raines started working as a newsletter writer for the finance meme account Litquidity, producing a newsletter called ExecSum. He also started his own blog, called Young Money, in 2021 on which he discussed finance, memes and topics of general interest.^[2]

Raines began his project of "breaking LinkedIn" in the fall of 2022.^[4] Raines saw untapped potential in the widely used and text-based platform for seeking visibility as a writer, and so he decided to start posting in a way that would attract attention. Rather than parroting the kind of "cringe" that is frequently attributed by many to stereotypical posts on LinkedIn, Raines chose to parody it.

Posts like the one he made on October 26th, 2022 (seen below, left), which parodied grift culture by declaring he had received several thousand coronavirus vaccines, received almost 1,900 likes on LinkedIn^[1] in 10 months. Raines then reposted the satirically cringe LinkedIn posts to Twitter, where they received more engagement. For example, one such post (seen below, right) in which he joked about stealing food from hotel breakfast buffets as a form of hustle received over 56,000 likes on Twitter in 10 months after it was posted on October 22nd, 2022.^[3]

Jack Raines (We/Them/Boys). You Writing Young Money: the best finance blog you've never heard of. Edit... 1d A high salary is no longer enough if you want to get wealthy; you need side hustles and diversified income streams. Let me tell you how I made $100,000 from a side hustle last February. On February 12th, New York City's mayor Eric Adams announced an incentive to boost Covid vaccination rates in the city: $100 for anyone who gets vaccinated by the end of the month. Thanks to the US using paper vaccine cards, there was no database tracking who was and wasn't vaccinated. I smelled an opportunity. For the next 16 days, I got 63 Covid shots every single day. This was a total of 1,000 Covid shots in 16 days, which really wasn't that hard given NYC's 2,600 pharmacies. In March, thanks to my hard work, I received $100,000 from Eric Adam's office. My friends asked if I had any negative side effects. To their surprise, I felt fine. I actually felt healthier than normal. Plus, while most people will need an annual Covid booster, I won't need a booster shot for the next 1,000 years. Vaccines compound, baby. Look it up. $100,000 for 16 days of work is incredible ROI, and I helped keep my community safe in the process. Opportunities like these are rare, but you have to capitalize on them if you want to successfully build wealth. Follow me for more wealth-building tips such as this. e Aadil Khan and 1,884 others 219 comments. 22 reposts

$Jack Raines @Jack_Raines · Oct 22, 2022 gm from Linkedin ן°J~~ױטין י\~VHVILIMIIIV Writing Young Money: the best finance blog you've never heard of Editing Exec Sum: Litqui... now. For the last two months, I haven't paid for a single meal in New York City. "How is that possible?" you ask. It's simple, free hotel meals. New York has 3,600 hotels, and many of those offer complimentary breakfast. By walking in and acting like you're supposed to be there, you can simply grab bacon, eggs, and toast at any Hilton or Marriott in the city. The real trick is securing free lunch or dinner. To do this, you dress up a bit nicer and head to the restaurant. Order whatever you'd like, enjoy the occasion. When the waiter comes, he is going to ask, "Card, credit, or charge to a room?" Say, "Charge to the room." Then write down a random room number and name, and make sure you leave before the payment processes. 1,108 With 3,600 hotels, you can do this for 10 years without double dipping. Follow me for more personal finance tips. t 5,968 58.9K 3 ...$

Online Presence

LinkedIn Hoaxes and Parody Posting Trend

Similar to the style of Jack Raines, LinkedIn hoaxing and posting parodies have also been carried out by other users of the professional platform since becoming popularized in 2023, such as LinkedIn user Alexander Cohen. On August 2nd, 2023, Cohen and Raines shared what appeared to be opposite and corresponding parts of the same story, each screenshotted as a LinkedIn post and then reposted to Twitter.

On August 2nd, Raines shared a new hustle culture tip about stealing and reselling furniture from Airbnbs in a tweet (seen below) that received over 7,400 likes in one day.^[6] That same day, Cohen shared a "cautionary tale" about having furniture stolen by a "Jacqueline Raines" from Airbnb properties, earning over 2,700 likes in a similar timeframe.^[7]

Jack Raines @Jack_Raines - 20h Earlier this summer, I started selling furniture from Airbnbs on the Facebook Marketplace. So far, I've made approximately $42,000 from my new side hustle. Anyone else tried this? As many of you know, I enjoy traveling. But traveling, especially traveling extensively, has one problem: it costs money. And unless you had a fully- remote job, it was always difficult to sustain long-term travel... until now. A few months ago, I rented an Airbnb in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, with several of my friends from college for Memorial Day weekend. While we had a blast on our trip, my credit card statement on Sunday morning gave me an existential panic. I had spent $5,400 in 72 hours. (bottle service at Miami's Club Space isn't cheap!) As I stared at my credit card, pondering how I would possibly pay off this month's balance, a novel idea began taking shape in my mind. I glanced around our Airbnb and realized that I was surrounded by furniture. Furniture that someone might pay a lot of money for. I snapped a picture of the dining room table, uploaded it to Facebook marketplace, and wrote "dining room table + 6 chairs available for $600! Must pick up today." Within an hour, the table was gone, and I was $600 richer. I quickly repeated this process with the outdoor pool furniture, grill, beds, couches, and televisions in the Airbnb. By the time I Ubered to the airport for my flight home, I had $6,500 in my wallet. My trip, where I spent $5,400, actually returned a positive ROI! I have since repeated this process in San Diego, Washington DC, and Denver, making between $5,000 and $8,000 per trip, depending on the size of the house and the quality of the furniture. And before anyone says, "This is theft! You should go to prison!" I would like to highlight that Airbnb has host insurance, so the hosts actually benefit by getting *new* furniture. It's a win-win for everyone, except maybe Airbnb corporate. 283 t643 7,373 ılı 2.1M : ↑

Following

Jack Raines joined Twitter in January 2012, and as of August 2023, he has accumulated over 54,000 followers on the platform,^[5] as well as over 29,200 followers on LinkedIn.^[1]