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I'm lost.
I'm broke after almost two years of being in crypto and in debt for the last 10+ years. I'm about to get hired for $6k/mo which is over 6x of what I spend on living (I live frugally in 1 bedroom studio by myself under $1k).
So why I say I'm lost?
I never liked the idea of being hired and having every day look the same or, even worse, being demanded to be somewhere at certain time where decision is not up to me. On the other hand I don't seem to be able to choose what I want to do:
...also because I look for quick cash infusion that I can make right NOW instead of in some months.
So far I came to conclusion that the easiest way would be to just get this job, stack crypto until next bull run and then retire (least mental effort) yet I know that less paid work (in the beginning), but done on my terms would be much more satisfactory and of course there would be no ceiling when it comes to how much I can earn and how fast and how many customers can I get.
Any tips highly appreciated! Maybe you will see something I missed
@fastlane_dad I feel like you might be able to help a bit (if you're down that is). I'm 33 yo, btw.
I'm broke after almost two years of being in crypto and in debt for the last 10+ years. I'm about to get hired for $6k/mo which is over 6x of what I spend on living (I live frugally in 1 bedroom studio by myself under $1k).
So why I say I'm lost?
I never liked the idea of being hired and having every day look the same or, even worse, being demanded to be somewhere at certain time where decision is not up to me. On the other hand I don't seem to be able to choose what I want to do:
- software house?
I hear that it's nerve racking and customers don't always pay, but on the other hand I know something about business and software and would have legal side covered (my fam is made of lawyers) and there is constant demand - ecommerce?
Had a store that made some profit and sold it to someone else so I can say I exited one business successfully. Not enough cash now to run a new one, but definitely one day I want to hear again that sweet ka-ching sound. - OnlyFans agency?
You can laugh, but I see girls doing $100k/mo left and right and not even doing anything sexual. Those girls want to live easy life so they'd probably happily split 50/50 for just delivering new content (photos, videos) while agency does all the heavy lifting (chatting to guys, replies, promotion, upsells, copywriting etc.). Downside is that I never done that so probably off the list for now. - own products/services?
- ebook on crypto wallet security and sell on Gumroad
- a specialized job board for only remote async jobs
- freelancing?
- consultancy on software development and cryptocurrency
- selling web (re)design services: just started looking at @Fox web school which is really well laid out and I love how much business approach is there and given my 8 years of software development experience it seems to make the most sense and lowest hanging fruit
- offer fullstack software development services (I have one productized service that got customers so I have some track record)
- get Insider membership, doxx myself and offer services to the members here?
- building personal brand?
I'm quite likeable and good looking (as in: taken care of, fit and girls do notice me) from what I know yet again wouldn't know what angle to take:
- personal brand:
- lifestyle? Not much to show for now (or as Gary Vee said: document everything)
- as software dev? Lately I just found one that has 200k followers on instagram
- as crypto trader/specialist? I didn't put trading as a separate list item because that's what I will always do and somehow the only thing I don't see ever leaving. I would love to be earning a living from trading alone, but so far bear market won with me.
- professional brand:
- which is usually good if you are hired gun which I don't want to be
- personal brand:
- all at once? So a (one-man-band for start) software house that also offer consulting and crypto-related services while building a personal brand of software entrepreneur and trader at the same time?
...also because I look for quick cash infusion that I can make right NOW instead of in some months.
So far I came to conclusion that the easiest way would be to just get this job, stack crypto until next bull run and then retire (least mental effort) yet I know that less paid work (in the beginning), but done on my terms would be much more satisfactory and of course there would be no ceiling when it comes to how much I can earn and how fast and how many customers can I get.
Any tips highly appreciated! Maybe you will see something I missed
@fastlane_dad I feel like you might be able to help a bit (if you're down that is). I'm 33 yo, btw.
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