make a living without working for the man?

It would help if we knew what your skills and interests are.

[mason55]

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It would help if we knew what your skills and interests are.

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Anyone can sell drugs or suck dick.

[JaBlue]

I am reasonably good at math, logic, etc. I am a competent writer and I like music - am good at guitar. I don't know what interests me, really. I like to play poker and I like to read and I like to go out with friends etc.

I could see myself as a writer (playwrite? screenwriter?) but from what I understand it is very hard to make it this way. I don't need much money but I don't want to have to worry about it.

Oh yeah, I'm just thinking in terms of what my options are for the future. I'm not even in college til next year.

[PoBoy321]

If you wanted to spend a whole bunch of money and a few more years in school, you could think about going into criminal law. The logic, rhetorical and performance aspects of it seem like they would suit your interests well. If you were to open your own practice, you could easily set your own hours and be your own boss.

I'd say stick to poker for the time being. Take some business classes in college, and just try to learn about a lot of different things that might interest you. Then after college, pick something you think you could do well and would enjoy, and start your own business.

[bholdr]

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make a living without working for the man?

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be the man.


seriously... don't make money as a laborer... working with your body... don't make money with your mind, wasting your time...

make money with your MONEY, son... be the capital and not the labor.

[tonypaladino]

Hit up a maritime college and get a degree in Maritime Engineering.

Whenever you feel like working, you call the union, and within a week your on a ship for 2 months, get your check for $40,000 and repeat every time you want another $40,000

[SammyKid11]

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I guess I could be a musician

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I guess you could be, but only if you happen to be extremely talented on at least one instrument that's in demand, spend years cultivating that talent so that your abilities are in the top 1% of everyone on earth who plays your particular instrument, happen to get out and meet the right people, spend lots of money promoting yourself, and then get really lucky on top of that.

On second thought, if you're looking for something you can jump into and make a good living at while not working for "the man"...maybe you try something else.

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I guess I could be a musician



I guess you could be, but only if you happen to be extremely talented on at least one instrument that's in demand, spend years cultivating that talent so that your abilities are in the top 1% of everyone on earth who plays your particular instrument, happen to get out and meet the right people, spend lots of money promoting yourself, and then get really lucky on top of that.

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Yeah, but you'd get a lot of poontang.

Absolutely true. While in high school/year off before college... I was the subpar drummer on a band otherwise full of amazing artists... they get gigs now, I have poker and computer science..

but god... the poon-tang.

chicks.

love.

drummers.