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What do you recommend? Starting your own company only works for a small subset of ppl ofc so I'm assuming you mean something else



How much do you need to be free? https://sivers.org/richand


Being a full-time musician is a job too, with the equivalent of interviewing. If someone prefers software, let them.

And you can't quit your job to live minimally if you have zero or less net worth. Expenses only go so low.

Saying it's "easy to be free" is massively condescending to every person that struggles to get over the poverty line. Not everyone can just "get" gigs whenever they want.


Buddy I have has been homeless, in jail, never finished school, etc, etc, etc and this year he hopes to break the 7 figure income mark after more than a decade of mid-six figure income.

No trust fund.

No connections.

No leg up.

Yes you can do it. Excuses galore though.


I wasn't talking about whether people can do it.

It's not easy, and most people can't just quit their job right now, or within a month or two.


Nothing worth doing is easy so not sure of your point.




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