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cheez on Feb 7, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: No engineer has ever sued because of constructive ...

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.

Dylan16807 on Feb 7, 2020 [–]

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.

cheez on Feb 8, 2020 | [–]

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

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