I did a handful of 25k per day consulting digs for friends of friends over a decade ago, I did it as a favor because I was making hundreds of thousands a month sitting in the comfort of my own office and the thing that stands out at that level is if you're that good, build your own shit. I do see that AI used correctly for smaller businesses could be a great income generator for younger people starting out trying to get to that first 10k a month in clients but AI is eliminating tens of thousands a month for me in human rolls like full web development, split testing, creatives and so on so don't you think at this point, they would be better off duplicating a working business model with AI and running thier own? Consulting is so feast and famine, mostly famine.
Exactly, the adjusted take home wage vs what I made has basically doubled while costs of food, housing, entertainment etc have all more than tripled or quadripled. I was basically breaking even with a couple hundred left over a month to save but I was going out a couple nights a week for dollar drafts, dinner dates etc. Today you'd be negative $1000 a month to live the same lifestyle I did with zero going out. Negative $1500 if you want to go out for a couple meals and drinks and a month with a date.
Everyone is lying about almost everything, no one has any political views, they change their view depending on what is popular to the crowd they want to be a part of. Exist outside the system, maximize lifestyle. Live cheap now, trailer park, rented room, a van, maximize revenue. Lie your way into better jobs, learn to use AI and other people's labor to make you money, buy back your time aka your life as quickly as possible. Paying off a decent little $150k apartment somewhere nice is near total time freedom, you can do that in 36 months working your ass off, living small. Use that base to follow your dreams. Don't create comfortable, don't create routines, create stories. Have adventures, try different jobs from firefighting to bartending, private pilot license. When you have time freedom you can afford to invest in fun shit, new training, cool experiences. Become an emt in 4 weeks, save a life, learn to fly a plane. Living a life people would tells stories about is a choice not an accident. Take your last breath which could be next month or next century knowing you did cool shit and didn't waste your life pleasing other people and sleepwalking through what could have been an awesome experience here.
@RubinReport Jesus is the only religious historical figure ackowleged by multiple competing religions, the jews believe in him, the muslims believe in him. The muslims celebrate him, they aren't your adversary.
@ikabobcrane@WallStreetApes go deeper: 6 to 8 trillion dollars is collected in total fines fees and taxes. That's enough to pay everyone 18 and over 40 to 60k a year. DO YOU feel you are getting your money's worth? or could you pay your own teachers and cops and road repair?
@WallStreetApes No one says the real issue: 6 to 8 trillion dollars is collected in total fines fees and taxes. That's enough to pay everyone 18 and over 40 to 60k a year. DO YOU feel you are getting your money's worth? or could you pay your own teachers and cops and road repair?
@BridgetPhetasy No one has any actual political beliefs, that's why I've never voted. You're against war until the people you voted for want war, you're against government overreach in people's lives until it's your side doing it. You're against waste until it's your side wasting it.
Not really, freemasonry was at the time of it's founding the intelligent way to draw in the smartest and most effective people. Technology and intelligence programs made identifying those individuals much easier than a tiered system of trials and tests like the ancient priesthoods and mystery schools it modeled. Then, smartly freemasonry essentially used it's lowest public levels as a mirage to protect the high levels: "your uncle bob is a freemason and does charity drives for the childrens hospital on weekends, it's just a guys club"
@arrington Not only did I expect this, I expected it 15 years ago thanks to reading techcrunch, you guys were way off on your robots in the streets timeline.
You guys are completely out of touch with reality. I was born in 79, I've made millions in my career, worked full time from 13 years old under the table and the cost of living that actually matters, housing, food, healthcare, transportation is multiple times what you guys paid adjusted for inflation. My first apartment was $550 a month 25 years ago, that same shitty studio apartment in a shitty building in a shitty part of town today is $1800 a month. Wages were outpaced by inflation. It isn't the kids netflix and chai lattes guys, that's a retarded take.
@BridgetPhetasy I honestly believe people that say the earth is flat and we don't go to space are probably smarter. They might be wrong, but I'd rather hang out with them, they'll be more right overall by not believing anything the government says about anything.
@Sassbass77@BellaBaddie__ All mental diagnosis is hypothesis disguised as expertise. Is it possible you have a mental disorder? yes, it's also possible to get diagnosed with anything from autism to bipolar if you answer a questionaire a certain way. I'd try a lot before letting a survey tell me its over.
@Sassbass77@BellaBaddie__ I know. Only 20% is medical or due to a recent event, breakup, death etc. Your body/mind/soul are bored, it seeks purpose, connection. Your muscles need to be used, your brain, your spirit. Most people are rotting too much of the day, day after day and wonder why they feel empty
@copper_car18532@BellaBaddie__ The point is too much downtime, not a roofers financial outlook. If you work your body and your mind, use your downtime wisely, friends, romance, purpose/charity, you find anxiety and depression vanishes in most people. It's the doom scrolling, the netflix binges, the bed rotting
The current state of AI is the ADHD & underachievers dream. Millions of should have been millionaires finally have access to the side of their brain that doesn't work: organization & rapid deployment of systems to now match their innate ability to see & understand opportunity.