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Are any of you rich?

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shmay
Profile Blog Joined July 2004
United States1091 Posts
March 22 2008 06:05 GMT
#1
And if so, how?

I have this thing where I want to actually have some money. I just read Tim Ferriss's Four Hour Work Week, and I fully plan on pursuing that path, but other advice is still welcome.

For example, I was playing this online game and some guy was talking about how he made money by buying old bikes from the recycling center (or maybe it was the junkyard), refurbishing them, then reselling them.

Not a way to make lots of money, but still different. Little cool stuff like that. Thank you.

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perisie xx
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
429 Posts
March 22 2008 06:09 GMT
#2
buy/sell from newspaper classified, like buy/selling on mmo
MyLostTemple *
Profile Blog Joined November 2004
United States2921 Posts
March 22 2008 06:11 GMT
#3
i may lots of money casting sc, and i work one to two days a week generally.
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FirstProbe
Profile Joined June 2004
1206 Posts
March 22 2008 06:17 GMT
#4
I work long and hard for little pay, but at least what I do is worthwhile...
decafchicken
Profile Blog Joined January 2005
United States20136 Posts
March 22 2008 06:23 GMT
#5
upper level management in car industry (dad's job)
how reasonable is it to eat off wood instead of your tummy?
MeriaDoKk
Profile Blog Joined July 2007
Chile1726 Posts
March 22 2008 06:33 GMT
#6
i dont work D:
clazziquai
Profile Blog Joined October 2007
6685 Posts
March 22 2008 06:38 GMT
#7
On March 22 2008 15:17 FirstProbe wrote:
I work long and hard for little pay, but at least what I do is worthwhile...


That really matters a lot. Sucks for you if you have a high pay job but don't enjoy it.

I am sure you'll be able to find a better job as you get older since you're only like in your 20s? I assume?

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skyglow1
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
New Zealand3962 Posts
March 22 2008 06:50 GMT
#8
I got a couple decent scholarships but all that money dissapeared instantly cause I had to use it pay off university and accomodation fees T_T
mikeymoo
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
Canada7170 Posts
March 22 2008 06:56 GMT
#9
Where's Rek/Zephyr/other poker ballas?
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fusionsdf
Profile Blog Joined June 2006
Canada15390 Posts
March 22 2008 07:40 GMT
#10
I save a lot.
I have quite a lot of money for someone my age.
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zdd
Profile Blog Joined October 2004
1463 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-03-22 07:55:53
March 22 2008 07:52 GMT
#11
It really doesn't take much to make a lot of money. Basically, you have to be always vigilant for opportunities, and be willing to make loads of contacts. Walk around town and meet people, eventually you will find someone who needs something, like a bulk order or something, offer to find them the best price for a small percentage of the cost. Put all your skills on the table, good at setting up computers and fixing bugs? There's a huge market for that everywhere, be like a neighborhood computer consultant. Eventually you will find some product or service that everyone desperately needs but somehow lives without. This is your goldmine. Go and put some property under collateral for a bank loan or talk to a venture capitalist (this is where contacts come in handy) and start that business. Remember to incorporate it so that you don't have to deal with personal liabilities and it's easy to walk away from should it fail.
All you need in life is a strong will to succeed and unrelenting determination. If you meet these prerequisites, you can become anything you want with absolutely no luck, fortune or natural ability.
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Profile Blog Joined August 2004
810 Posts
March 22 2008 08:16 GMT
#12
I dine at Dorsia every Friday at the booth closest to the bar and juxtapose to the window facing 5th Ave.
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Profile Joined May 2006
Canada929 Posts
March 22 2008 08:51 GMT
#13
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phase
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States399 Posts
March 22 2008 11:05 GMT
#14
man that graph is some hawt shit
Plexa
Profile Blog Joined October 2005
Aotearoa39261 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-03-22 12:57:17
March 22 2008 12:56 GMT
#15
On March 22 2008 15:17 FirstProbe wrote:
I work long and hard for little pay, but at least what I do is worthwhile...
should have studied engineering then eh?

On March 22 2008 15:50 skyglow1 wrote:
I got a couple decent scholarships but all that money dissapeared instantly cause I had to use it pay off university and accomodation fees T_T
i know your pain
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zatic
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
Zurich15361 Posts
March 22 2008 13:22 GMT
#16
I make decent money as a business IT consultant, but it's lots of work. However, once I am specialized in an area few people know about I can freelance for $200/hour.
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Xeofreestyler
Profile Blog Joined June 2005
Belgium6774 Posts
March 22 2008 13:29 GMT
#17
I save a lot from my weekendjob at pizzahut which earns pretty good money.
So now I have like 3000€ on a 4% bankaccount
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betaben
Profile Blog Joined September 2007
681 Posts
March 22 2008 14:01 GMT
#18
On March 22 2008 17:51 NEwAcC) wrote:
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what were you doing different between 10K and 13K ?
JeeJee
Profile Blog Joined July 2003
Canada5652 Posts
March 22 2008 14:40 GMT
#19
On March 22 2008 23:01 betaben wrote:
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On March 22 2008 17:51 NEwAcC) wrote:
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what were you doing different between 10K and 13K ?


hitting a heater?
(\o/)  If you want it, you find a way. Otherwise you find excuses. No exceptions.
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BuGzlToOnl
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
United States5918 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-03-22 18:44:30
March 22 2008 18:41 GMT
#20
On March 22 2008 15:11 MyLostTemple wrote:
i may lots of money casting sc, and i work one to two days a week generally.


i saw on another thread that your not willing to post how much you make, but how much do the other commentators make that have been doing it for a while like the three guys always commentating sc


on topic, i'm not rich, but I don't really see much value in money yeah its important but I really don't care much about it, if I ever bought a lottery ticket for shits and giggles and won I donate most of it to charity, i'm not materialistic at all so I don't see what I would do with it >_>

ps: don't bother asking me for my money saying i dont care for it I still have bills and school to pay
If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.
CaucasianAsian
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
Korea (South)11591 Posts
March 22 2008 19:41 GMT
#21
On March 22 2008 23:01 betaben wrote:
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On March 22 2008 17:51 NEwAcC) wrote:
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what were you doing different between 10K and 13K ?


its not him...
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Elric
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United Kingdom1327 Posts
March 22 2008 22:22 GMT
#22
To make readers who aren't super star poker-players or luckybastard* SC commentators feel better, I successfully managed to overdraw on my overdraft not once, or twice but THREE times in my uni days. Good times.

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Divinek
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Canada4045 Posts
March 23 2008 01:52 GMT
#23
Was conveniently born into money.
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Goosey
Profile Blog Joined September 2005
United States695 Posts
March 25 2008 16:55 GMT
#24
Find out what you want to do, get an education for it, and do it.

Don't try to do any scheme to get rich without an education. You may get lucky, but it is usually gonna fail.

Once you have education you can easily get job, and if job pay bracket just happens to be high, you just happen to get lots of money.

It is easy.
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omgbnetsux
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
United States3749 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-03-25 17:18:26
March 25 2008 17:17 GMT
#25
Just get a good degree and work hard. It will pay off in the long run.

Get rich quick / working from home / 4 hour work week stuff is generally bullshit. If it was that easy to get rich, everyone would be doing it.
EvilTeletubby
Profile Blog Joined January 2004
Baltimore, USA22258 Posts
March 25 2008 17:20 GMT
#26
On March 26 2008 01:55 Goosey wrote:
It is easy.


I wouldn't exactly say that...
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1t2t3t4t5taw
Profile Blog Joined April 2007
Andorra173 Posts
Last Edited: 2008-03-25 18:37:05
March 25 2008 18:36 GMT
#27
I make a grand total of around $1000 a month, interning for a local tech company, but I'm a college student so I that's my excuse. I think it's pretty good since I get to keep about $500 of it every month as my allowance that I can spend/save as I want (I mostly save). I pay my housing rent but my parents pay for all my school tuition, which is nice :D
afadf
QuanticHawk
Profile Blog Joined May 2007
United States32113 Posts
March 25 2008 19:27 GMT
#28
I make a measely 30k-ish a year =/ (Had to cut hours cuz of school). It was cool when I first started full time, now i just want the damn degree so i can make $
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Response
Profile Blog Joined April 2004
United States1936 Posts
March 26 2008 15:02 GMT
#29
On March 22 2008 17:51 NEwAcC) wrote:
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standart
the REAL ReSpOnSe
Jayson X
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
Switzerland2431 Posts
March 26 2008 15:07 GMT
#30
I was rich onces...
blackjack and whores killed it.

No i'm kidding.
Taxes killed it...
CapO
Profile Blog Joined March 2007
United States1615 Posts
March 26 2008 18:48 GMT
#31
On March 23 2008 10:52 Divinek wrote:
Was conveniently born into money.


can you give me some? i'm poor. god bless you.
SNSD fan
bASes
Profile Joined September 2004
5 Posts
March 26 2008 23:41 GMT
#32
I'm going to be a Cardiac Thorasic Surgeon.. I'll be saving lives and making money
Gokey
Profile Joined November 2006
United States2722 Posts
March 27 2008 02:31 GMT
#33
On March 27 2008 08:41 bASes wrote:
I'm going to be a Cardiac Thorasic Surgeon.. I'll be saving lives and making money

As soon as you learn to spell thoracic... Jesus christ, please don't be my surgeon
LuMiX
Profile Blog Joined October 2006
China5757 Posts
March 27 2008 05:49 GMT
#34
rofl gokey.. =P
FirstProbe
Profile Joined June 2004
1206 Posts
April 04 2008 02:23 GMT
#35
On March 27 2008 11:31 Gokey wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 27 2008 08:41 bASes wrote:
I'm going to be a Cardiac Thorasic Surgeon.. I'll be saving lives and making money

As soon as you learn to spell thoracic... Jesus christ, please don't be my surgeon


lol
and just so you know, cardiothoracic surgeons are starting to lose some of their income because of interventional cardiology, and a lot of them are starting to do angio's to supplement their income.
FirstProbe
Profile Joined June 2004
1206 Posts
April 04 2008 02:24 GMT
#36
On March 22 2008 15:38 clazziquai wrote:
Show nested quote +
On March 22 2008 15:17 FirstProbe wrote:
I work long and hard for little pay, but at least what I do is worthwhile...


That really matters a lot. Sucks for you if you have a high pay job but don't enjoy it.

I am sure you'll be able to find a better job as you get older since you're only like in your 20s? I assume?




:D
I'm old now
kidd
Profile Blog Joined November 2002
United States2848 Posts
April 04 2008 04:46 GMT
#37
Like Someone said when you actually have a job that doesn't involve playing poker all day, saving is very important. Since most of us go to a University, any retainable funds are awesome.

I try to keep myself on a budget which has worked for me for the past 3 years or so. So far with a mediocre paying job working part time I have upwards of 10k in my account. I pay for everything as well (bills groceries etc.)

No where near some of the others but not too bad for someone who is 20 and independent
Hi
Polyphasic
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
United States841 Posts
May 13 2008 10:16 GMT
#38
On March 27 2008 08:41 bASes wrote:
I'm going to be a Cardiac Thorasic Surgeon.. I'll be saving lives and making money


maybe you should learn how to spell it right before you become one.
can't making a relationship last longer than 2 weeks, since 1984 :thumbs:
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