Let's have another one of these threads >age >what

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>age
27
>what you do
Gym operator for US foreign service europe. I get paid to work out, eat, inspect fit girls' butts, and lock the place down for the night.
>gross
29k USD
>net
24k USD after taxes and health insurance

18
University student
$0
-$1500 because of student debt :^)

>>1614879
>19
>security guard
>approx £22k a year after tax

I sit on 4chan all day. Wanna get into stocks so I can make more money sitting on my ass.

>>1614879
>age
27
>what you do
Waiter
>how much you make per year (gross/net)
~42,000

>>1614936
Bad mindset. You need capital first. Work on making as much money as possible and invest it properly.

You will waste more time/potential money on trying to beat the market than you couldve made working harder at work or trying to get a better job.

>>1614944
I got some small time bills to pay atm so while they're being paid off im also putting money away for future trading. As of current, im essentially a real noobie so im learning somethings by myself and im gonna ask my dad for some advice as he's an MTN broker. Only problem is that when I mentioned getting into trading at an earlier age he suggested things like precious metals rather than stocks and bonds.

>2016
>being a wagecuck

Age: 25
What do you do: Internet Marketer
How much do you make per year: $250k USD

>>1614942
I'm older than you are, I have a PhD, I'm a professor, and I make what you make, waiter-bro.

20
Accounting undergraduate while studying at uni
40k AUD but approx 10k uni debt a year as well

>>1614961
Gross or net and how did you get there?

>>1615008
You market the internet

>>1614879
>age
29
>what you do
uber and lyft
>how much you make per year
about $500

>>1614989
but do you enjoy your job?

>24
>cryptocurrency daytrading
>3mm USD

>>1614944

This.

Even still it would be better to make a big investment, don't try to corner the stocks you won't make shit.

23
Office wagecuck
€25.000 after taxes

>21
>Selling grass to golf courses and cattle farmers.
>~€70.000. ~€37.000 after taxes

27, Paramedic, 42,000

>38
>Wendy's Chef
> $28,000 / year

>20
>student (History)
>$0
>$0 (full scholarship)

>>1615158
Your taxes are almost 50%? Fuuuuckk how do you guys save money what the fuck

>Age:
18

>Job:
Recommence Web and ERP Software Developer
£20,000 a year

>Assets
£10,000 in Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies
£10,000 in investment fund
I bought a house for £150,000 with £20,000 deposit, rents out for £700 a month, £150 profit per month
£10,000 in trading account averaging 0.3% week aiming for 15% this year

Net worth is negative because of the house ofc

Not sure what to do next. I want to start a business at some point but for now maybe some freelance web stuff.

Any advice would be cool!

>>1615158
>almost half is taken in tax
wtf?

>>1615740
>Wendy's
>Chef

Pick one. You're a cook. Unless Wendy's pays their boys in R&D peanuts, you are a cook.

>>1616189
Yea! You show him. No one gets away with semantics like that on our board!

25
CAD monkey
£25k gross

Will have to start contracting in a couple of years when salary caps at 30-35k.

>>1614879
>28
>gambling hall manager
>36k€ net

>25
>Firefighter/Paramedic
>$51k base

Should pull in about $57k this year with OT.

>>1616191
kek

43
Optical Technologies
55k + small bonus 1-2k

Also just started creating apps and games for mobile and PC.

Buy and sell penny stocks too and I've doubled my small investments in doing so. I'm up $700 for the year. Plan on investing larger amounts next year.

>age
34

>what you do
Business Owner / Financial Management

>how much you make per year (gross/net)
profit based, on average about 400k

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>>1614879
>24
Have two jobs as electrical technician. First one is control box assembly for hvac, second is audio-video, telecom, lightning equipment install at offices/apartments.
>10-15k$ in cash.
Fuck it was twice as much before of all of that crimea shit.

30
NEET
$10,200/year

25
I write code
90k base 15k bonus gross
65k net 9k bonus net
Medical insurance, 401k, taxes, social security, Medicare, transport all taken out to yield the net

Also I don't work in cali so that's why it looks "low"

27
senior software engineer
$135K salary + $50K in stocks

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>28
>caretaker for disabled
>21k usd

Age: 70

Real Estate/Hotel Development

Yuge. Real Yuge. Bigly

27
Police Officer/Weekend Warrior
89k, closer to 70k after pension contributions and insane IL taxes

23
mechanical engineer
68k/46k after taxes

kind of dissatisfied with where i'm at, want to work at spacex but heard it's a meat grinder for idealists

>>1614879
>24
>student
>36k so far

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>>1618134
Friend interned with spacex, says it's like working for Satan and they don't give a fuck about you.

>>1616185
Welcome to Europe.

>31
>accountant
>$65k

I was making $90k but it was so intolerable i walked out and wound up at an easy 9-5.

>>1618131
fucking christ no wonder the taxes are insane here and the state finances are fucked

>25
>Desk Job in Pharmaceutical Industry / Part-time MBA student
>75,000 before taxes

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> 30
> MechE in Silicon Valley
> $93k/yr gross, ~$30k/yr after taxes, expenses, and IRA.

I hate my life and feel like a fucking poorfag because I live and work near bankers. Yesterday I drove to work in my Hyundai Incelbox next to a young banksterfag driving a BMW i8 (without the cucked blue trim, so it looked like a fucking sweet-ass spaceship).

All I want is a smart, decent-looking woman who won't divorce me and hasn't fucked Chads.

>>1616601

for real? e.g. you cuck people out of 2% per year of their retirement savings?

>>1618552
~$30k/yr after taxes, expenses, and IRA.
How much are your expenses? Your savings should be around 40k region

>>1614903
How do you get a gig like that anon

>>1616958
Thats shitty for a trade mate. What country are you in?

>>1618565

Fixed expenses are $2k/mo (rent, car, food, insurance)

Bullshit I buy totals $1k/mo roughly.

My Fidelity.com account shows I'm saving $40k/yr including retirement contributions, so that's good I guess.

>>1616178
you rent a £150k house out for £700 month?

>22

>part time bar work, setting up business on side

> ~£500 month total less than £100 profit now that ive rent out a business unit

>19
>deburrer
I get metal shavings off of machined airplane parts
>45k/yr before taxes

28
just left my job, unemployed
roughly 15k

>age
45

>what you do
I'm a cardiologist

>how much you make per year (gross/net)
560,000

Software sales, 60k base but should make 100k if this new job works out. Take 35% off for taxes. 28 and live at home with parents. I also dabble in crypto trading. Graduated with 150k in debt and have it worked down to 70k. Also thinking about starting my own side business cause I don't want to move out when I'm 30.

>>1614879
29
Software automation engineer
$112,000/yr

>>1618684
why are you living with your parents if this is your situation? are you saving that much by not having your own house? is it worth it considering you have to masturbate while your parents listen?

>22
>i deliver pizza
>like 21k a year
>i barely pay any taxes because its all tips
>i just want an internship
>all the fucking pajeets come and take the CS internships. all i have ever got is one interview that i blew
CANT WAKE UP!

>>1619112
I live in nj area so actually yes I am. Property taxes are highest in the nation. However, you are correct about the maturation and I can't bring girls back. It's slowly driving me mad...

>age
28
>what you do
Working in IT security
>how much you make per year (gross/net)
approx 22k euros

>33
> AutoCAD drafter
> $40k

>>1616205
I want to be you. Unfortunately my color vision isn't perfect, so emergency services are out.

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>>1618591 Moscow/Russia. 10k is sort of a median net income here. There are lots of guys who works as contract employee for 6-10k, as a freelancer you can get twice as much, 25k is sort of a limit for any kind of manual labor.
Btw in Moscow one room apartments near the last metro stations starts from 500$/month, groceries will cost you 200$, bills/public transport - 100$.

>>1614879
>age
22
>what you do
Barista, freelance design and marketing
>what you make
The year isn't over but 36k ytd, banked 7k of it. Will probably end from 38-42 if another design job comes in.

I like reading these threads!

At the moment I think that I want to keep doing the work that I am doing and start buying rental houses in a city nearby. Is that a cuck goal? Are the returns on a rental worth it or should I just keep buying stocks (up 9% for the year on my portfolio)

>>1619295
really considering going to poland for school, my friend goes to a school that boeing/lockheed actually request people from.

eastern Europe sounds so cheap and fun.

says its only like $1500 a semester for a great school, compared to americas $2,500 for a cheap shitty school.

i'm sure you're biased being a rusky, but would you rather live in moscow or a comfy polish city like warsaw?

my only fear is not being able to work/intern while in school on a visa.

I more than likely would not immigrate, unless i can land work with the roscosmos.

>>1614879
>29
>Software Engineer. E-commerce. Not Amazon
>100k, plus an extra 10 if I do well
>lol Boston so after the 16% I shove into retirement I end up with about 50k a year, more than half of which goes to living expenses.

I just want to live in a place where apartments aren't fucking 2200 dollars a month.

27
Lawyer
180k/yr gross, probably like 146 net depending on what my accountant does for me

my life fucking sucks though and I am going to try and find a job where I don't want to kill myself, even if it means just scraping by on my bills. Unfortunately I've got a baby on the way so life is just a real big shitstorm right now.

>>1618561
Nah, I'm doing the financial management for the Construction business I co-own, basically CFO.

>>1614879
27
gambler
fluctuating, but somewhere between 46k and 50k

>>1619391
i don't think so, bucko

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>age
26
>what you do
Something similar to data science
>how much you make per year (gross/net)
Around 14.5 K gross, 9K net + 1.8K in food stamps

Welcome to Mexico :/

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21
Computer technician
3.000 USD per year
Average monkey life in Brazil.

>>1619478
>>1619478
And yes, 3k per year.
250 USD per month

>23
>Web developer
>25k after taxes

net worth about 75k usd from short esports career

>>1619599
Huh, what game? Prize money?

>>1619486
Jesus... I think a lot of people tend to forget sometimes that most of the world is incredibly poor.

Whats crime like over there? From what ive seen seems like not only its hard to make an honest living but people everywhere dont give a fuck about killing you.

>>1619599
How do I git gud at vidya?

Not that I think I can compete for money (although I'm not opposed to the idea) but I want to be good enough that I can stream and do a YouTube channel for some secondary income.

Why there is so huge salary gap between even top EU countries and USA? Is Europe cheaper or just poor.
7200 eur/year, kitchen crew, Cyprus

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>21
>Food Engineering student
>0
I'm sick of being a poorfag

>>1619609
Heroes of Newerth - combination of teaching people to play (30-40 usd/hour), boosting and prize money

>>1619623
Don't bother. The people who get good have a natural inclination for it; if you play a lot and you aren't naturally getting good there is only so much you can do.

Even with the money I made it hasn't been worth it for me; I was years behind socially until I reintroduced myself to society 2-3 years ago (can never really fully undo the damage 10 years of only gaming did to me, though). Education also suffered badly, and my wrists are kinda fucked.

>20
>Process Operator
>100k

>>1619655
Basically, because much of the hard hitting expenses are socialised, european workers can achieve a similar standard of living on a lower salary and if you're not that dependent on saving for retirement or giving your child a good education, you are less likely to demand more money than your need.

>7200 eur/year, kitchen crew, Cyprus

Also that is still really poor even for European standards.

>>1619660
Okay, but how can I get decent and market my Twitch stream so I can get donations and make an entertaining YouTube channel? I'm thinking I can make a following on a non-gaming channel, and then advertise that I'm opening a new gaming channel. Since the channels are so saturated, if I open with the gaming stuff after a entertainment or comedy channel, and then develop an online personality so that the viewers are already there and I'll release a gaming video every other day for the ad revenue while I release main channel videos once or twice a month, then focus on Twitch streaming randomly when popular games first come out.

>age
25
>what you do
Actor/model
>how much you make per year (gross/net)
After membership dues and expenses, 50-70k Depends on how much work I want to do.

>>1619695
Where do you work and how tough is it to get work? Could an 18 year old 6'1" skinnyfat blond German/Irish dude with dark blue eyes get something good? My beard genetics are shit so I'll have to do clean-shaven gigs.

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>>1619339
>would you rather live in moscow or a comfy polish city like warsaw?
2 years ago i would chose Moscow. Business was going much better, salary in dollars was twice as much, inflation, politics wasnt that bad, etc.
But now even a western europe looks like a much better place.
>for school
Definitely not Russia.
>roscosmos
Do you seriously want to work in state owned russian company as a technician or engineer? I am living here for 24 years, but i dont think i'm russian enough to handle such shit on everyday basis.
>my only fear is not being able to work/intern while in school on a visa.
I dont think it is that much of a problem.

>21 turning 22
>Urban Planning Technician with Municipality
>approx. 58,000$

>>1614928
What was your tuition rate? If it's 1,500 then where did you find a college with those rates? Community college? If it's significantly more than 1,500 then you can afford to not go 1,500 into debt

>24
>screen print shop manager
>25k

>>1618679
Holy sweet fuck. How many years of school is that? 14?

>>1619769
Med is shit in terms of happiness, but the good specialties make absolute bank.

>age
24
>what you do
investment banking analyst
>how much you make per year (gross/net)
$105k base. Maybe $25k - $50k bonus next month? I don't know what I net. I'm maxing out my 401k and pay standard single-filer taxes in a state with no federal income tax

Planning my move to private equity in the next year or two. Sellside is ok, but I'm more interested in the buy side esp. after working with some PE firms.

25
Unemployed
Fuck Math Majors

>>1614879
Make 60k + 20k/year from a business i own down in Texas, plan to move and start a farm

43 years old

Business Intelligence

$94,000/year gross atm. Net about $2800 per paycheck (paid every 2 weeks)

Interviewing for a job this Friday at $108k/year which also has HMO premiums about 50% what I'm paying now. Bout to crack that six figure goodness. Wish me luck bros.

22
Investment Advisor
45k+10k bonus
55k - work pays into my pension + benefits

>>1620178

*state with no state income tax

fuck me

25
Loss Prevention Manager
$53,000 + $3,000 - $5,000 bonus gross
$40,000 - $42,000 net

>>1620178
What did you do to break in? School or connections?

>>1620212
gl man

>>1619475
When compared to people working on mcdonalds you really should feel very lucky

>>1614879
>19
>work customer service at a burgerfi/ an engineering student
>maybe 20K if im lucky

>>1619692
I don't know what you mean by decent. Are you already playing a lot and have little success? Then you shouldn't expect to get much better, no matter what advice you follow.

Probably not your guy to ask in terms of how to make a gaming channel popular; obviously easier to get a following if you are good, but there are some really popular youtubers with retarded personalities and no skill out there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4z7e8MS4Bk

>18
>
>

>>1619391
Go out in a cocaine fueled blaze of glory. If you really want to leave this earth

>22
>current student in information systems
>have job offer as data analyst
>$65,000 per year plus $7,000 signing bonus

I got so lucky landing this job. After a few years I'd like to think about opening my own firm in IT consulting but that'll be a while.

20
Electrical technician
42k after taxes

>tfw 60h+ per week
>tfw europoor

>>1618736
Where do you live?

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>>1615740

Attention all retards:

This is a meme.

>>1614879
BTW
>71
>President
>$1

18
University student
$100 from selling t-shirts online

>>1619785
Yeah I've heard. How many years exactly did you take until you graduated and got your degree/license?

Looking into Orhtodontics, but it's 8-10 yearas with 400K-600K in debt, however the average is $400K and upwards, you can earn a shit ton of money. Plus most of the work is done by the nurses

>20
>have my own business doing government contracts
>0 because started two months ago.

I have a contract on file right now, if it works out great, I'll profit 3~4k depending on shipping and shit.

>>1615025
What platforms do you use to trade?

What software do you use to perform technical analysis?

What are your preferred currencies?

>20
>graduate at Big 4 accounting firm
> $54,000

>>1621412
After med school I did 3 years of internal medicine residency
After that I did a cardiology fellowship which took about 3 years
And if you want to specialize even further you can do other fellowships like interventional cardiology which takes 1-2 years

>19
>GManager @ small biz
>47,500

pulling a good will hunting educationally

Will do this for 2 yrs save~80%, travel for 6-12 mo, then back to bidness school to major in teen poon & minor in alcoholism

>>1619265
Are you me? I just turned 28 (yesterday), but I'm a CAD tech making 40k a year too...

>31
>CRNA
>180,000/yr USD

>>1620356

luck

I studied engineering at a mediocre public university. A recruiter gave my resume to an MD that also went to my college like 30 years ago and brought me in for an interview and hired me.

I had some experience in doing this kind of work at a previous co-op I had while I went to school, so that helped. But I knew nobody in banking. Hell I didn't even know what investment banking was when I started.

>>1614879
>21
>Business Technology Analyst (Data Science Division)
>72K before taxes for internship, 105K before taxes if I don't fuck up (conditional offer)

>>1622699
Jesus hahaha

This kinda gives me hope for a IB career despite my dogshit major

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>age
25
>what you do
Quality Control Analyst (lab rat) for a chemical plant
>how much you make per year (gross/net)
75-85k/year depending on OT, some people i work with pump it up to 120k/yr but that's with insane ammount of overtime. Basically 16hr shifts 6 days a week.

>>1614879
22
network engineer
90k usd ~70k net usd's

>>1616958
found the terrorist

>>1620449

>I graduated in IS/MIS/IT in May 2016.
>2 years of IT phone helpdesk internship with some BI experience.
>Was paid
>let go cuz graduated and internship ended and company was going through a buy out so departments were on hiring freeze/lay offs.
>No IT certs (Yeah I know)
>now bullshit server/barback not making shit

Anon, plz help need advice from anyone how to proceed.

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>>1619391
I feel for you. Think about what interests you have and what you're good at / talented at doing, than try finding where those two meet. If you were into hunting, fishing and hiking, perhaps become a Department of Fish and Wildlife warden.

Or boats, then you could open up your own fishing charter and hire someone to run your boat for you while you collect a large chunk of the money.

Hope you figure it out man.

25
Actuary
~75k, ~53k after taxes
Not the highest paying job, but the Pay/effort ratio is very high

>35
>IT Manager
>170'000

itt: everyone is in their 20s and making a mid to end of career salary

22
Purchasing
40k gross

>21
>Head chef at Wendy's
>300,000 per annum

>>1618130
>70
how

>>1614961
you must be pretty shit at it. How the fuck are you not at least team two comma yet?

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>>1624626
>He doesn't get the reference

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>>1624632
but hes 71

Lawyer 29
$120k incl super AUD

>>1614879
>22
>Software Engineer
>36k

I feel like Im very underpaid for my age. Can someone give me advice?

>18
>Low Level Mgmt. at a Wegmans
>$39,000 before Taxes

I also do and sell alot of cocaine and pills and that brings in spending money.

Blew my SATs because I was a degenerate, trying to figure out what to goto school for, if even.

>34
>ebay powerseller
>800k

>>1614936
>£22k a year after tax

fuck off you do

>>1625312

bullshit

>>1623030
also curious about this. help the lad out

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>>1614879

19
professional butt sniffer
$69

>>1614879
23
22k CAD after taxes
I process the paper work for a call center. Initially hired to take calls but they fired me because I'm a sperg. Gave me my job back when they realised I can do paperwork but my contact is basically month to month.

Life is fucking shit right now.

>>1614942

>Waiter
>42,000

holy fucking shit seriously? Didn't think service jobs made that much.

>>1615291
>Paramedic

God bless you and the shit you have to deal with.

>>1614879
>age
27
>what you do
starting December 5 I'm going to be traveling the country as a consultant for a commercial swimming pool company based in Germany.
>how much you make per year (gross/net)
I'll be making about 55k to start, plus commissions/bonuses/all expenses paid.

I'm super excited. I'm going to PA for three weeks to oversee a few installations.

>>1616191
I wouldn't call it semantics. There's a huge difference. My grandfather worked his ass off to become a well-respected chef and he was proud of it. He wasn't a retarded pillhead who made poor decisions and ended up flipping burgers as a "career".

>28
>Business Analyst and hobbyist stock trader
>Total earnings from both jobs this year before taxes is $72,000, 53k from business analyst job, and 19k from stock trading. I pay around 30% in taxes so total take home is like 48k I guess.
>My analyst job is so insanely easy that I do all my stock trading at work
>I legit just post on 4chan when I am not stock trading at work.
>I work maybe 5-6 hours a week. But I have to physically be in the corporate office for 40 hours, the other 34 hours I day trade and browse 4chan.

>>1619330
I'm a property manager and I can say it's absolutely worth it if you stick with it. There's a somewhat high barrier of entry plus you have to take renovations, labor, etc into consideration. It may be awhile before you're turning a profit. I suggest buying for cheap in low-income areas, doing the bare minimum, and renting to HUD.

22
cs
80k/yr

started this year

>>1619364
Move down to North Carolina and live half an hour outside of Charlotte. You'll pay 1,200 a month and live like a king.

>>1618552
>Yesterday I drove to work in my Hyundai Incelbox next to a young banksterfag driving a BMW i8
Are all bankers actually rich? That sounds like a meme to me
Or more precisely, are all Economics grads rich?

>>1622798
>lab rat
Did it fuck you up? Is it fucking you up? Will it?

>age
21
>what do you do
grad student
>how much do you make per year
14k stipend throughout the year, plus whatever i make from my summer gigs. usually about 8-10k interning for 8-10 weeks
also free tuition, a 15k/year value here

> 25
> student
> work part time as code monkey and earn minimum wage (around 300€ per month)

i hate being poor fag. don't know how to make money and how to let it work for (if i would have any) :P

>>1616193
What field exactly ? I work with CAD in Land-Survey/Civil Engineer. I would have to work hard and get multiple degrees to come near this digits.

> 23
> Land-Surveyor/CAD
> 8k/9k - USD

From Brazil. I make this much for doing multiple tasks.

300k year
First year Bollywood actor

>23
>mcdonalds
>7k

im lovin it

No idea how to green text.

30yr old
Business owner, excavating

Biz is 3yrs old

Grossed 32k last month. I don't pay myself much and I just reinvest most of it into the company. 60k of business debt in equipment. Married with 2 kids. Used to be a virgin addicted to video games.

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>25
>Tech support/accountant at independent auto auction
>29.9k gross annual salary

>>1618552
Literally cucked
>He doesn't actually know we profut off the tech he creates for more xD

>>1625807
Are you that anon that started by removing trip hazards for property managers?

>>1625946
Yeah I like to share my story, it's possible to change your life.

>>1625953
Share it negro.

How did you start?

>>1625953
advice man, I poured my life savings into a concrete grinder/polisher and a hepa vacuum. I'm having a hard time finding work. Any advice you can give on finding clients/work?

>>1625958
I used to play wow as much as possible, I was a waiter working until 2am most days. One night I didn't know what I was doing with my life and decided why not try to be rich. Since that day I would change little things about myself, tried to be better every day, just folding my clothes and stuff.

Started a business in 08 with my dad and it was a nightmare. Started with lots of debt and after 4 years I just gave up. I said I would move away from my family and just get a good job.

Moved away met my wife who was a better person than I but I guess she saw something in me. She taught me to be better with money. At one point I was working until like 8pm and she was at home with our first kid she was crying because it was rough on her. She said just start a business again. (A little more to that conversation)

So I did and it was fucked again. Made 19k my first year. Just ended the year with debt. Got a job in the winter just to catch up. After that winter things picked up and here I am a few years later.

>>1619391

> golden handcuffs, the post

always lawyers man. Never understood why the big firms work you guys to death. You'll almost never get a long term lawyer out of it, he'll just quit in 2 or 3 years when he is about an inch away from suicide.

>>1625963
Property management companies. Google them and just start cold calling. They always have little jobs they need done that others are too big for.

>>1619695

Had speaking parts in any significant TV/Movie productions?

>>1614879
>age
21

>what do you do
Cyber forensics & security consultant

>gross
$70K

>net
$49K

tax/super/HECS is a bitch

>24
>troll tranny/gay irc chat rooms
>you wouldn't believe me if i told you

>>1625966
Aight cool man, how did you set pricing? Do you call your competition and try to be in the same ballpark? Any advice on getting helpers at first when you don't have enough work to fully hire them?

>>1625424

I know a guy that waits tables in a high end restaurant in Hawaii. He said the servers can make 50k a year.

>>1625964

I started a few businesses myself. It wasn't until my 3rd business that I found something that worked.

Thank God all 3 were low cost to start businesses.

I wish I could get into the higher revenue contracting like paving, etc...

I was shocked when I found out how much brick and stone masons can make.

>>1625973

Just figure your costs out and divide by hours. You can call other companies but you need to understand how they arrive at that number.

Go to Home Depot. Some of those laborers standing out there have some skills. When you find a good one keep his number. I had a guy who also did gardening on the side.

>>1625981
Go work for a paving company. Then start doing little patches. You can build an empire from that.

>>1625970
Lol what? How do you make money out of that?

>>1625973

I'll help the other anon out.

> how did you set pricing?
After being in the game for a little while you figure out what the other guys charge. You can also search online. Or call a competitor and pretend to be a customer.

> Any advice on getting helpers at first when you don't have enough work to fully hire them?
Just get any random guy that has a social security number. Have them fill out a 1099. Pay them an hourly rate either in cash or by check. Then at tax time give the 1099 to your accountant and tell them the hours the guy worked.

Or just pay them under the table, cash. But then you can't write off the business expense so you'll pay more taxes.

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>age
23
>what you do
software engineer
>how much you make per year (gross/net)
$60000/$42768

>>1625983
Aight cool man, thanks.

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>>1625985

Well I currently have a business that is pretty good. I work alone, and when I go to a site I make $70 - $100 per hour. I usually book 10 - 15 hours per week. The rest of my time is spent doing estimates, taking calls, marketing, etc...

But I keep telling myself to keep my sights open, learn other stuff. You never know when an industry can get fucked up.

but thanks man.

I feel great that I went from making $10/hr to making $100/hr, and own a business. My only regret is going to college and not becoming an entrepreneur earlier.

>>1625988
You need to come to your own pricing. One company works for $40/ft and goes broke. Another company charges $40/ft and makes millions.

>>1625987
>>you wouldn't believe me if i told you

>>1625995
If you can do $100hr you're doing good just figure out how to get more hours. Keep in mind guys cut grass for like $30.

>>1614879
44
retired business owner
~$125k gross/~$10k net
fuck paying taxes

>>1625997

I agree, I do set my own pricing, but it's still at the mercy of my market. Too high and I will get outbid.

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>>1626002

Yeah. I'm thinking of getting on Angie's List.

>>1614879
20

Uni student in comp sci. :^)

$4000 gross if I land summer internships; last two years have been good to me; -$10000 net usually

>>1625807
You just put a greater-than sign in front of what you're writing.

>thats why you always see those in front of green text.

Guess summer came early this year.

>>1625963
Cold calling is the best thing you can do. It sucks, but it works. I set aside at least an hour a week for it even when I'm booked solid for weeks. If nothing else, it at least keeps my phone skills sharp, which in my opinion is one of the most important skills to master when you work for yourself. Never underestimate the importance of communication.

Get business cards if you don't have them already and keep them on you at all times. If you're a regular at a restaurant/gas station/small business, ask them if you can leave a stack of cards on the counter at the register. A lot of them will say yes. Give your card to anyone you talk to, whether it's for business or not. I've got a surprising amount of business by giving my card to random people I spoke to. Even if they don't need you, a friend or neighbor may mention needing some work done to them and you'll likely be the first name that pops up.

Advertise on Craigslist or any other type of free online advertising service. Shit, I'm even on Backpage and i actually get bites from it every so often.

I haven't done it since I was initially growing the business, but going door to door can be really helpful. I probably would have quit after a few months if it wasn't for the initial shit load of business I got from canvassing neighborhoods back then. It's kind of embarrassing, but if you're a good salesman it's definitely worth it.

Im sure there are other pointers I can give you. Let me know if you need anymore. And never forget that there is an unlimited amount of free resources available online that are going to do a better job of helping you grow your business than I, or anyone else here can.

>>1625963
Have you considered expanding the services you offer? Instead of just polishing floors/countertops, maybe investing in the tools necessary to strip and refinish wood flooring as well? It's not cheap, but you can also make a good bit of money doing it. Or you could even offer to paint houses/lay concrete/electrical work/other odd jobs instead of just specializing in something as niche as concrete polishing. I'm just spitballing here.

What was your barrier for entry and what's the average price you charge?

If you're from the Piedmont area of North Carolina I can give you fairly steady work. It'll slow down a little until the spring but I've got a couple of project houses I'm working on and could use a hand with, plus some concrete that needs to be repaired/polished in a few of my other properties.

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>30

>multiple business owner (food processing factory and rental real estate)

>~$170K gross (live on less than 25K a year, dump the rest back into real estate and pay taxes so dumb people can keep breeding)

I work 7 days a week and live like a poorfag.

>>1625981
>>1625964

Kudos to you guys. Running your own business is the best way to move up in the world, not easy, but worth the risk and effort.

>>1625970
I'm going to have to ask for a little more detail on that one.

>21
>Student, and self employed carpenter and firewood / gourmet mushroom salesmen
>I don't know, not a lot, that's why I'm here

>>1626219
Going for a math degree btw, not sure what I'm doing after my bachelors and yes I can program

29
Ortho Surgeon
Finished my fellow around may this year, been working about eight hours a day since then, free weekends. Banked about 80k and bought a new car

>>1626222
>math degree
from what I hear those are pretty useless, stick with programming

>>1626149
Mind sharing how you got started with the factory?

>>1626519
>research
>actuarial shit
>engineering
>5,000K starting trading job

>useless

>>1626219
Go into more detail about the gourmet mushroom deal if you don't mind. I watched Documentary type thing on Netflix about groups of people that made a living in unconventional ways. They had people that hunted rare mushrooms, harvested burls from trees, collected ginseng, hunted for worms, and caught eels and it was all fascinating. I'd love to hear about your process.

>>1626710
well it's sort of getting started again right now, I just moved into place where I could pursue it again. Basically, I bought mushrooms from a store and now am in the process of getting them ready to fruit. It's pretty fun and easy, they're very low maintenance, and all the farmers markets just ended here so I'm hoping to take advantage of that supply vacuum (they also grow very well outdoors in the colder months). I should be selling to local stores and restaurants soon so I'm fucking amped up about it. I'm hoping to inoculate some tree stumps and fresh fallen alder with Shiitake before December. Works well with a firewood biz because they can grow on hardwood and sawdust

My brother used to sell burls, it's ok imo.He was also pretty crafty so he'd more often then not turn them into bowls and cool little art pieces. I also know a guy who owns a logging business and he sells them in bulk when he finds a big burl log.

It works well if you do in tandem with other things that bring you to the forest like mushrooms picking, shedhorn hunting, etc.. Just basically learning to have an eye for whatever is valuable on the trip your going on.


Also the mushrooms increase in price drastically if you go inner city, chantrelles as an example are about $5 /pound wet out here in the boonies, $15-20 when you go downtown.

38
retail
22-25k
investing is contributing about 1.8k per year so far on top of that. hoping to increase that to double or triple in 5 years.

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>>1614961
bullshitter until proven innocent.
show your paycheques for the past 2 months

>>1615008
he's bullshitting,
check >>1626912

>>1620178
that sounds g but hard to believe,
can you provide proof in paycheques?

>>1620247
what did you do to get the position and at what company/bank are you working at

>>1622724
howd u land the job

>>1626925
I won a competition they were hosting. This allowed me to get my foot in the door.

My grades are not amazing, but once I was in my skills got the bills and they didn't even ask for transcript.

>>1614879
23
scaffold carpenter at an oil refinery
$63,500 gross/ $48,000 net

>>1625995
>>1625964
Legit question for both of you: how did you get into that? However dumb that may sound I can't wrap my head around how can someone enter a business he has no contacts in beforehand
Just how do you become an entrepeneur from zero?

Age: 20
What you do: Student
How much you make per year: 21K€/22.3K$ net

>>1627233
Where? I'm working at a new refinery as a scaffolder and I'm making 96k.

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>>1614936

>Wanna get into stocks so I can make more money sitting on my ass
>£22k a year