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Hello /sci/
I know this is probably not the place to ask for advice but I have a big decision to make regarding my future and you're the audience I would like to get opinions from rather than /adv/.
Basically, I've finished high school 3 years ago and I've always done fairly well in school, especially in mathematics and general science/logic/problem solving areas. However, I've yet to do anything productive or challenging ever since. I started backpacking and been travelling the globe for years now financing myself with mundane labour and service jobs. I do very much like my lifestyle and I really can't see myself committing to 3 years of university any time in the near future, but I also know that I don't want to keep working shit jobs for years to come.
So recently I've sat down and tried to figure out what I could teach myself in order to be able to make a decent living working from my laptop anywhere around the world. I've done research on several options such as online poker, internet marketing, web design and programming but I'm unsure as to what would be my best bet in order to be able to earn a living from it within 1 year of self study starting now. I'm most interested in programming but I also think that's by far the toughest route to take. Also, I'm a lazy cunt and procrastination is a big issue for me so I'm just stuck here trying to figure out my best plan of action rather than actually getting to it and learning something so I'm hoping this will be the kick in the ass that I need to get rolling in the right direction.
So my question to you would be if you were trying to teach yourself a skill from scratch with the goal of being able to make a living from it within 1 year of self study what do you think your best bet would be? Where would you start? What resources would you recommend?
To give you some numbers, I'd plan to study at least 2 hours a day on average and I'd be more than happy if I made 1000-1200 USD a month.
Appreciate your opinions
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>>7779694
Fair enough. I'll stick around for a bit longer anyway someone might be having a good day and feels like helping me out.
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>>7779688
If there were such a thing, everyone would already be doing it.
Also,
>I'm most interested in programming
>within 1 year of self study
>I'd plan to study at least 2 hours a day on average
The bottom end of the software and services job market is absolutely saturated with people more trained than that. They're the ones who keep bitching that it's impossible to find a software job right now. Forget it.
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>>7779782
Would web design be the way to go then in your opinion?
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>>7779688
>what I could teach myself in order to be able to make a decent living working from my laptop anywhere around the world
Do programming.
It's not even hard if you're halfway intelligent, and there's always need for it. Also, it's like the one field where not having a degree isn't an automatic disqualification.
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>>7779782
This post.
Go for a trade son. This will start with a job you can somewhat enjoy at the bottom of the ladder, then work your way up. It may or may not involve "higher education", typically once people start earning paychecks - paying rent they are very reluctant to suck it up and go back to school, real life my friend.
You will want to be flexible with your plans in this world, world is running down, times may change substantially and you with them to survive.
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>>7779785
No, that's even more oversaturated. The tools are so easy to use that pretty much anybody can create an adequate web site.
>>7779788
>Do programming. It's not even hard if you're halfway intelligent
Ha. It isn't hard if you're half-way intelligent, true, but the problem is that most of the people who do it are about one-tenth-way intelligent.
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>>7779801
>Ha. It isn't hard if you're half-way intelligent, true, but the problem is that most of the people who do it are about one-tenth-way intelligent.
If this is what it takes that's actually good motivation for me to dive into it. I would consider myself halfway intelligent, I can beat out competition and get to that point within a year. About fucking time I started to use my brain again after 3 years of flipping burgers.
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