Police or fire fighter in the San Francisco Bay Area is a low barrier to entry high salary high status job and not very dangerous.
I think small retail is an even better deal than that. Terribly run stores in SF stay in business and well run ones prosper ridiculously.
Many LW readers are coders who could be Google quality if they worked at it a bit, though the outback might be a good place to get practice without distractions.
PUA enthusiasts can obviously make money selling instruction in Game, and should be able to make money in sales in general.
Many LW readers are coders who could be Google quality if they worked at it a bit, though the outback might be a good place to get practice without distractions.
Given that being a good software developer is 3% talent and 97% not being distracted by the internet, whenever possible one should make programming a social activity so one has a social obligation to code.
I think small retail is an even better deal than that. Terribly run stores in SF stay in business and well run ones prosper ridiculously.
You mean buying an existing business and running it better or starting a new business entirely? Either way, can 70th percentile instrumental rationalist LW folk realistically raise that kind of capital?
can 70th percentile instrumental rationalist LW folk realistically raise that kind of capital?
Almost definitely yes if they are old enough to have very good credit and are willing to take on the capital as a personally guaranteed loan. You typically don’t get startup type investments (where you aren’t personally responsible for losses) for starting or buying a small business.
PUA enthusiasts can obviously make money selling instruction in Game, and should be able to make money in sales in general.
I’m curious about this one (PUA-instructor) - it seems to be a limited niche (as a specialized personal training service), it’s already colonized by early adopters, and it requires artfully developed social skills. But sales—yeah.
Something pretty similar to Louie’s suggestion is working on cruise ships. There is a degree of premium pay because you have to be away from home for so long. And of course they provide you with meals and room and board by necessity.
I’ve only take one cruise in my life (2 or 3 years ago), but I actually got the impression that things were quite the opposite for a lot of cruise ship roles. The cleaning staff seemed to work hard and continually, and our assigned waiter worked his butt off amusing us and serving us, doing a remarkable job (everyone loved him) - as did all the other waiters. The acting troupe on board seemed pretty good to me as they put on multiple complex shows, and so on and so forth. And where I could tell, the workers were quite international, suggesting fierce and widespread competition.
What, for example?
Police or fire fighter in the San Francisco Bay Area is a low barrier to entry high salary high status job and not very dangerous.
I think small retail is an even better deal than that. Terribly run stores in SF stay in business and well run ones prosper ridiculously.
Many LW readers are coders who could be Google quality if they worked at it a bit, though the outback might be a good place to get practice without distractions.
PUA enthusiasts can obviously make money selling instruction in Game, and should be able to make money in sales in general.
Given that being a good software developer is 3% talent and 97% not being distracted by the internet, whenever possible one should make programming a social activity so one has a social obligation to code.
But traveling to a different part of the world to work on something specific sounds like an experiment worth trying. I’m adding it to my list.
Thanks for that. Getting back to work now.
You mean buying an existing business and running it better or starting a new business entirely? Either way, can 70th percentile instrumental rationalist LW folk realistically raise that kind of capital?
Either and ‘yep, if they tried at all’. I’ll be happy to talk in some detail with people who are actually serious about doing so.
Almost definitely yes if they are old enough to have very good credit and are willing to take on the capital as a personally guaranteed loan. You typically don’t get startup type investments (where you aren’t personally responsible for losses) for starting or buying a small business.
I’m curious about this one (PUA-instructor) - it seems to be a limited niche (as a specialized personal training service), it’s already colonized by early adopters, and it requires artfully developed social skills. But sales—yeah.
Something pretty similar to Louie’s suggestion is working on cruise ships. There is a degree of premium pay because you have to be away from home for so long. And of course they provide you with meals and room and board by necessity.
I’ve only take one cruise in my life (2 or 3 years ago), but I actually got the impression that things were quite the opposite for a lot of cruise ship roles. The cleaning staff seemed to work hard and continually, and our assigned waiter worked his butt off amusing us and serving us, doing a remarkable job (everyone loved him) - as did all the other waiters. The acting troupe on board seemed pretty good to me as they put on multiple complex shows, and so on and so forth. And where I could tell, the workers were quite international, suggesting fierce and widespread competition.