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Originally Posted by johnmatrix 
Isn't that the case with nearly every job?
No.
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Sure it is, unless:
1) You have enough money to start your own business, promote and maintain it for a few years and then slowly delegate.
2) The stock market, or you have enough money invested that you're able to live off interest.
3) Go the illegal route (drugs, fraud, scams, etc) to get enough money to start #1 above.
4) You're very lucky.
Out of these 4, excluding 3 and 4 (YMMV), the only option for somebody who doesn't have much money to begin is option 2... which is more stressful than AM, requires more hours of research (at least at first) and you're competing with 100x richer people than you are in the AM game.
The only better way IMO is doing something you enjoy for a living - but then it wouldn't count as a job. If you enjoy AM, you can do it for a living.
If you don't enjoy it, then do as suggested above and start a network, become a consultant, promote your own products, or use the money to get into stock/investments or starting your own business.
Sure, nobody likes making LPs, writing ad copies or promoting leads to dating sites we've never even been to, but what can you be doing instead of AM, that doesn't suck, nor involve a huge investment in either time (phD, MA, etc) or money, that you actually enjoy?
and it's an excellent skill to have, especially if you can take what you know and apply it in real life, face to face.