Don't give up on this shit!!!!

Air2air

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Why not to give up on your monies, no matter how frustrated you get.

I am real old (40+) and life sucked the big one in my twenties. I was so fucking pissed that nobody from my generation could make any damn money. It was impossible because there were no computers, web or other tools to do it with. We were really stuck. There was absolutely no choice but to get a shit job and 'build a resume'.

In college I hated every minute of wasted time being away from the real world. Seeing how we are judged by college degrees - that you're an idiot if you don't have one - makes me laugh seeing the kind of people teaching those degrees, and how that condescension originates from them as well.

I dropped out of UC after sitting through the 70 year-old hippie Department Chair's lecture in his bike shorts, not knowing his balls were hanging out. I had been increasingly worried that I needed to get out into the real world to learn anything, and fortunately two hours of hairy scrotum sealed the decision right there.

But without the Web, the only alternative was to bend over at Office Depot the rest of your life. So my twenties were spent struggling and succeeding in small businesses instead. But without the access to information we have today, when you were clueless there wasn't a damn thing you could do about it. You could not improve or learn. Just hope things would get better.

They did. The Web.

The Web has saved all of our asses. A tool for people with such incredible drive, talent and work ethic as WF members have, to actually bank. For guys in my generation, we could get Dad to make us a fucking lemonade stand instead. Use our marketing skills to make a nice sign, maybe some landers on neighboring street corners.

For you guys/gals that do not yet have a method that is working, that is WHY you are here. You must progress forward, as fast as you can. Don't give up and say "I don't know php". There is no fucking excuse for that now. Get to tizag.com and learn it tonight. You have got to RAGE on this stuff, ask stupid questions NOW, contribute your great ideas NOW and get your method returning money NOW before you suddenly become an old fuck, which is coming hard and fast straight for you, asshole.

Don't bitch about "it may take years", well it DOES. What else you got scheduled?
 


Air2air

Have you seen Hot Tub Time Machine yet? It is a riot for guys like us, 40+. The geeky kid who went back in time trying to get contact information from a girl at a bar was baffled what to do without cellphones, email, twitter, ect. Said, this is hard. :)

For an ADD kid like me with mild dyslexia, thanks Doc for telling Mom that Manhattan's were fine to drink during my pregnancy, the internet has been a life saver.
 
Balls out means they are telling you something that's gonna be on the exam. Most people don't figure that one out until 3rd year.
 
Sorry but every time I read something I just wrote I am horrified.

1. If you are here on WF, you are a future millionaire. Maybe not because of WF, but because you have drive, you can execute, and you put up with all the bullshit here to get a few nuggets of value.

2. There is no excuse to not know something. You will know the answer in minutes thanks to big G. That is a fucking BIG DEAL as fellow old fucks like TeeBird will tell you.

3. Because everyone has access to answers, you are in a footrace. There's no time to waste because half of the Phillipines are already coding the idea you thought of in the shower this morning.

4. Get coding. Get creative. Don't use tools everyone else was using last month. That is NOT SCALABLE because it will all be spammed to shit next month.

5. Get your thing so perfect you can become a guru and sell it to clueless fucks like you were last month.
 
i liked the part about his balls hanging out.


which brings up a repressed memory - back in the day i went to summer camp, and one of our counselors crouched down to talk to us. his dong was clearly hanging out of his shorts and he did not notice. i did because he had a massive one for being such a dirty hippy. towards the end of the convo he might have noticed that i noticed, and quickly stood up and walked away.
 
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We really do live in a time in which the internets will be viewed as being in its infancy. On one hand it's exciting, and on the other it's risky because you realize the entire industry is extremely volatile. I really do believe though that if you stay on top of your game, you will succeed because it hasn't hit anywhere near as mainstream as it will be in 20-30 years.
 
"You have given out too much Reputation in the last 24 hours, try again later."

Better luck next time, but great post. I'm a young whippersnapper at 34, and I don't appreciate the reminder of how fucking fast time is moving right now, asshole :action-smiley-052: :D
 
As overwhelming as my entrance to AM is, these posts definitely re-fill my drive. Repped.
 
Great post +rep

Over the last 4 years since i've decided to again become active in the webmaster community (after nearly 9 years staying in the shadows) I've had the pleasure of witnessing hundreds of complete newbies making it big. Not to mention all the day jobs that got dropped.

It's a great feeling to be a sideliner in someones dreams being accomplished.
 
Making money (real money) on the web is not for weak minded... You must be willing to bust your ass until you figure out what works.. Then bust your ass some more and repeat.

I had to lose money before I started making money.. and I have to spend money to make money.. Just like any other business.. Except I can put this shit down and do anything I want and I STILL make money while I am playing.. I have more freedom now than I really need kinda scary..

I am used to sitting behind a desk all day getting bitch at by someone, that all stopped Sept of last year.. FUCK THE MAN!!!!