Tyler Cruz spending $70,000/month

JohnCJackson said:
I just think if you are sitting on the internet somewhere pooh-poohing six figure incomes, while some of the most prestigious occupations in the most developed nations of the world don't even come close to paying that... I don't know. Must be a nice perspective to have, I guess.
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Yeah, all depends on perspective I guess. The way I view it is if I'm building a business from scratch (literally just open up Notepad, and start typing), developing the products, all the infrastructure, business relationships, contractors, training programs, no stability and constantly scared because I don't know what the future is going to look like, and so on... then I want more than a mediocre life that's going to pay the bills.

The entire point of entering this line of work is because the sky is the limit, and you're not bound down by multi-year salary contracts, so why would you ever be satisfied with $15k or $30k/month? I'm not making close to $30k now, but was netting over that back when I was 20, so I'm quite confident I can do it again, and hopefully soon.

And $15k/month isn't that much at all. You can net $20k/month by working behind a jackhammer in the mines up north. Both my brothers are just typical white collar guys in the corporate oil patch, and I have no idea what they make, but when I hear things like one of them got a $50k Christmas bonus, I'm pretty sure they're doing ok. And I'm quite certain their friends and neighbors are at the same level as them.

Or have you ever sat around and had a dinner or beer with a few self-made millionaires? Tell them you're making $30k/month from your own business, and you're not going to get any praise. Instead, you'll get a response like, "yeah, that's a pretty good start. keep working at 'er, and you'll eventually get there".

JohnCJackson said:
FWIW, I would net $10,234.70 per month on a $15,000 month salary, after withholding Federal, FICA, State, Local, City, and School Income taxes, with 4 dependents. So that's even an extra $1200 a month to work with. I could probably support another family on that.
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Ohhh, you live in the US. That's why you think my $6k/month figure is high. For a typical Canadian sub-burb, that's about what it would be though for a family of 4, and that's not living the lap of luxury. It's a nice life, but that's budgeting, watching your money, etc.
 


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Surround yourself with successful people... and prosper!
 
guerilla said:
There are a LOT of people who don't make $15k a month in IM. It's not baller money, but for a lot of folks, it's nothing to sneeze at.
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I wouldn't be surprised if making $15K net/month placed you in the top few % of earners, out of all the people who profess to 'make money online'. It's a power-law distribution.
 
wtf are you talking?

15k/month would put you in the top 2% on the planet.

I don't think more than 10% of posters here make that.
 
He does a blog post about EVERYTHING.

He's not bragging and pretending to be a baller, he's just socially retarded.
 
Anyone making a living online is awesome. We're doing something completely ridiculous and earning money doing it. 2/15/30/50 whatever the thousands per month I respect anyone who is a successful affiliate online.
 
nbbrad said:
Anyone making a living online is awesome. We're doing something completely ridiculous and earning money doing it. 2/15/30/50 whatever the thousands per month I respect anyone who is a successful affiliate online.
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nbbrad said:
If you compare people who work in coal mines to us, we're absolutely doing something unconventional and different.

I am unable to see your point or understand what you took offense to.
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Do you think that somebody pushing acai rebills online or doing MFA arbitrage sites is contributing more to society than somebody who is mining coal in very dangerous places?
 
cardine said:
Do you think that somebody pushing acai rebills online or doing MFA arbitrage sites is contributing more to society than somebody who is mining coal in very dangerous places?
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Do you really think it matters? They chose that occupation. How many of them do you really think enjoy putting their lives at risk for barely nothing?
 
Johnathan said:
Do you really think it matters? They chose that occupation. How many of them do you really think enjoy putting their lives at risk for barely nothing?
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who told you they make barely nothing?

and in most cases, it's a matter of people not knowing better/not having access to information.
 
momchil9 said:
who told you they make barely nothing?

and in most cases, it's a matter of people not knowing better/not having access to information.
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That was my point. If they had to choose to make 60 - 75k a year working online or coal mining I'm sure they'd go with something safer. Of course I am assuming that they have the ability to learn and execute. No one told me anything. You can find what coal miners make annually just by doing a quick Google search. You can also find out how many coal miners die every year globally.
 
lol, you're actually right. I thought they made quite a lot of money, because of the hazardous environment.

my point was that actually they don't really chose that occupation. They are pushed into it.
 
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