/biz/ - Business & Finance

>>1457297
I was 29 2 years ago, I hadn't had a job for 4 years, I had no currently relevant skills, I had no career progress, I had no friends, no money, all I did was sit at home and wank and play video games all day. I was too embarrassed to make the correct choices and I really was destined and close to fucking myself up permanently financially. I can relate to most of what you said, even though it comes across as arrogant and childish.

I launched a small company with a little less than £100 and grew it to turn over £110,000 that year. I've since launched another recent venture and I'm already making £2,000/month after tax with it. I'm still scared, still learning, still challenging myself and still loving growing my numbers.

If you're smart, my advise to you:
>Learn self discipline
>Join a gym as soon as humanly possible, take it seriously and do not fuck it up, especially not in the long term

Once you have those in order:
>Figure out a way to make a few bucks
>Repeat it X Hundred times until you're earning more than minimum wage
>Grow yourself into a business and keep going

ITT: People who have never worked in an open/community project.

They're fantastic for productivity during high speed runs and projects, especially when you have a multitude of skills. Especially true in digital industries, but also applies to fashion/etc sometimes.

There're countless examples of fuck ups and people implementing open offices in place of offices rather than in addition to, which invariably lowers productivity and isolates some team members, but those are from companies who don't know what they're doing in the first place. Valve and Google are great examples of companies using "open" offices and project sharing to their fullest.