/biz/ - Business & Finance

[Anonymous No.2543960]

>What you wanted to be when you were a child
>what you are today

>Scientist
>Insurance salesman/ Shitcoin trader

[Anonymous No.2543967]

> childhood dream: be a retiree
> reality: working

hold me biz
hope in 5-10 years im rich enough to quit

[Anonymous No.2543975]

>a cuck
>a supercuck

[Anonymous No.2543983]

>>2543960

> farmer
> computer scientist

my dream would be to retire in a nice farm

[Anonymous No.2543997]

>>2543960
>WWF WRESTLER
>A PUSSY

Kill me now

[Anonymous No.2544012]

>>2543960
>scientist
>currently finishing my master's degree in physics

feels bretty gud desu

[Anonymous No.2544023]

a mobster
a btc/eth bag holder

[Anonymous No.2544025]

>>2543960
> Shitcoin trader
> Shitcoin trader/Software developer

[Anonymous No.2544035]

>a jet pilot or mobster
> crappy bartender

2nd one is still possible tho...

[Anonymous No.2544037]

>>2543960

> computer scientist
> farmer

my dream would be to retire in a nice cubicle

[Anonymous No.2544045]

>>2543960
>What you wanted to be when you were a child
A soldier

>what you are today
studying EE

if it's any consolidation, I was a solider and I deployed. Just moving onto a more lucrative career.

[Anonymous No.2544051]

>>2543960
>nothing
>barely above nothing

Shitcoins will be my only salvation in this life

[Anonymous No.2544062]

>>2543960
>a rockstar
>an engineer
I'm happy it worked out this way

[Anonymous No.2544063]

>>2543960
>A pornstar
>A virgin

JUST

[Anonymous No.2544076]

>Loved

>Not loved

[Anonymous No.2544114]

>artist
>salarycuck/coiner

i pray that coins will emancipate me from wageniggerdom

[Anonymous No.2544119]

>Astronomer
>Computer Engineer

[Anonymous No.2544144]

>What you wanted to be when you were a child
>what you are today

>dunno… I think at some point I wanted to be circus director or farmer. Later this changed to Architect or Scientist
>Scientist, I guess

Worked_out_better_than_expected.png

[Anonymous No.2544146]

> garbage truck (not man, truck)
> neet taking care of household chores including the garbage, shitcoin trader
who else /livingthedream/ ?

[Anonymous No.2544151]

>war criminal
>phd student

[Anonymous No.2544152]

>>2543960

>a psychologist
>a store manager/shitcoiner

[Anonymous No.2544203]

>>2543960
>Stock broker or traveling vegabond
>Waiter by day crypto extraordinaire by night

Not that bad desu, I make good money and no stress

[Anonymous No.2544226]

>doctor
>doctor/shitcoin embezzler

[Anonymous No.2544236]

>Navy seal
>Landscaper

it's close enough, r-right?

[Anonymous No.2544243]

>rainforest explorer/biologist
>Archaeologist
.
.
>Right now I'm a carpenter's assistant

[Anonymous No.2544244]

>software engineer, working in a physics related field, like at CERN or NASA (or SpaceX nowadays)
>banking software engineer and shitcoin trader

Not that bad. Despite not working on ground breaking technologies which was my biggest fantasy, the money is definetely more attractive where I'm at.

[Anonymous No.2544247]

>>2543960
>happy
>unhappy

[Anonymous No.2544287]

>>2543960
>scientist
>doing a science degree
>hate it
>it's fucking terrible
>it's all literally just trial and error

[Anonymous No.2544288]

>>2543960
>Math professor
>Actuary

Fucking university ruined my dreams. I tried, like an idiot, to take a bunch of math courses my sophomore year that were way, way over my head with a bunch of PhD students because I was deluded into thinking "If I study enough, I'll be able to pass it no matter how hard it is" and did terribly, even though it was an Ivy League school. Then it was all kind of downhill from there. Ended up with a 3.1 GPA but thankfully some actuarial company hired me. Got in trouble for cheating on a math homework assignment by looking up an answer online too. I'd never get into a good graduate school.

Realized my junior year I needed to find some way of making money because I got married right after college and knew it even then and so here I am. Fuck all of this.

[Anonymous No.2544301]

>>2543960
>nobody
>nobody

[Anonymous No.2544304]

>>2543960
> Hacker
> Network Security Engineer

meh

[Anonymous No.2544319]

>>2543960
>geologist

>chef of a decent pub/ shit coin trader/drug dealer

im happy with my salary and 12 hr shifts 5 days a week are fine

[Anonymous No.2544320]

>>2544288
What I really want to do is make just enough to be able to quit and only work a part time job for my life. It's not exactly retiring, though that would be even better, but having enough money saved that I can work part time and go without a job for a while without too much harm. If I get some nice qualifications along the way, this might be feasible.

That would allow me to travel around working part time jobs, with my wife, and pursue jobs related to any interests I have. Follow my dreams kind of, without being too reliant on money.

[Anonymous No.2544337]

>>2544301
Living the dream

[Anonymous No.2544406]

>>2544287
experimental work is even worse. you do the same shit for weeks. if you don't get the result you want you make a minor change and continue doing the same shit for a few more weeks, and then repeat ad nauseum.

[Anonymous No.2544472]

>lawyer
>web developer

[Anonymous No.2544501]

>>2543960
>scientis
>neuroscientist

[Anonymous No.2544513]

>Work for NASA/Something with space.
>System Admin at IBM.

Not too painful.

[Anonymous No.2544516]

>>2543960

>Astronaut / Aerospace

>a fucking security guard.

i'm going to neck myself tonight.

[Anonymous No.2544530]

A physicist or stockbroker
A failing mechanical engineering student

[Anonymous No.2544543]

>>2544045
>consolidation
what

Is it sad that I've never pursued any dreams or aspirations? Whenever I do, I always drop it soon after because I'm convinced I won't be able to make it.

[Anonymous No.2544677]

>>2544025
MODS

[Anonymous No.2544828]

>>2543960
>Artist
>High School History Teacher

[Anonymous No.2544910]

>a scientist
>a scientist

You didnt miss much, op

[Anonymous No.2544921]

>engineer superstar adventurer
>shitposting quasi-neet cryptotrader

[Anonymous No.2544933]

>>2544677
Kek

[Anonymous No.2544992]

>philosopher rockstar
>physicist, computer vision scientist

I hope I can still become a version of the former, though

[Anonymous No.2545018]

>>2543997
same 2bh

[Anonymous No.2545031]

>>2543960

Power Plant Operator

ShitCoin Trader Extraordinaire

[Anonymous No.2545040]

>>2543960

>Video game designer / Director

>Unemployed

;( Basic income can't come soon enough. Our species is disgusting as fuck. They keep replicating like crazy and scarifying the earth.

We have technology now. We can track how many humans there are and how many people we can allow to reproduce.

>inb4 commie

If someone decides they don't want 2 kids, another family that wants to have 4 can do that.

Free money? Bitch, the US wastes 40% of it's food every year. We can feed everyone.

Stop being autistic.

[Anonymous No.2545054]

>>2543960
>dental surgeon
>unemployed chemical engineer who cant trade cryptos for shit

I unironically think about killing myself everyday

[Anonymous No.2545918]

>astronaut
>TSA

fug

Get good grades guys.

[Anonymous No.2545929]

>f1 race pilot
>nothing

[Anonymous No.2545932]

>>2543960

>robotics engineer
>algorithmic trader

[Anonymous No.2545933]

>>2544037
Kek

[Anonymous No.2545945]

fireman
ebay trader

[Anonymous No.2545947]

>>2543960
>engineer

>poor engineer failing at trading shitcoins

[Anonymous No.2545953]

>>2543960
Insurance salesmen make a killing bro. Renewals in the auto home and business/ liability game are fucking insane after 10 years in the business.

Just make sure you run your own shop and don't get cucked by some boss

Anyone that makes over 100k in Crypto I highly recommend you start an agency

[Anonymous No.2545959]

>Genetic scientist/Astro biologist
>shitcoin trader/college dropout

I'm making more money than I would if I stayed in school but damn do I get bored.

[Anonymous No.2545960]

>A father
>A father

Also
>A Starfleet officer
>Lab manager

[Anonymous No.2545961]

>>2543983
farming is a good investment

[Anonymous No.2545977]

>>2545959
>astro biologist

there is no alien, anon

[Anonymous No.2546001]

>Archeologist
>Dug for fossils for some company that sells them on ebay, now studying medicine

>>2544045
Kiss my ass this thread is implied you failed at life not 'welp I did my easily achieved childhood life goal literally anyone can do, on to something else that is easily achieved and guaranteed to get me a job that degree i got for free'

FLAGGING THIS POST FOR TOO MUCH SUCCESS

[Anonymous No.2546003]

>>2543960
>banker
>VP of family manufacturing company & residential custom home builder

[Anonymous No.2546005]

>Engineer
>Engineer with PE license who stays at home with the kids with a full time pharmacist wife.

[Anonymous No.2546037]

>>2543960
>phd mathematician
>phd student in economics

[Anonymous No.2546041]

>pro skater
>computer janitor

[Anonymous No.2546042]

>>2545959
>>2545947
>>2545031
>>2544921
>>2544319
>>2544244
>>2544226
>>2544203
>>2544152
>>2544146
>>2544114
>>2544051
>>2543960
Holy shit are shitcoins actually volatile enough to make a whole living on? I swear to God I even tried stocks at one point, so I have the itch to do risky trades but I could never wrap my head around those Butcoin fuckers

[Anonymous No.2546046]

>wanker, had no project. Just wanted to live without working
>Law student, shitcoin trader as well

[Anonymous No.2546063]

>>2546003
Residential construction is pretty shit desu. Why not just build commerical warehouses? Way easier to build, owners don't give a fuck about some scratches, more profitable, less time and headaches

[Anonymous No.2546064]

>>2543960
>pro soccer player
>engineer/validation specialist for pharmaceuticals

[Anonymous No.2546065]

>successful musician or athlete
>neet

I'll an hero before the year is over

[Anonymous No.2546066]

>>2546042
https://poloniex.com/exchange

sort by change and scroll from top to bottom. this is % change.

this is normal

well, more is usually green but it's a down week for the market sadly

[Anonymous No.2546081]

>>2545040
>gibbsmedat the post

[Anonymous No.2546157]

>>2543960
>Scientist
>Insurance salesman/ Shitcoin trader

I went back to school at got bachelor of science at 38. You can do the same OP. Started at the absolute 101 general chemistry. Best times ever in the lab. College is fun

[Anonymous No.2546177]

>jet pilot
>lazy student making tons of money with magic internet money trading

[just do it No.2546864]

>>2546065
you can still turn it around
don't say that

[Anonymous No.2546918]

>Video game artist
>Video game artist

[Anonymous No.2546981]

>scientist
>Marine

[Anonymous No.2547010]

>>2543960
>>What you wanted to be when you were a child
Changed weekly. Doctor, engineer, politician, journalist were the most prevalent.

>>what you are today
Financial advisor.
I have fun doin what I do.

[Anonymous No.2547051]

>>2543960
>>Scientist
>>Insurance salesman

OP, you're an agent with your own office?

Did you pass CFP and get into Series 63, 66, Series 7 financial adviser stuff?

Pic related alpha af MBA, CFA, CFP Financial Advisorbro

[Anonymous No.2547070]

>rockstar
>software engineer/bitcoin millionaire
it worked out ok

[Anonymous No.2547118]

Didn't really know but, anything but a loser
A loser (NEET)

[Anonymous No.2547172]

>>2544288
Also wanted to become a musician.

For years. I took 16 years of piano lessons, 13 years of clarinet, 8 years of saxophone, 4 years of organ, and 5 years of guitar lessons.

Now I work in a cubicle staring at excel sheets all day dreaming to retire.

Please end me. I just need to make it big on something, just one thing, and I can end this.

If only I'd known about ETH a year ago

[Anonymous No.2547212]

>Stock Market Day Trader
>scamcoins trader

Worked pretty good for me.

[Anonymous No.2547214]

Play the next level crypto trading game, add me on Skype: CryptoAnna

[Anonymous No.2547230]

>>2545932
kek same

[Anonymous No.2547294]

>>2546981
lol

[Anonymous No.2547327]

>>2544012
Einstein was wrong and relativity is hoax. Electromagnetic retardation explains "time dilation." The GPS system dumps relativity out the window. Everything you know is a lie.

[Anonymous No.2547340]

>>2543960
>monk
>police officer

[Anonymous No.2547349]

>What you wanted to be when you were a child

the hero... aka the person in my family that gets rich from something risky and then provides for them. Always hated school and working.

>what you are today

In the Air Force doing a trade traveling Europe fucking girls from all different countries and trading crypto in my off time. Can't complian at all life is unreal to me. Every day that I wake up i feel blessed

Made like 50k so far in the past 3 months but swarm city fucked my shitcoin stash up and i'm never selling ETH. Maybe I'll take a btc off the ledger for another promising coin.

[Anonymous No.2547358]

>>2543960
>childhood dream:
Wagecucking as an engineer
>what I do now
Make money through arbitrage on Amazon, going to start my own cult soon.

[Anonymous No.2547370]

>Girl
>Degenerate

[Anonymous No.2547393]

>Videogame designer
>IT consultant

Close enough

[Anonymous No.2547396]

>>2547340
I actually kind of wish I could be a police officer instead of working in this cubicle.

Like I said above, and I know it sounds kind of dumb, but one day when I have enough money I want to just quit my desk job and start looking for other jobs like this that are interesting or kind of exciting, but without worrying about the money.

I know being a police officer requires training and can be very dangerous but it's jobs like that which seem more interesting and exciting than wasting my life away at a desk with Excel all day.

I just want to have enough money that I can quit and take on a more interesting, but possibly worse paying, job in my life.

[Anonymous No.2547438]

>>2544037
Lmao

[Anonymous No.2547640]

>>2544012
Bro, with a master degree you are still not a scientist. You just took the first step.

[Anonymous No.2547744]

>Video game developer
>Japanese porn translator/Shitcoin trader

The sad part is I make much more than I probably would have made had I realized my dream

[Anonymous No.2547747]

>>2544516
Relax

[Anonymous No.2548225]

>>2547327
>The GPS system dumps relativity out the window
what a brainlet

[Anonymous No.2548358]

>>2543960
>Theoretical Physicist
>Waiter/Cryptotrader

[Anonymous No.2548443]

>>2547640
>Bro, with a master degree you are still not a scientist. You just took the first step.

Its assholes like you that suck the joy out of science

I know plenty of PhDs and masters degrees just fidget spinning in the cubicles roleplaying being smart

All OP needs is interest and study, practical application and collaboration.

[Anonymous No.2548459]

>>2547396

So quit and become a cop, for fucks sake, what are you waiting for?

[Anonymous No.2548547]

>Architect
>Studying for Electronics-ICT and blockchain technology afterwards

[Anonymous No.2549265]

>>2548225
>since in Einstein's theory the relevant speed is always speed relative to the observer, it was expected that continuously varying relativistic corrections would have to be made to clock rates. This in turn would have introduced an unworkable complexity into the GPS. But these corrections were not made. Yet "the system manages to work, even though they use no relativistic corrections after launch," Van Flandern said. "They have basically blown off Einstein."

http://www.ldolphin.org/vanFlandern/

[Anonymous No.2549272]

Wanted to be a writer when I was growing up. Wrote all the time--movies, books, plays, etc

Now I'm a lawyer. I write on the site but wish I could just do it full time. Basically everything I do is to hopefully kick-start my writing career.

[Anonymous No.2549289]

>>2549265
>They have basically blown off Einstein
I heard of a lady who did that once.

[Anonymous No.2549346]

>>2543960
>lawyer (because my mom is one)
>psychologist

Super comfy job that wont be replaced by niggers or automation, and really rewarding both in wages and actually getting to help people.

Put like 4k into crypto to try it out. Not going to well yet, started out before reading anything about trading by buying at the ATH for ETH lel. But the future seems really bright for crypto

[Anonymous No.2549358]

>>2543960
>video game developer
>shitcoin trader

I'm ok with this, if I get out before the bubble pops with a nice chunk of change, I can use that to fund my game

[Anonymous No.2549477]

>>2549358
>before the bubble pops
?
Did you not see what happened?

[Anonymous No.2549635]

>>2543960
>Chad
>/biz/ shitposter / trying to grow some websites, we'll see in December

[Anonymous No.2549695]

>rich/businessman
>study civ eng
college is just a means of accumulating some cash without my parents shitting on me

[Anonymous No.2549889]

>>2545040
Hi Xi Jinping!
Wtf are you on about?

[Anonymous No.2549944]

>>2544288
>Got in trouble for cheating on a math homework assignment by looking up an answer online too.
How did they catch you?

[Anonymous No.2550005]

I always wanted to be a Wall Street trader instead I trade memecoins. Close enough.

[BASED TRUMP MAN WITH A BLACK H(...) No.2550020]

[Anonymous No.2550025]

>teacher
>student

same field i guess

[Anonymous No.2550043]

>>2543960
>wanted to be a professional skateboarder, rock star, and a general whimsical c-list celebritty. Never wanted to be famous, just "known" in certain circles.
>no am a financial analyst full-time and a shitcoin investor part-time

It'd ain't a bad life.

[Anonymous No.2550243]

>>2546065
0x0d760949cf14eae4508c868488f043ecf3c4ca93
gibs etherium before you do it

[Anonymous No.2550278]

> carpenter
> Freelance game developer

I tried doing manual shit, but I suck so much at it.
I'm "good" at programming

[Anonymous No.2550282]

> rich
> bagholder

[Anonymous No.2550324]

>>2548459
I need money. The soul-sucking cubicle job I have now makes me a lot of it.

[Anonymous No.2550357]

>>2543960

>play video games all day
>today: still do this but trade shitcoins a few times a day

feels okay man

[Anonymous No.2550367]

>>2546042
you're in /biz/
99% of the people here are here because of shitcoins

[Anonymous No.2550390]

>>2550282
stay strong anon

[Anonymous No.2550435]

>>2543960

>as a kid
become king
>everybody laughing
:( didnt know why

> teenager: be rich before 45
>saved up a good amount of money
>start my own it security company at 30y
31y: almost broke
believe im still gonna make it

[Anonymous No.2550467]

>>2549477
you think ether correcting is a bubble pop?

[Anonymous No.2550653]

>>2543960
>astronaut
>bag hodler

[Anonymous No.2550735]

>>2543960

> Programmer
> Programmer

worked out pretty well

[Anonymous No.2550951]

>>2543960
>child: rich
>today: 19, work at a call center
Is there still hope lads?

[Anonymous No.2551009]

>>2543960
>Rock star
>Analytics consultant who plays in a band
It's bretty gud desu

[Anonymous No.2551109]

>>2543960
>Fighter Pilot
>ARK whale

post wallets for gibs :)

[Anonymous No.2551186]

>Pilot or a Musician
>Assistant manager at a pork processing plant
>started learning ableton and guitar but the market is so overly saturated that it's literally worthless

I'm actually in the verge of suicide

[Anonymous No.2551192]

>>2543960
>scientist
>chemical engineer

It's a reasonable feel as I had the opportunity to publish some research I did as an undergrad

[Anonymous No.2551310]

>>2550324
>I need money. The soul-sucking cubicle job I have now makes me a lot of it.

Ever heard of the term "Golden Handcuffs"?

This is what kills people slowly day after day, year after year. And long before they die they have lost their souls.

[Anonymous No.2551380]

>>2551009
What you serious? I would like to board the ARK very much so that I may bask in its glory.

AePbc996rKb1X3zoiGfAYeNmjjYpxdf5Jb

[Anonymous No.2551399]

>>2551380
Ah also forgot to finish my reply to thread.

Wanted to be a Scientist
Am an Artist

[Anonymous No.2551442]

>>2551192
ChemE here
2.5 years experience making 70k
Going back to school to turn my CS minor into a masters
I am sick of it, sadly.

[Anonymous No.2551444]

>>2544288
is a 3.1 that bad ? (3.1/4?)

[Anonymous No.2551474]

>>2544406
>Theoretical
>No one will fucking hire you
Just fucking kill me now

[Anonymous No.2551587]

>>2550043
Why couldn't I be a girl. :(

[Anonymous No.2551905]

I used to beg for money and food when i was 11yo until my 15s.

Now i own a small business and investing on cryptocurrency.

Life is much much better than i could have expected it to be in my childhood.

I might say my dreams are more than realized.

[Anonymous No.2552246]

>>2544828
So close

[Anonymous No.2552576]

>>2550243
>someone says they're going to kill themselves
>beggar posts his eth address in response
holy shit you """people""" are vultures

[Anonymous No.2552800]

>Architect
>Artist
Modern architecture is shit anyway

[Anonymous No.2552870]

>>2543960
>Movie director
>UX designer
Much better career path this way. Though I'm pretty bored at the moment.

[Anonymous No.2552876]

>what you wanted to be as a child

An explorer/anthropologist

>what you are today

A NEET college dropout living at home and trading chuck e cheese tokens on the internet full-time

Maybe one day I'll have enough in crypto to be able to explore the world with my girl like we dream about

[Anonymous No.2552888]

>Normal
>A never-married gayish 34 year old recovering from head trauma

[Anonymous No.2552911]

>Engineer.
>Research Engineer.

Actually that worked out pretty well.

[Anonymous No.2552944]

>>2547349
Tell us some stories of fucking women.

[Anonymous No.2553004]

>Investment Banker, traveling round' the world with my briefcase and hot girlfriend

>balding fat waiter in a restaurant

[Anonymous No.2553010]

>>2547172
Been playing music and producing since I was 14. Ate, breath, and sleep music. Realized last year my dream wasn't going to come true. dat feel of dreams being crushed.

Also wish I knew about ETH a year ago.

Atleast you have a decent job, I'm one step above NEET level, just working BS jobs. And I have a marketing degree. Time to go fist myself.

[Anonymous No.2553014]

>>2545918
This man has fallen the furthest.

[Anonymous No.2553020]

>>2543960
>Fantasy/SF novel writer
>tfw crypto will give me financial stability enough to actually go for it.
Thanks Satoshi/Vitalik Jesus

[Anonymous No.2553030]

>>2553004
Ouch

[Anonymous No.2553035]

>>2543960
>I don't know
>shitcoin trader

[Anonymous No.2553049]

>>2543960
>Chef
>I give out samples of vegetarian meat substitutes at Fred Meyer
mcfucking kill me

[Anonymous No.2553061]

>wanted to be a composer or producer
>spent years working on craft and day dreaming
>cant focus on school or college. just wanted to pour my creativity into hoping i make some girls hearts race with some good melodies.
>friend gets into music and rises as a star and i get pushed under the bus by everyone. made fun of even.
>see crypto. drop music because no returns after all these years while my few weeks of trading i actually got something back from the stress.

[Anonymous No.2553093]

>A fighter pilot
>A USAF pilot trainee

Almost there boyos.

[Anonymous No.2553096]

>>2553010
Music industry only works if you more good at marketing, have connections, or rich enough to buy that shit.

There's so many people trying to be musicians these days that it's literally one in 10,000 plus tat you'll actually get a small following and even lower odds of getting actual attention from podcasts/news

The market is like the thousands of theatre degrees moving to LA to start an acting career

[Anonymous No.2553140]

>>2551444
when you're going to a school that matters into a market that cares yes it's extremely important.

[Anonymous No.2553179]

>>2551444
Really depends on what you're studying.

[Anonymous No.2553186]

>>2543960
>Cop
>millionaire

DESU this rush is unlike anything being a cop can compare too. This is my shit right here. Gaining and losing a grand in one night feels so fucking good. High stakes, High reward. I love this shit. Couldn't be a cop because I'm 5'5 and 100 pounds. Can be a crypto flipper though. One day I'll make it and just live life free of a career.

[Anonymous No.2553220]

>>2550467
Yep. If this is the full extent of the bubble pop, sign me the fuck in for a cople more cycles.

[Anonymous No.2553245]

>>2553186
crypto is a career.

when shit gets regulations and firm backing, you can literally give them a handshake and show them your portfolio and youll have an edge over chad with his harvard cuck degree buisness with no experience.

[Anonymous No.2553464]

>>2544243
You will always destroy the things you love the most, anon :..(

[Anonymous No.2553592]

>scientist
>engineer

[Anonymous No.2553700]

>>2553093
>be innaplane
>no air to air combat missions ever
>flying up to russian transport craft to spook them
>get cucked out of CAS missions because army and navy pilots already there
>most likely will get transferred to drone piloting and sit in a nerd cave blowing up hadjis from shitstain, alabama
>still unable to make rank cause USAF

REMIND ME AGAIN WHY THIS IS A GOOD JOB?

[Anonymous No.2553722]

>Astronaut
>Pilot
Close enough

[Anonymous No.2553750]

when I was a child i wanted to be a fireman, but once i hit teen years i wanted an easy job. Now that I'm in my 40's and had money to invest in crypto 3 years ago, I am very happy to be a shitcoin trader these days. Made more in the last 3 years than I did 12 years prior as a Network Specialist.