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I know this has a 50/50 chance of helping or being useless, but I'm going to try anyway.

I also know, which I can partially understand, that people think I'm a glownigger. Which I'm not and I'm not trying to convince anyone otherwise. So, give me crap, actual advise or opinions. I'd prefer the latter but expect both.

I wasn't raised by my parents. Long story, doesn't matter but my grandparents raised me. They're awesome and have taught me some things but probably the two best things they ever did for me was ensuring I was raised knowing God both in the home and with an excellent private Christian school education. One thing they never helped me with or taught me was to have direction and ambition. It led to me being pretty aimless. I was in the National Guard as a combat medic/EMT but other than that I lived a life where I never thought about a future. I lived for right here, right now. My dad died when he was 45 and never accomplished anything. I was 25 when he died and now, as I just turned 40, will absolutely not end up the same way.

So, I've been trying to find something that I can learn and do to ensure I can provide for myself and help those around me as well as give me some direction and focus.

I stumbled upon someone and MAYBE an opportunity. When she was still a teenager her uncle, who had traded futures for decades, brought her in and condensed his entire knowledge base down to the absolute minimum. She's been doing it for going on 10 years now, I believe, and she knows her stuff. Now, she has started a sort of program, or something, in which she teaches the exact method her uncle taught her and that she uses every day - and succeeds.

Learning has never been a problem, I know I have the capability to do this, I wonder if learning to trade futures is something WORTH learning.

Don't focus on the HOW I'd go about learning this. And if this isn't something worth doing, what would be something else I could look into learning and making a career out of? Preferably in same lone wolf style work that is like trading futures. I'm not interested in interfacing with people all day.

So, that's it. I'll definitely read everything, but will only respond to replies worth replying to but it may take time.

I know this has a 50/50 chance of helping or being useless, but I'm going to try anyway. I also know, which I can partially understand, that people think I'm a glownigger. Which I'm not and I'm not trying to convince anyone otherwise. So, give me crap, actual advise or opinions. I'd prefer the latter but expect both. I wasn't raised by my parents. Long story, doesn't matter but my grandparents raised me. They're awesome and have taught me some things but probably the two best things they ever did for me was ensuring I was raised knowing God both in the home and with an excellent private Christian school education. One thing they never helped me with or taught me was to have direction and ambition. It led to me being pretty aimless. I was in the National Guard as a combat medic/EMT but other than that I lived a life where I never thought about a future. I lived for right here, right now. My dad died when he was 45 and never accomplished anything. I was 25 when he died and now, as I just turned 40, will absolutely not end up the same way. So, I've been trying to find something that I can learn and do to ensure I can provide for myself and help those around me as well as give me some direction and focus. I stumbled upon someone and MAYBE an opportunity. When she was still a teenager her uncle, who had traded futures for decades, brought her in and condensed his entire knowledge base down to the absolute minimum. She's been doing it for going on 10 years now, I believe, and she knows her stuff. Now, she has started a sort of program, or something, in which she teaches the exact method her uncle taught her and that she uses every day - and succeeds. Learning has never been a problem, I know I have the capability to do this, I wonder if learning to trade futures is something WORTH learning. Don't focus on the HOW I'd go about learning this. And if this isn't something worth doing, what would be something else I could look into learning and making a career out of? Preferably in same lone wolf style work that is like trading futures. I'm not interested in interfacing with people all day. So, that's it. I'll definitely read everything, but will only respond to replies worth replying to but it may take time.

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[–] [deleted] • 0 pt

You just whined again.

Do you have no agency? Are you incapable of moving somewhere that isn't 110 degrees outside? Can you not find a job that isn't carpentry? Fucking wahh.

And then you look for the easy way out with some stock scheme? You could be plotting an actual path forward, but no, stock scheme that'll lose you your ass.

Get some coffee, open a spreadsheet, do research. Set your goals. Analyze them, are they viable? Yes? What does it take to make that happen?

I just hired a kid at 65k/year for a cushy office job as a servicenow developer. He's totally green, only just got his certification. The work is exceedingly easy, there's just a major shortage of developers who aren't indian and need H1B sponsorship. He could be making 100k after about 5 years, if he invests his time in advancing his skillset. I hired him because he was self-motivated, and took the initiative to get his cert before approaching me. I don't even care about certs, but that he had the foresight, he had a plan, to solve his problem, and advance his career, that's what got him the job.

And dick is a more accurate pejorative for me. Cunts have no agency, they just lie there, getting fucked, weeping, probably wishing they were dicks. Dicks, well, you can come up with your own analogies. Team America had a great bit that conveys a similar message.

Admittedly I could have used some emotional intelligence strategies to convey my message in a way that would be most palatable for your precious, one-of-a-kind, snowflake ears...but I believe emotional fortitude is an important skill to learn, as is learning to not be, or at least not act, defensive.

So instead of blowing off my advice because your feelings were hurt, maybe look into setting a plan for your life that isn't a magical easy way out. You have to CLAW your way to the top. It is a job unto itself. And it is the only way out that doesn't rely on pure luck or being a criminal.