I wanna be rich (5 Viewers)

[Henry Ford]

In a CLE right now, and they're describing filling the hole depression puts in us as lawyers with stuff.

Lawyers are depressed at a rate triple the general population - 30% of us suffer from depression. Apparently one lawyer suicide a month in my state.

Drink less, get a cheaper lifestyle and gt out of the profession, Otis. It's the right thing to do.

 

[El Floppo]

In a CLE right now, and they're describing filling the hole depression puts in us as lawyers with stuff.

Lawyers are depressed at a rate triple the general population - 30% of us suffer from depression. Apparently one lawyer suicide a month in my state.

Drink less, get a cheaper lifestyle and gt out of the profession, Otis. It's the right thing to do.

not enough in the universe for that post.

 

[Henry Ford]

In a CLE right now, and they're describing filling the hole depression puts in us as lawyers with stuff.

Lawyers are depressed at a rate triple the general population - 30% of us suffer from depression. Apparently one lawyer suicide a month in my state.

Drink less, get a cheaper lifestyle and gt out of the profession, Otis. It's the right thing to do.

not enough in the universe for that post.

Defense lawyers have a lot of serious mental illnesses. Depression is only one.

 

[joffer]

Don't get married. Oh wait.

Don't have kids. Oh wait.

Don't buy an expensive house. Oh wait.

 

[BroncoFreak_2K3]

Don't get married. Oh wait.

Don't have kids. Oh wait.

Don't buy an expensive house. Oh wait.

 

[Fennis]

In a CLE right now, and they're describing filling the hole depression puts in us as lawyers with stuff.

Lawyers are depressed at a rate triple the general population - 30% of us suffer from depression. Apparently one lawyer suicide a month in my state.

Drink less, get a cheaper lifestyle and gt out of the profession, Otis. It's the right thing to do.

not enough in the universe for that post.

Defense lawyers have a lot of serious mental illnesses. Depression is only one.

egomania seems to be the stereotype

 

[Fennis]

Don't get married. Oh wait.

Don't have kids. Oh wait.

Don't buy an expensive house. Oh wait.

 

[Henry Ford]

In a CLE right now, and they're describing filling the hole depression puts in us as lawyers with stuff.

Lawyers are depressed at a rate triple the general population - 30% of us suffer from depression. Apparently one lawyer suicide a month in my state.

Drink less, get a cheaper lifestyle and gt out of the profession, Otis. It's the right thing to do.

not enough in the universe for that post.

Defense lawyers have a lot of serious mental illnesses. Depression is only one.

egomania seems to be the stereotype

Also severe psychosomatic flatulence.

 

[Slapdash]

Otis, you'll never be rich and retire because no matter what you have you want more. If you got $9m, you'd just want $100m so you could do the things people with $100m do.

Learn to be happy with what you have (which appears to be a lot), and you can quit worrying about all the stupid stuff you worry about.

You're missing the point here. This isn't about stuff. It's about never having to work every again, forever, times infiniti (or at least till I'm dead).

It's all about stuff.

 

[kutta]

I agree with Oats - $10M is pretty much the minimum if you are in your 40's and you want to have a kick-### retirement. Anything less than than $5M and you are scraping by and things will start to suck after 15 years.

As to how you get there, change law fields. One of my lawyers charges $800 per hour. You need those kinds of bill rates.

 

[bigbottom]

Otis, you'll never be rich and retire because no matter what you have you want more. If you got $9m, you'd just want $100m so you could do the things people with $100m do.

Learn to be happy with what you have (which appears to be a lot), and you can quit worrying about all the stupid stuff you worry about.

You're missing the point here. This isn't about stuff. It's about never having to work every again, forever, times infiniti (or at least till I'm dead).

Fair enough. That was harsher than I meant it to be (you got it before my quick edit), but you seem like you're always focused on "next" rather than where you are. That's a hard thing to stop doing.

The problem with Otis and a lot of people especially with money is that there's never an "enough point". They make more money, they find a way to spend more money. There's always some new, more expensive material possession to acquire.

I'm not really a "stuff" guy to be honest. The only car we own is an 8 year old Land Rover with squeaky breaks. I like it and can smoke cigars in it.



My weekend clothes are a t shirt and jeans that are ripped to shreds.

I am wearing the same suit I wore yesterday, mostly because I don't have any other clean suits (and really only have 2-3 other suits that fit me right now anyway, though I admit I just bought a couple new suits online at $400 a pop so I don't have to keep wearing the same clothes).

I have a Macbook that I bought this year, it's pretty nice. Sold off most of my guitars, kept one electric (bought used, $1500) and one acoustic (bought used, $800), along with an amp I got off craigslist for $75 that had been sitting in a guy's garage since the 80s.

I wear an $80 watch I got off Woot.

I drank a can of coors light on the train last night.

Not sure you guys quite get Otis. I do like to gamble a bit, and I do enjoy a decent amount of booze in the household (sometimes we bust through a few bottles of wine at $30 a pop, but I try to keep our daily drinker to $12), but I don't really consider myself a stuff guy. I guess the only "stuff" we can be held accountable for these days is the expensive house we just bought, but that's not really a material possession so much as a place to live forever (and hopefully a good investment).

Don't take this the wrong way, as I'm a stuff guy in many respects. I'm just trying to be objective here. You ARE a "stuff" guy. It's just that the "stuff" has changed over the years. Pretty sure you used to buy (or lease) expensive cars and clothes. Now you buy expensive homes. And the musical instruments don't really help the argument, as you've been buying and selling extremely expensive guitars over the last few years. That's evidence of your affinity for stuff (even if you have a tendency to tire of them and sell them off).

 

[bigbottom]

I agree with Oats - $10M is pretty much the minimum if you are in your 40's and you want to have a kick-### retirement. Anything less than than $5M and you are scraping by and things will start to suck after 15 years.

As to how you get there, change law fields. One of my lawyers charges $800 per hour. You need those kinds of bill rates.

O is at BigLaw in Manhattan. He'll be charging those rates within a year or two if he isn't already.

 

[Otis]

first off, O, lose the muffin top. $15 million isn't enough for you, fattie.

Oh that reminds me, I do now have a gym membership. :flex:

 

[Otis]

Somewhere on the internet there's a very similar thread by a kid applying for law school who just wants a firm job that pays him enough to have a nice house and support his family.

Mods, please move to the working schlubs forum.

 

[Otis]

Otis, you'll never be rich and retire because no matter what you have you want more. If you got $9m, you'd just want $100m so you could do the things people with $100m do.

Learn to be happy with what you have (which appears to be a lot), and you can quit worrying about all the stupid stuff you worry about.

You're missing the point here. This isn't about stuff. It's about never having to work every again, forever, times infiniti (or at least till I'm dead).

Fair enough. That was harsher than I meant it to be (you got it before my quick edit), but you seem like you're always focused on "next" rather than where you are. That's a hard thing to stop doing.

The problem with Otis and a lot of people especially with money is that there's never an "enough point". They make more money, they find a way to spend more money. There's always some new, more expensive material possession to acquire.

I'm not really a "stuff" guy to be honest. The only car we own is an 8 year old Land Rover with squeaky breaks. I like it and can smoke cigars in it.



My weekend clothes are a t shirt and jeans that are ripped to shreds.

I am wearing the same suit I wore yesterday, mostly because I don't have any other clean suits (and really only have 2-3 other suits that fit me right now anyway, though I admit I just bought a couple new suits online at $400 a pop so I don't have to keep wearing the same clothes).

I have a Macbook that I bought this year, it's pretty nice. Sold off most of my guitars, kept one electric (bought used, $1500) and one acoustic (bought used, $800), along with an amp I got off craigslist for $75 that had been sitting in a guy's garage since the 80s.

I wear an $80 watch I got off Woot.

I drank a can of coors light on the train last night.

Not sure you guys quite get Otis. I do like to gamble a bit, and I do enjoy a decent amount of booze in the household (sometimes we bust through a few bottles of wine at $30 a pop, but I try to keep our daily drinker to $12), but I don't really consider myself a stuff guy. I guess the only "stuff" we can be held accountable for these days is the expensive house we just bought, but that's not really a material possession so much as a place to live forever (and hopefully a good investment).

I don't know how an excessively large house could ever be considered a good investment. The taxes and upkeep alone are insane. You'd probably be way better over with a small house and all the other stuff you don't buy.

10% appreciation on a 20k house vs. on a 200k house vs. on a 2MM house vs. on a 20MM house.

It's all about scaling, brother.

 

[Otis]

Don't get married. Oh wait.

Don't have kids. Oh wait.

Don't buy an expensive house. Oh wait.

 

[Henry Ford]

That idiot really screws up thread viewing on mobile.

 

[Steve Tasker]

Otis and Barnes... Injury Attorneys

I went to high school with Barnes' kid. Nice guy. Some serious serious $$$$$$$ there.

 

[bigbottom]

Jesus.

 

[Otis]

Otis, you'll never be rich and retire because no matter what you have you want more. If you got $9m, you'd just want $100m so you could do the things people with $100m do.

Learn to be happy with what you have (which appears to be a lot), and you can quit worrying about all the stupid stuff you worry about.

You're missing the point here. This isn't about stuff. It's about never having to work every again, forever, times infiniti (or at least till I'm dead).

Fair enough. That was harsher than I meant it to be (you got it before my quick edit), but you seem like you're always focused on "next" rather than where you are. That's a hard thing to stop doing.

The problem with Otis and a lot of people especially with money is that there's never an "enough point". They make more money, they find a way to spend more money. There's always some new, more expensive material possession to acquire.

I'm not really a "stuff" guy to be honest. The only car we own is an 8 year old Land Rover with squeaky breaks. I like it and can smoke cigars in it.



My weekend clothes are a t shirt and jeans that are ripped to shreds.

I am wearing the same suit I wore yesterday, mostly because I don't have any other clean suits (and really only have 2-3 other suits that fit me right now anyway, though I admit I just bought a couple new suits online at $400 a pop so I don't have to keep wearing the same clothes).

I have a Macbook that I bought this year, it's pretty nice. Sold off most of my guitars, kept one electric (bought used, $1500) and one acoustic (bought used, $800), along with an amp I got off craigslist for $75 that had been sitting in a guy's garage since the 80s.

I wear an $80 watch I got off Woot.

I drank a can of coors light on the train last night.

Not sure you guys quite get Otis. I do like to gamble a bit, and I do enjoy a decent amount of booze in the household (sometimes we bust through a few bottles of wine at $30 a pop, but I try to keep our daily drinker to $12), but I don't really consider myself a stuff guy. I guess the only "stuff" we can be held accountable for these days is the expensive house we just bought, but that's not really a material possession so much as a place to live forever (and hopefully a good investment).

Don't take this the wrong way, as I'm a stuff guy in many respects. I'm just trying to be objective here. You ARE a "stuff" guy. It's just that the "stuff" has changed over the years. Pretty sure you used to buy (or lease) expensive cars and clothes. Now you buy expensive homes. And the musical instruments don't really help the argument, as you've been buying and selling extremely expensive guitars over the last few years. That's evidence of your affinity for stuff (even if you have a tendency to tire of them and sell them off).

I sold off all those instruments. They were fun. I didn't lose money on them.

Sure, as a younger man I bought expensive cars and the like. (Not so sure about expensive clothes, that wasn't ever my thing). But I grew out of that relatively young. The expensive cars feel like a waste to me these days. I don't own any.

Given the above, not sure how you build a case that I'm a "stuff" guy. But I'm all ears, counselor.

You've got me on the house. My dad's advice was always that buying a good home in a good area is never a bad way to spend money. So far I've made money on both of the first two homes I owned; hoping never to sell the one we are moving into till I'm in the ground.

Also not big vacationers. Haven't done a big vacation in a long long time. Went to Puerto Rico last year on miles.

 

[BigSteelThrill]

Jesus.

"...it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of God!”

 

[Henry Ford]

Jesus.

Always the answer

 

[Otis]

I agree with Oats - $10M is pretty much the minimum if you are in your 40's and you want to have a kick-### retirement. Anything less than than $5M and you are scraping by and things will start to suck after 15 years.

As to how you get there, change law fields. One of my lawyers charges $800 per hour. You need those kinds of bill rates.

O is at BigLaw in Manhattan. He'll be charging those rates within a year or two if he isn't already.

 

[tom22406]

Isn't Otis the same guy who ran up over 60k playing online blackjack and then lost it all in a matters of minutes?

 

[Otis]

Jesus.

I liked the Gecko alias way better before this recent run.

 

[Otis]

Isn't Otis the same guy who ran up over 60k playing online blackjack and then lost it all in a matters of minutes?

YES. Like I said, I tried doing this through gambling. I still had to go to work the next day.

 

[tom22406]

Isn't Otis the same guy who ran up over 60k playing online blackjack and then lost it all in a matters of minutes?

YES. Like I said, I tried doing this through gambling. I still had to go to work the next day.

So how quick would you lose the $10mil?

 

[bigbottom]

Otis, you'll never be rich and retire because no matter what you have you want more. If you got $9m, you'd just want $100m so you could do the things people with $100m do.

Learn to be happy with what you have (which appears to be a lot), and you can quit worrying about all the stupid stuff you worry about.

You're missing the point here. This isn't about stuff. It's about never having to work every again, forever, times infiniti (or at least till I'm dead).

Fair enough. That was harsher than I meant it to be (you got it before my quick edit), but you seem like you're always focused on "next" rather than where you are. That's a hard thing to stop doing.

The problem with Otis and a lot of people especially with money is that there's never an "enough point". They make more money, they find a way to spend more money. There's always some new, more expensive material possession to acquire.

I'm not really a "stuff" guy to be honest. The only car we own is an 8 year old Land Rover with squeaky breaks. I like it and can smoke cigars in it.



My weekend clothes are a t shirt and jeans that are ripped to shreds.

I am wearing the same suit I wore yesterday, mostly because I don't have any other clean suits (and really only have 2-3 other suits that fit me right now anyway, though I admit I just bought a couple new suits online at $400 a pop so I don't have to keep wearing the same clothes).

I have a Macbook that I bought this year, it's pretty nice. Sold off most of my guitars, kept one electric (bought used, $1500) and one acoustic (bought used, $800), along with an amp I got off craigslist for $75 that had been sitting in a guy's garage since the 80s.

I wear an $80 watch I got off Woot.

I drank a can of coors light on the train last night.

Not sure you guys quite get Otis. I do like to gamble a bit, and I do enjoy a decent amount of booze in the household (sometimes we bust through a few bottles of wine at $30 a pop, but I try to keep our daily drinker to $12), but I don't really consider myself a stuff guy. I guess the only "stuff" we can be held accountable for these days is the expensive house we just bought, but that's not really a material possession so much as a place to live forever (and hopefully a good investment).

Don't take this the wrong way, as I'm a stuff guy in many respects. I'm just trying to be objective here. You ARE a "stuff" guy. It's just that the "stuff" has changed over the years. Pretty sure you used to buy (or lease) expensive cars and clothes. Now you buy expensive homes. And the musical instruments don't really help the argument, as you've been buying and selling extremely expensive guitars over the last few years. That's evidence of your affinity for stuff (even if you have a tendency to tire of them and sell them off).

I sold off all those instruments. They were fun. I didn't lose money on them.

Sure, as a younger man I bought expensive cars and the like. (Not so sure about expensive clothes, that wasn't ever my thing). But I grew out of that relatively young. The expensive cars feel like a waste to me these days. I don't own any.

Given the above, not sure how you build a case that I'm a "stuff" guy. But I'm all ears, counselor.

You've got me on the house. My dad's advice was always that buying a good home in a good area is never a bad way to spend money. So far I've made money on both of the first two homes I owned; hoping never to sell the one we are moving into till I'm in the ground.

Also not big vacationers. Haven't done a big vacation in a long long time. Went to Puerto Rico last year on miles.

You spent $5k on an acoustic guitar you never bothered to play first because you "wanted" it. That's what a "stuff" guy does. But I'm not judging you (I'm a stuff guy in many respects), and I certainly have no interest in convincing you of anything. But it's admittedly frustrating to see someone continually ratcheting up their living expenses while simultaneously lamenting how far away retirement appears. But you know what, in addition to a successful career and two beautiful daughters, you have a stunningly hot wife. I'd say you're winning the game of life.

 

[gianmarco]

Otis, you'll never be rich and retire because no matter what you have you want more. If you got $9m, you'd just want $100m so you could do the things people with $100m do.

Learn to be happy with what you have (which appears to be a lot), and you can quit worrying about all the stupid stuff you worry about.

You're missing the point here. This isn't about stuff. It's about never having to work every again, forever, times infiniti (or at least till I'm dead).

Fair enough. That was harsher than I meant it to be (you got it before my quick edit), but you seem like you're always focused on "next" rather than where you are. That's a hard thing to stop doing.

The problem with Otis and a lot of people especially with money is that there's never an "enough point". They make more money, they find a way to spend more money. There's always some new, more expensive material possession to acquire.

I'm not really a "stuff" guy to be honest. The only car we own is an 8 year old Land Rover with squeaky breaks. I like it and can smoke cigars in it.



My weekend clothes are a t shirt and jeans that are ripped to shreds.

I am wearing the same suit I wore yesterday, mostly because I don't have any other clean suits (and really only have 2-3 other suits that fit me right now anyway, though I admit I just bought a couple new suits online at $400 a pop so I don't have to keep wearing the same clothes).

I have a Macbook that I bought this year, it's pretty nice. Sold off most of my guitars, kept one electric (bought used, $1500) and one acoustic (bought used, $800), along with an amp I got off craigslist for $75 that had been sitting in a guy's garage since the 80s.

I wear an $80 watch I got off Woot.

I drank a can of coors light on the train last night.

Not sure you guys quite get Otis. I do like to gamble a bit, and I do enjoy a decent amount of booze in the household (sometimes we bust through a few bottles of wine at $30 a pop, but I try to keep our daily drinker to $12), but I don't really consider myself a stuff guy. I guess the only "stuff" we can be held accountable for these days is the expensive house we just bought, but that's not really a material possession so much as a place to live forever (and hopefully a good investment).

You'll never get that rich since you're an alcoholic.

 

[Slapdash]

poor Otis. The guy is already making a salary that is in the top 0.5% of this board and now he's asking the other 99.5% how he gets richer.

:confetti:

Same shtick, different day.

 

[Slapdash]

So far I've made money on both of the first two homes I owned;

Counting the money you put into it and transaction costs?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

But you know what, in addition to a successful career and two beautiful daughters, you have a stunningly hot wife. I'd say you're winning the game of life.

He's not winning if he's miserable all the time.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Mrs. S just wrote an account last night for a guy who founded a website that you've heard of... and that you'd look at and go, "THAT made someone ridiculously wealthy?!?!?"

But he solved a problem people were having. And there's value in that.

1. Identify your 5-10 biggest problems that are not, "I don't have as much money as I want". Are any of them shared by others (i.e., not just O problems)?

2. Find an original solution to that problem. The more people who share your problem, the better.

3. ?

4. Profit.

 

[Otis]

Otis, you'll never be rich and retire because no matter what you have you want more. If you got $9m, you'd just want $100m so you could do the things people with $100m do.

Learn to be happy with what you have (which appears to be a lot), and you can quit worrying about all the stupid stuff you worry about.

You're missing the point here. This isn't about stuff. It's about never having to work every again, forever, times infiniti (or at least till I'm dead).

Fair enough. That was harsher than I meant it to be (you got it before my quick edit), but you seem like you're always focused on "next" rather than where you are. That's a hard thing to stop doing.

The problem with Otis and a lot of people especially with money is that there's never an "enough point". They make more money, they find a way to spend more money. There's always some new, more expensive material possession to acquire.

I'm not really a "stuff" guy to be honest. The only car we own is an 8 year old Land Rover with squeaky breaks. I like it and can smoke cigars in it.



My weekend clothes are a t shirt and jeans that are ripped to shreds.

I am wearing the same suit I wore yesterday, mostly because I don't have any other clean suits (and really only have 2-3 other suits that fit me right now anyway, though I admit I just bought a couple new suits online at $400 a pop so I don't have to keep wearing the same clothes).

I have a Macbook that I bought this year, it's pretty nice. Sold off most of my guitars, kept one electric (bought used, $1500) and one acoustic (bought used, $800), along with an amp I got off craigslist for $75 that had been sitting in a guy's garage since the 80s.

I wear an $80 watch I got off Woot.

I drank a can of coors light on the train last night.

Not sure you guys quite get Otis. I do like to gamble a bit, and I do enjoy a decent amount of booze in the household (sometimes we bust through a few bottles of wine at $30 a pop, but I try to keep our daily drinker to $12), but I don't really consider myself a stuff guy. I guess the only "stuff" we can be held accountable for these days is the expensive house we just bought, but that's not really a material possession so much as a place to live forever (and hopefully a good investment).

You'll never get that rich since you're an alcoholic.

Damnit.

 

[Steve Tasker]

I agree with Oats - $10M is pretty much the minimum if you are in your 40's and you want to have a kick-### retirement. Anything less than than $5M and you are scraping by and things will start to suck after 15 years.

As to how you get there, change law fields. One of my lawyers charges $800 per hour. You need those kinds of bill rates.

O is at BigLaw in Manhattan. He'll be charging those rates within a year or two if he isn't already.

That was my thought...he's probably charging that already.

 

[Otis]

Mrs. S just wrote an account last night for a guy who founded a website that you've heard of... and that you'd look at and go, "THAT made someone ridiculously wealthy?!?!?"

But he solved a problem people were having. And there's value in that.

1. Identify your 5-10 biggest problems that are not, "I don't have as much money as I want". Are any of them shared by others (i.e., not just O problems)?

2. Find an original solution to that problem. The more people who share your problem, the better.

3. ?

4. Profit.

Finally something constructive.

Wanna partner?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Otis, you'll never be rich and retire because no matter what you have you want more. If you got $9m, you'd just want $100m so you could do the things people with $100m do.

Learn to be happy with what you have (which appears to be a lot), and you can quit worrying about all the stupid stuff you worry about.

You're missing the point here. This isn't about stuff. It's about never having to work every again, forever, times infiniti (or at least till I'm dead).

Fair enough. That was harsher than I meant it to be (you got it before my quick edit), but you seem like you're always focused on "next" rather than where you are. That's a hard thing to stop doing.

The problem with Otis and a lot of people especially with money is that there's never an "enough point". They make more money, they find a way to spend more money. There's always some new, more expensive material possession to acquire.

I'm not really a "stuff" guy to be honest. The only car we own is an 8 year old Land Rover with squeaky breaks. I like it and can smoke cigars in it.



My weekend clothes are a t shirt and jeans that are ripped to shreds.

I am wearing the same suit I wore yesterday, mostly because I don't have any other clean suits (and really only have 2-3 other suits that fit me right now anyway, though I admit I just bought a couple new suits online at $400 a pop so I don't have to keep wearing the same clothes).

I have a Macbook that I bought this year, it's pretty nice. Sold off most of my guitars, kept one electric (bought used, $1500) and one acoustic (bought used, $800), along with an amp I got off craigslist for $75 that had been sitting in a guy's garage since the 80s.

I wear an $80 watch I got off Woot.

I drank a can of coors light on the train last night.

Not sure you guys quite get Otis. I do like to gamble a bit, and I do enjoy a decent amount of booze in the household (sometimes we bust through a few bottles of wine at $30 a pop, but I try to keep our daily drinker to $12), but I don't really consider myself a stuff guy. I guess the only "stuff" we can be held accountable for these days is the expensive house we just bought, but that's not really a material possession so much as a place to live forever (and hopefully a good investment).

You'll never get that rich since you're an alcoholic.

Hey, let's not get carried away here.

 

[Otis]

But you know what, in addition to a successful career and two beautiful daughters, you have a stunningly hot wife. I'd say you're winning the game of life.

He's not winning if he's miserable all the time.

Woah woah woah. Where's all this misery talk coming from? I just said I would like to never work again.

Oh sorry if I offended all you guys who live to get to your superawesome jobs in the morning!!!

 

[Otis]

So far I've made money on both of the first two homes I owned;

Counting the money you put into it and transaction costs?

Correct.

 

[(HULK)]

I think Otis is trying to reclaim his old spot on this board. First Woz stole it. Then Eminence. Now Otis wants it back imo

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Mrs. S just wrote an account last night for a guy who founded a website that you've heard of... and that you'd look at and go, "THAT made someone ridiculously wealthy?!?!?"

But he solved a problem people were having. And there's value in that.

1. Identify your 5-10 biggest problems that are not, "I don't have as much money as I want". Are any of them shared by others (i.e., not just O problems)?

2. Find an original solution to that problem. The more people who share your problem, the better.

3. ?

4. Profit.

Finally something constructive.

Wanna partner?

Mrs. S just wrote an account last night for a guy who founded a website that you've heard of... and that you'd look at and go, "THAT made someone ridiculously wealthy?!?!?"

But he solved a problem people were having. And there's value in that.

1. Identify your 5-10 biggest problems that are not, "I don't have as much money as I want". Are any of them shared by others (i.e., not just O problems)?

2. Find an original solution to that problem. The more people who share your problem, the better.

3. ?

4. Profit.

Finally something constructive.

Wanna partner?

Already have an alcoholic on the team. Apparently.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

But you know what, in addition to a successful career and two beautiful daughters, you have a stunningly hot wife. I'd say you're winning the game of life.

He's not winning if he's miserable all the time.

Woah woah woah. Where's all this misery talk coming from? I just said I would like to never work again.

Oh sorry if I offended all you guys who live to get to your superawesome jobs in the morning!!!

You start a lot of complaining threads.

 

[Otis]

I think Otis is trying to reclaim his old spot on this board. First Woz stole it. Then Eminence. Now Otis wants it back imo

It's a long road back to the top. I don't think I have the consistency in me anymore.

 

[Otis]

But you know what, in addition to a successful career and two beautiful daughters, you have a stunningly hot wife. I'd say you're winning the game of life.

He's not winning if he's miserable all the time.

Woah woah woah. Where's all this misery talk coming from? I just said I would like to never work again.

Oh sorry if I offended all you guys who live to get to your superawesome jobs in the morning!!!

You start a lot of complaining threads.

Do you view this as a complaining thread? If so, why? Is it bad to not want to have to go to work? Is it bad to inquire about the best way to collect ~9MM?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

But you know what, in addition to a successful career and two beautiful daughters, you have a stunningly hot wife. I'd say you're winning the game of life.

He's not winning if he's miserable all the time.

Woah woah woah. Where's all this misery talk coming from? I just said I would like to never work again.

Oh sorry if I offended all you guys who live to get to your superawesome jobs in the morning!!!

It's like you can see into his soul.

 

[Otis]

(Aside: The best thing about these threads is the same old fish jump out of the water every. single. time. Without fail.)

 

[Otis]

What about those hedge fund guys? They basically go home at like 3pm every day, and they're loaded. How does one go about doing that?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

You start a lot of complaining threads.

Do you view this as a complaining thread? If so, why? Is it bad to not want to have to go to work? Is it bad to inquire about the best way to collect ~9MM?

Yeah, I would characterize this as a complaining thread. Sure, he's got the shticky hook of "tell me how to get boatloads." But the subtext seems to be "I am unhappy with my current situation."

 

[Henry Ford]

What about those hedge fund guys? They basically go home at like 3pm every day, and they're loaded. How does one go about doing that?

I think you have to get a set of kneepads for that.

 

[(HULK)]

What about those hedge fund guys? They basically go home at like 3pm every day, and they're loaded. How does one go about doing that?

According to Suits, when you're fake law degree is exposing you too often, you get offered a bigtime job at a hedge fund. Which is good, comes with its own office and a super spunky secretary... but, pulling in a 30% return won't cut it. You need to make it rain or you'll get fired.