Self Employed General

To all self-employed anons, how's Veeky Forumsness?

>what do you do
>how's it going
>current challenges
>plans for the next year
>random piece of advice for other anons

I am self-unemployed, does that count?

I card for a living and *used* to phish AlphaBay users. Now idk what to do with it being gone. The daily income was fantastic just a couple of weeks ago :/

Maybe I'll try Dream Market. idk

I currently collect unemployment, I highly recommend it

lol, not quite what I was looking for anons
what are you doing on Veeky Forums?

also not quite what I had in mind, but I like the idea
I'm so skeptical of anything that could be a phish. what was your hook?

Evening mate

>18
>what do you do
work at publix during the day, have a very small crypto investment. real money comes from building websites and social media management, made my first real profit in the YouTube network scam last year
>how's it going
going extremely well. I have a good client base now, and my programming skills are increasing exponentially, even before I start college next month.
>current challenges
I don't have nearly enough time. My parents don't know about my side jobs and I'd like to keep it that way. Because of that, quitting my job(though it'd be much more profitable) isn't an option.
>plans for next year
starting college, so need to adapt to new city and potentially new clients. Also, once I make enough to buy a new car(saving/investing for a 2012-2014 mustang gt), I want to start one of those "self help" or "investor advice" aimed at high schoolers and college students. Open market that needs to be taken advantage of.
>random piece of advice for anons
Sleep is for the fucking weak. I get four hours of sleep a night, cut out coffee, and literally work of pure young-person adrenaline. Seriously, there aren't enough hours in the day to hustle.

alphabay forums would allow you to easily PM newly registered users. all i did was write a script that would automatially register new accounts, upload the admin pic as my avatar, and then message new users with my phishing link. i would tell them they needed to verify their account or it would be locked. they click on my phish link, they enter their username password and pin to withdraw BTC and boom.

Easy

Game development. Not going well. Need to network more, or diversify back into general software because its driving me nuts.

Never undersell yourself.

18? My man!
How'd you get into working for yourself?
Anyone else in the family doing it?

I can tell you from experience, its really all who you know.
Do you live in/near a major city? Check Meetup.com and just get out there.
Hell, put meetings together yourself if you need to.

>Anyone else in your family doing it?
Yes, my mum does PR for food companies. My dad hosts a syndicated radio show.
>How'd you get in to working for yourself?
see above, also have always been interested in entrepreneurship. My first business was making YouTube banners for people when I was 15, then it moved to a YouTube subnetwork(juiciest scam of all time), then to a company that printed esports jerseys with friends form the YT network industry when it died, then freelance social media marketing and web development. Now I'm working on an app/website that aggregates and summarizes news articles.

I own two food trucks.
Some days are great some days make me want to go back to having a boss and let them worry about all the bullshit.
Overall it is great though. Currently getting ready to open up a restaurant next year. It's hard work but rewarding when people tell you it's the best food in town. If i had to give advice to a newbie I'd say slow and steady wins the race. I remember just starting thinking the money would start rolling in and I would be rich but it usually doesn't work like that. Another bit of advice is invest as much money as possible back into the business. When you see a bunch of money start coming in it gets tempting but you need to think in the future. You gotta spend money to make money.

>>what do you do
wordpress plugin architect
>>how's it going
good, subscriptions make me $19K a month right now
>>current challenges
compatibility with other wordpress plugins because there are so many fucking amateurs
>>plans for the next year
release all-in-one plugin that will take wordpress to the next level as cms
>>random piece of advice for other anons
dont let other business owners fool you with their success, especially affiliate marketers are full of shit

Yeah, I don't live near a city so meetups are hard. Maybe I should just move lol.

>what do you do
Translate animu into [third-world language] for shekels
>how's it going
Fair enough, get to work in series I like.
>current challenges
Pay is way below the market standard.
>plans for the next year
Learning another language, maybe.
>random piece of advice for other anons
Develop good spending and saving habits.

>what do you do
Get payed to post fud
>how's it going
Slow after the US elections
>current challenges
People doing my job for free on this board
>plans for the next year
Make own company to spread more fud
>random piece of advice for other anons
DGB is a piece of shit cryptocurrency my company doesn't even bother shitting on it. I look at the delusional individuals and think how they can live with themselves after holding on to bags for so long.

>dont let other business owners fool you with their success, especially affiliate marketers are full of shit

Can you go into more detail? Why do you believe this? Why would they lie about making huge amounts of money from this?

Hi hi I can answer this. It's cause in the business world people don't care if you have the worlds most inivative product so long as it looks like you will grow and give them more money. Bill gates if irc named one of his warehouses "warehouse 47" to make it look like his company was bigger than it actually was and look where that got him.

the same reason shitheads take pictures in front of cars that arent theirs and post it on Normiebook

>Get payed to post fud
Does this actually exists or are you shitposting?

Would you like to know more?

OP here, I'm big into WordPress for my clients.
Do you feel comfortable posting your stuff?

Congrats on the success, btw! 19k a month is incredible.
Check out SEP IRA's and other ways to build your wealth if you haven't.
Its a critical part of my game plan as a freelancer.

>what do you do
make beats and commissions
>how's it going
meh 400 dollars a month for beats, 1000 dollars a month off commissions i'm 18 so it doesn't matter. want to make it like 6k a month
>current challenges
getting more views on youtube and more subscribers
>plans for the next year
idk
>random piece of advice for other anons
hi

Food trucks, I love the concept.
What kind of food? Will you 86 the food trucks when you go brick and mortar?

Two 18 year old entrepreneurs, that's what I like to hear. Don't get too worried about things being perfect right now. Play the long game.
Being entrepreneurial and learning the do's and don'ts now is going to a huge advantage as you keep learning. Do you guys read much?

This is interesting. Are you working for a major company?
If you put this into a resume and approach bigger companies, that could be a nice paycheck.
I'd even go as far as to say offer translations for movies, businesses, social media, etc. Could be a great opportunity, especially if its a language(s) in emerging markets.

>what do
have a scientific editing company
>how go
pretty good, I'm big on the Latin market
>challenges
expanding into new countries
>plans for next year - hopefully break $1M, maybe sell off part of the company, ayyy don't know
>random piece of advice for other anons
Even though now I'm mildly successful I still wonder how life would be as a wage slave. Business owning is stressful as fuck.

I serve and manage social media for BitBay. Feels good doing what I love on both counts.

>>what do you do
Graphics Design / Concept Design / Insert "Design" into it and I'll probably know it
>how's it going
At this current stage? meh. Working on a Pornsite along with a BTC news site. The latter isn't as successful as the first site though. I worked earlier on an Indiegogo campaign, which was pretty successful and raised +150K USD, so theres that.I am 18.
>current challenges
Getting big and popular out there, and getting more content, making more money for myself.
>plans for the next year
To grow bigger and surpass competing websites, getting on a higher tier.
>random piece of advice for other anons
Don't eat up the bullshit that shills post on here, do your own research, and come up to a conclusion.

FUCK YES

i was literally born to FUD. i do it for free all the time.

>mfw 'getting paid to FUD' is the U in FUD
>mfw i responded
>mfw this is U as fuck
>mfw F is creeping in
>mfw D'ing the lucrative aspect of this

someone call 911