First of all lol @ this guy, anyone who breaks out the "entitled millennial" argument should immediately be dismissed out of hand.

Trading part time appears to me to be the clear answer. You make a decent argument around not being able to see level 2 quotes, etc. during your day job. The solution to this is that you need to build algorithms that interpret this data for you. For one, I don't know why anyone in 2017 would want to hunker down over a trading screen rather than letting the automation do this for you (well I can think of a few reasons in niche markets but this doesn't apply to you). Second, the skill set you will need to build in order to do this is incredibly valuable.

Speaking of automation, you also need to think about how this will affect your day job. From my experience in the field, I predict automation will eat underwriting jobs left and right, and the field will look much different in 2025 than it does now. This is why I consider the day job not exactly a slam dunk opportunity.

I say this to illustrate a point. His job is not difficult to do. It will likely be automated in the next ten years or so and someone is willing to pay him 80K to do it right now. Once he gets a couple years under his belt with a stable company, he should be able to build contacts and find easy positions to transition into within his industry if he is ever threatened with a lay off.

I worked a temp job in NYC when I was 21. I have also worked in a corporate firm before. The pace is sooooo f*cking slooooooow. You can literally perform your job half awake and half sober and nobody at the office notices or cares.

I am self-employed, and I can tell you that the life is really hard. I look back at the days I dreaded having a cubicle job and think to myself 'what the f*ck was I so upset about?" Everything about having a job is easier, other than waking up at 6am every day.

The only way being self-employed is for you is if you are literally obsessed with accomplishing something to the point of being anti-social and miserable. The discipline required to succeed will make you lonely and isolated.

It's not "easy" and "friendly" the way college was or the way your co-workers are when they talk about their plans for the weekend.

Take the easy money. Be slightly above-average than your co-workers. Bang the dumb slutty females at your company.

Easiest life ever.

lol, this post is awesome
so true, wp

I agree, but seriously, who wants that?

Growth happens at the margins of our experience. Rolla Coast all you want but just don't have a conversation with yourself when you are 80...

I agree also

This is why I strongly advocated:

The GTO strategy is to always have someone to pay you until you become competent to be independent. So, yea, wp.

meaning, get a job where you see yourself to be long term...