I'm 37 going on 24, lol...
One of the first few replies in this thread mentioned similar age groups as transitional periods. I am defiantly in some kind of a transitional period.
I've always wanted to be a freelancer/business owner type of a guy. In my early 20's my goal was to be at least making ends meet as an entrepreneur by the time I was 30. Mid 20's I got a good job and was happy to work my way up to whatever it was I was working my way up to. Made good money for the next few years. 30 came and went, and I kept pushing the age up for my goal. New challenges at work kept me occupied and satisfied, so no hurry to go out on my own. Now at 37, I've pigeon holed myself at work, the corporate climate at my job is pretty much hack and slash. The time for my entrepreneurial leap is coming.
So I look at what I've done for myself and what I can take forward. My last big challenge at work was a web-dev/ database guru style gig on a corporate/global level. Great challenge, great experience, most satisfying thing I've done in my career. But looking around from a freelance perspective, Those skills are a dime a dozen. No solo living there... Since I was a teenager I've been playing guitar, singing, writing music. As soon as I had a place of my own, I started recording and collecting studio gear. One entrepreneurial dream was to own a studio. Got some good recording/engineering skills by now, some good equipment, but technology makes it easy for anyone with some talent and a few bucks to make great recordings. No solo living there... Not much else expect for some consequential and rudimentary sales and management skills - along with the standard IT stuff, and again; No solo living there...
It's obvious that when I do go solo, I will be hammered with competition because of the skills I've chosen, so whatever money I do make solo needs a good chance to grow. Forex is definatly better than any slow growing funds/accounts as far as banking funds, and hopefully some currency trading will make a nice addition to my other jack-of-all type skills as I move forward.
Last edited by edacsac; 07-31-2008 at 12:26 PM.
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