All yall rich coli nikkas step in

[Ducktales]

I assumed by now my hatred for cacs was well documented and everyone knows I'm kidding when I talk about getting with pawns. .

I'm one of the few on here who proudly and openly hates these devils. I have no desire to visit Europe or any country with a majority cac population. It's why I'm hustling now to move my black ass to Ghana.

 

[Antwon Mitchell]

 

[TNOT]

I’m in that Erl and Gas industry

I use to work for a large oilfield service company on deep water drilling rigs. Didn’t get paid a whole lot, but I learned way more than I ever thought and made good connections.

By the time I left( 6 yrs) I was making around 100k. That’s a 14 day off and on schedule.

Here’s my contribution to anyone reading this

KNOW when it’s time to leave!!!!

It’s normal to have a connection with a company you’ve been with for a while, but when the writings on the wall it’s time to go. Things like management changes, job process changes, and most importantly technology changes. I worked in an industrial setting, but saw the big shift in virtual and remote monitoring happening after the Horizon disaster and got out a week before my company announced a change in pay structure which resulted in significant pay decrease. I left and negotiated a job paying me 15% more.


I’ve been in my current role ( at least for the next week, I’m about to chunk the deuces to them) for 4 years it’s a safe, bland gig that pays well, but it won’t get me to where I want to be. Data is the future, I have the opportunity now to get involved with a company doing data driven analytics in O&G.

I should be hitting 170k this year

 

[phcitywarrior]

KNOW when it’s time to leave!!!!

Data is the future

This.

 

[Mike809]

Threads like this are such a big motivation for me. Ill be getting my bachelor on Computer Science next year here in NYC.
looking forward to making 6 figures and post it here .

 

[Atlrocafella]

I’m not a 6 figure breh yet, I make 90K a year, but next year I will have officially joined the club and I can’t wait

Btw, I’m an AVP at a bank and manage Business Escrow accounts for Mergers & Acquisitions.

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

As far as roadblocks, man, major cities be sewn the hell up.

I'm from Houston and it's damn near impossible to book most popular rap artist if you aren't this Jewish couple that owns a company called Scoremore, or Rap-A-lot affiliated.

Dudes like Chance, Big Sean, Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Wiz don't book with anybody who isn't Scoremore.

Dudes like Drake, Meek Mill, Kevin Gates, Migos don't book anything in Houston that isn't sanctioned by Rap-A-lot.

So me and partner had to start going on the road to places like Arizona, Michigan, Ohio to find these markets that really got a lot of fans but people forget they exist.

Also, a lot of venues are  when it comes to rap shows. For the Migos show we just did, we originally had a venue that could hold 7000 people and we were pretty confident we could sell it out, but the venue found out that the Migos had a shooting at one of their concert in Vegas recently or something and was like

They cancelled our booking, we had to scramble and get a new venue, the new venue was a public city-owned venue so they were on some stiff shyt too, but luckily the little white boy we fukk with in that town had a plug to another white boy, whose mom was in charge of that venue. She was mad cool, we assured her that we were gonna pay for enough police presence and we were going for a college kid market not a market that will bring shooters. After the show, she was damn near gonna suck me and my bro dikks because she was so impressed with how we handled the shyt.

There are so many local jokers that fukk up the rep of hiphop shows, venues are scared to book them because they associate them with violence, chaos, and unprofessionalism. nikkas be getting starstruck in the midst of these rappers not checking them and making sure the keep it professional, they be chasing hoes during the shows when they supposed to be keeping people from getting backstage, not respecting the rules of the venue.

nikka I've been around these rapper since age 19, I'm 24 now, I damn near hate rappers. I have little tolerance for the bullshyt and I'm not a square nikka. Most these rappers will respect you if they know they can't punk you, they be punking these cacs and peons. Once they realize they aren't dealing with a hoe nikka or a male bop they or their managers will usually switch their whole tone. And the cacs that run these venues will fall in love with you because you bring them that rap money they lowkey want without the bullshyt that comes with it. I'm not saying that you gotta be a street nikka, but just remember that these rappers are entertainers, not the guys that they rap about. But, it doesn't hurt to be able to bring out nikkas that are gonna handle shyt in a worst case scenario. Hell, if you aren't from that cloth, hire an big ass off duty cop to act as your personal security and they'll calm down quick.

Speaking of cops, fukk the police, BUT THE POLICE ARE YOUR BIGGEST FRIENDS IN THIS BUSINESS. If you know that you might bring out a rowdy crowd do not skimp on paying for police presence. They love events like this because they be getting like 100+ an hour to secure these shows, we spent around 11-12k to have 20 off-duty cops to work for 6 hours. But it was worth it, they being taking orders like soldiers because they want you to call them again for your next show and they can make that easy money again. The whole dynamic changes when you're cutting their check. Treat them with respect and they'll usually reciprocate it.

I swear this shyt isn't that hard, nikkas just be holding the game for themselves on some greedy shyt like everybody can't eat off this shyt. A lot of the simple stuff I'm telling nikkas on here, nikkas would hold on to for dear life. Then again it's so easy to make money in it, they want to keep it from becoming common knowledge.

The show we just did was actually supposed to make me like 135-165k initially, but the venue switch fukked that up a bit, and to make things worst the cops and management started to get when so many people showed up for a hip-hop show, we were supposed to be allowed to bring out 5500 people and they capped us at 4000. That was a disappointment. Then the show almost got shut down because too many local ass bops (male and female) were on the stage. Once the cops told me they were gonna shut it down if the stage didn't clear, I damn near started throwing nikkas off stage like Uncle Phil. That would have been a total disaster and a complete loss on my investment.

Even with money making potential I'll probably never get into this biz

BUT

I will say that this is one of the most helpful posts ice I've seen on this site

 

[OC's finest]

200k +

doing law in los angeles

took me 9 years of grinding

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

As of last week $190k

Electrical engineer that writes a lot of java/c++ as well (flight software and ground systems).

Got a job offer for $210k but turned it down to stay at my current place due to better benefits and a work from home 2 days out of the week.

Was at $160k previously.

I need to diversify my income stream because I want to make my own money. Been thinking about putting a good chunk of change down for rental properties.


All that said I still don't feel like I have BMW/Mercedes money. Still pushing the 2010 Honda civic

 

[Atlrocafella]

As of last week $190k

Electrical engineer that writes a lot of java/c++ as well (flight software and ground systems).

Got a job offer for $210k but turned it down to stay at my current place due to better benefits and a work from home 2 days out of the week.

Was at $160k previously.

I need to diversify my income stream because I want to make my own money. Been thinking about putting a good chunk of change down for rental properties.


All that said I still don't feel like I have BMW/Mercedes money. Still pushing the 2010 Honda civic

Ride that car til the wheels fall off. I’m still riding my 2013 Mazda 6, I can definitely upgrade for better but I’m not doing another monthly car note.

 

[OC's finest]

I'm very envious of alotta bruhs in here that are independent contractors and/or running their own business.

I lack the courage and bankroll to ever branch off on my own. And my current position might be as food as it ever gets so I might be stuck here til the wheels fall off

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

Ride that car til the wheels fall off. I’m still riding my 2013 Mazda 6, I can definitely upgrade for better but I’m not doing another monthly car note.

I definitely will. I do be getting jealous of seeing all these people with backup cameras in they cars though



But the struggle of having a $450 car note after I graduated from college (2003) is still fresh in my mind. I was trying to do that with a $48k salary and $900 rent.

Ran up a bunch of credit trying to floss in clubs every night too


But yeah I already done bumped my head so I'm good on frivolous shyt lol

 

[Atlrocafella]

I definitely will. I do be getting jealous of seeing all these people with backup cameras in they cars though



But the struggle of having a $450 car note after I graduated from college (2003) is still fresh in my mind. I was trying to do that with a $48k salary and $900 rent.

Ran up a bunch of credit trying to floss in clubs every night too


But yeah I already done bumped my head so I'm good on frivolous shyt lol

I feel ya. I used to get jealous of people who had the in dash Navi and shyt. Then I realized you can get all that aftermarket. I found someone who actually installs that type of shyt in cars. Now I got a back up cam, push to start, In dash touch screen with apple car play in my shyt

 

[Kyle C. Barker]

I'm very envious of alotta bruhs in here that are independent contractors and/or running their own business.

I lack the courage and bankroll to ever branch off on my own. And my current position might be as food as it ever gets so I might be stuck here til the wheels fall off

Bruh, you're better than good. You're in Cali making 200k+

I know how you feel though. I'm making someone else REALLY rich and to keep this job I gotta deal with pretentious overpriviledged white fukks telling me about how life sucks

I feel ya. I used to get jealous of people who had the in dash Navi and shyt. Then I realized you can get all that aftermarket. I found someone who actually installs that type of shyt in cars. Now I got a back up cam, push to start, In dash touch screen with apple car play in my shyt

You all the way right about That. I do have a Garmin and a new stereo set up in my dashboard

 

[Secure Da Bag]

I’m not a 6 figure breh yet, I make 90K a year, but next year I will have officially joined the club and I can’t wait

Btw, I’m an AVP at a bank and manage Business Escrow accounts for Mergers & Acquisitions.

1st, .

2nd, AVP? Associate VP?