For people who make "good" money, whats your secret and why do it seem impossible?

[Mirin4rmfar]

If you decide on aws, udemy has a aws course that usually goes on sale for 15-10. Im taking the course now, but I haven't touch since feb, finishing my software engineering this summer. Cant wait to get on that level, making 6 figures

Yeah, I brough the class and I believe have downloaded the sybex manual. Gonna go through it once I get done with the Cissp and CCsp.

 

[ThaBronxBully]

the biggest problem in the black community is majority of our grandparents and parents and us do not have life insurance policies set up for family...

even if it is only $25,000 it would help

If They Weren't Properly Educated On These Matters What Can You Do?

We're In An Age Where There Is ZERO Excuse Not To Know About Life Insurance Yet Most People Don't Have It Or Know Much About It, And This Is The Age Where U Can Literally Google A Breakdown About It

Like @Hacksaw Jim Thuggin Said You Can Literally Leave Behind MILLIONS For Your Kids Without Being A Millionaire, How Many People Here Are On That Wave?
The Same People Who Make The Face When Asked If They Wanna Contribute As Little As $40 Toward Their 401k Every Check.


edit: I Know My Writing Was Atrocious I Was Tryna Hit Post Reply Before Losing Service lol

 

[Gonzo]

Sense of direction is hard to find when you're new in your field and you're alone. The best thing you can probably do @DrX is to surround yourself with people where you'd like to be. I honestly cannot understate the fact that it is best to be guided on your journey, doing it alone just makes it much harder than it needs to be. I read some of your threads though and I am not sure what you ultimately want to do so you need to have a clearly stated goal as well.

 

[feelosofer]

The one thing I could say is to always bet on yourself and your abilities, even if it doesn't get you into the six figure range, it will help you max out your potential.

 

[Antiquity]

First paragraph is wrong...what I stated about the youth was fact...DOCUMENTED breh...

It's wrong, but judging by your historically inaccurate crediting to the Boomers you have likely been brainwashed beyond belief by that generation and thus I won't waste my time.

Second paragraph is subjective...Kennedys assassination was a major turn in American history...Americas innocence was robbed when his head got blown off for the whole world to see.....the rebellious nature of the youth in the 60s stemmed from many things....Kennedy's assassination was one of them...

It isn't subjective. The destruction of America's moral values came in the late 60's during the Boomers' coming-of-age era. Don't pin Kennedy's assassination on their incompetence, destructive behavior and malicious disdain for their parents who loved them and did everything in their power to make sure that their children would receive nothing but the best.

Your entire outlook on people from that era is on some shyts anf giggles wanna be conservative bullshyt.

This makes absolutely no sense. Clarify what you are attempting to say.

Had they not destroyed Americas traditional values(whatever the fukk those are)

You know exactly what traditionalism is. It's the moral codes that have been passed from generation to generation. It's also the natural family unit that humanity has followed since the beginning of time. The male fulfills his role of the hunter and gatherer while the mother is at home nurturing and tending to the family. Boomers went on multiple campaigns to destroy every remain of traditional values that this country had left.

America as you know it would not exist.

LMFAO. This country reaked its peak of prosperity and interest in the post-WWII boom when Boomers were toddlers. This country shaped it's well-being long before Boomers were even born. Once again, giving them credit for something that they did not do.

This means the right you have to sit around bytching about a generation that did a shytload more for us as a people then ours did...perhaps wouldnt be possible.

You see, this is the exact problem I have with history-illiterate Millennials pandering the lie of Boomers being heroes deserving of praise. Millennials have been taught to hold every generation preceding them in high regards by their narcissistic parents who wanted to be viewed as the culprit of America's prosperity. The Boomers did absolutely nothing of benefit to future generations and whatever things you're referring to were, once again, at the hands of their parents. Boomers were getting high at discotheques while the country was attempting to be repaired. What did Boomers do that is so phenomenal that it has yet to be replicated by other generations? List these exact things they did.

They pushed the envelope of civil disobedience...

Nope, that was their parents who wanted expanded social and economic opportunities for their children. Nice try. Boomers advocated disobedience of the family unit and the rebellion against their parents who loved them and worked their hardest to make sure that they would grow up in a better predicament than what they had growing up. Their parents lived through the Great Depression and experienced the lowest lows of this country. The post-WWII boom that they brought in was used to provide economic and financial stability for both themselves and their children so that their children would have the financial security that they did not have while the market plummeted during their youth. But being the arrogant bloodsucking spoiled brats that they are, Boomers dedicated their entire youth towards destroying the beneficial systems that their parents put into place and arrogantly sold the U.S. job market to overseas corporate entities in exchange for their own fiscal matters.

Kids born in 1951 were part of the civil rights movement...rather they are considered baby boomers are not...

You seem to have no grasp of the historical timeline from that era. A child born in 1951 was three years old when the Civil Rights movement happened and seventeen when it ended. They were far too young to insert themselves into such a riotous movement. That was their parents who fought and died for their rights. All of the credit belongs to their parents who were members of "The Greatest Generation". You're hilarious if you think that seventeen and eleven year olds are what brought the establishment down to it's knees.

 

[ThaBronxBully]

Stop Crying About Not Getting A Hand Out From Grandma And Go Make A Financial Legecy They Didn't For Your Kids

 

[NoChillJones]

It's wrong, but judging by your historically inaccurate crediting to the Boomers you have likely been brainwashed beyond belief by that generation and thus I won't waste my time.



It isn't subjective. The destruction of America's moral values came in the late 60's during the Boomers' coming-of-age era. Don't pin Kennedy's assassination on their incompetence, destructive behavior and malicious disdain for their parents who loved them and did everything in their power to make sure that their children would receive nothing but the best.



This makes absolutely no sense. Clarify what you are attempting to say.



You know exactly what traditionalism is. It's the moral codes that have been passed from generation to generation. It's also the natural family unit that humanity has followed since the beginning of time. The male fulfills his role of the hunter and gatherer while the mother is at home nurturing and tending to the family. Boomers went on multiple campaigns to destroy every remain of traditional values that this country had left.



LMFAO. This country reaked its peak of prosperity and interest in the post-WWII boom when Boomers were toddlers. This country shaped it's well-being long before Boomers were even born. Once again, giving them credit for something that they did not do.



You see, this is the exact problem I have with history-illiterate Millennials pandering the lie of Boomers being heroes deserving of praise. Millennials have been taught to hold every generation preceding them in high regards by their narcissistic parents who wanted to be viewed as the culprit of America's prosperity. The Boomers did absolutely nothing of benefit to future generations and whatever things you're referring to were, once again, at the hands of their parents. Boomers were getting high at discotheques while the country was attempting to be repaired. What did Boomers do that is so phenomenal that it has yet to be replicated by other generations? List these exact things they did.



Nope, that was their parents who wanted expanded social and economic opportunities for their children. Nice try. Boomers advocated disobedience of the family unit and the rebellion against their parents who loved them and worked their hardest to make sure that they would grow up in a better predicament than what they had growing up. Their parents lived through the Great Depression and experienced the lowest lows of this country. The post-WWII boom that they brought in was used to provide economic and financial stability for both themselves and their children so that their children would have the financial security that they did not have while the market plummeted during their youth. But being the arrogant bloodsucking spoiled brats that they are, Boomers dedicated their entire youth towards destroying the beneficial systems that their parents put into place and arrogantly sold the U.S. job market to overseas corporate entities in exchange for their own fiscal matters.




You seem to have no grasp of the historical timeline from that era. A child born in 1951 was three years old when the Civil Rights movement happened and seventeen when it ended. They were far too young to insert themselves into such a riotous movement. That was their parents who fought and died for their rights. All of the credit belongs to their parents who were members of "The Greatest Generation". You're hilarious if you think that seventeen and eleven year olds are what brought the establishment down to it's knees.

Dude read up on the actual shyt you believe in...like I said UNLIKE your OPINION the youth aspect of Civil Rights was factual...

And Americas traditionalism confuses me...the traditonal slave state is what America was for black Americans...blacks beat down and whites upholding that treatment. The 60s and 70s provided that change....you do see this? Your so stuck on your pathetic finger pointing that you dont even acknowledge the generarion that truly sparked the change for people with your skin tone.


America needed to be broken in order for the black race to prosper. Who cares about values if the values instilled black laws and bondage. Who cares about jobs if the black race was not able to get them. You sitting here bytching akd griping for white conservative values that directly keep your people in bondage...and trying to school us on history based in pure opinion...

 

[Larry Lobster]

Started my own business in financial services firm. I found a niche in that even the biggest firms in my industry weren't doing. I expect to be doing low millions by next year if not this year.

What kinda financial services?
How many years of experience do you have?

 

[PrnzHakeem]

I didn't let delusions of grandeur guide my decisions.

I married up

Realized my career aspirations are a marathon and not a sprint.

 

[itsyoung!!]

All yall rich coli nikkas step in

 

[King Poetic]

If They Weren't Properly Educated On These Matters What Can You Do?

We're In An Age Where There Is ZERO Excuse Not To Know About Life Insurance Yet Most People Don't Have It Or Know Much About It, And This Is The Age Where U Can Literally Google A Breakdown About It

Like @Hacksaw Jim Thuggin Said You Can Literally Leave Behind MILLIONS For Your Kids Without Being A Millionaire, How Many People Here Are On That Wave?
The Same People Who Make The Face When Asked If They Wanna Contribute As Little As $40 Toward Their 401k Every Check.


edit: I Know My Writing Was Atrocious I Was Tryna Hit Post Reply Before Losing Service lol

Agree..but black people always have a excuse or are afraid of something

I was trying to tell fellow black coworkers about how easy is it to have a simple acorns account where your pocket change can grow but 90% of them was like no way im putting my money in a bank and i was explaining how with this acorns app your return is way better than a bank..

But as usual black people have the excuse of i don't trust it..

 

[Antiquity]

blacks beat down and whites upholding that treatment. The 60s and 70s provided that change...

AT THE HANDS OF BLACK PEOPLE THAT WERE MEMBERS OF THE "GREATEST GENERATION". The change that uprooted after the Civil Rights movement WAS NOT because of the Baby Boomers. Boomers were teenagers in the sixties and seventies and were too busy having their spoiled brat hissy fits and fighting against everything that their parents set up for them out of love. They WERE NOT responsible for the rights and laws that came post-Civil Rights. Their parents did all of that and the Boomers selfishly take credit (despite it being historically impossible - they were toddlers and teens during the Civil Rights movement. But Millennials have no concept of history and thus fall for Boomers' false propaganda) The Boomers were off doing drugs while their parents were marching and repairing the country.

America needed to be broken in order for the black race to prosper. Who cares about values if the values instilled black laws and bondage.

Values such as traditional family units and moral codes were never harmful to Black people, let alone any other demographic. These traditions were not only beneficial but also embedded into humanity for generations until the Boomers came along to destroy it out of spite and arrogance.

Who cares about jobs if the black race was not able to get them.

Boomers were the most privileged and entitled generation of all time - they had opportunities that no generation ever had or will ever have, not even their parents. How exactly is being able to receive well paying jobs with benefits directly out of high school with no college education a bad thing? Don't delude yourself into thinking Boomers faced some sort of hardship. Their parents provided them stability and funds and they blew through it and destroyed it.

You sitting here bytching akd griping for white conservative values that directly keep your people in bondage...

LOL. I forgot that Millennials have been brainwashed by the Boomer hippie liberal propaganda that advocates for broken families, single motherhood, oversexual philosophies, destruction of gender roles that have existed since the dawn of humanity and reckless behavior inaccurately deemed as "liberation". Now traditional moral codes that provided a solid family foundation are "white conservative values"? You guys are unbelievable.

 

[NoChillJones]

AT THE HANDS OF BLACK PEOPLE THAT WERE MEMBERS OF THE "GREATEST GENERATION". The change that uprooted after the Civil Rights movement WAS NOT because of the Baby Boomers. Boomers were teenagers in the sixties and seventies and were too busy having their spoiled brat hissy fits and fighting against everything that their parents set up for them out of love. They WERE NOT responsible for the rights and laws that came post-Civil Rights. Their parents did all of that and the Boomers selfishly take credit (despite it being historically impossible - they were toddlers and teens during the Civil Rights movement. But Millennials have no concept of history and thus fall for Boomers' false propaganda) The Boomers were off doing drugs while their parents were marching and repairing the country.




Values such as traditional family units and moral codes were never harmful to Black people, let alone any other demographic. These traditions were not only beneficial but also embedded into humanity for generations until the Boomers came along to destroy it out of spite and arrogance.



Boomers were the most privileged and entitled generation of all time - they had opportunities that no generation ever had or will ever have, not even their parents. How exactly is being able to receive well paying jobs with benefits directly out of high school with no college education a bad thing? Don't delude yourself into thinking Boomers faced some sort of hardship. Their parents provided them stability and funds and they blew through it and destroyed it.



LOL. I forgot that Millennials have been brainwashed by the Boomer hippie liberal propaganda that advocates for broken families, single motherhood, oversexual philosophies, destruction of gender roles that have existed since the dawn of humanity and reckless behavior inaccurately deemed as "liberation". Now traditional moral codes that provided a solid family foundation are "white conservative values"? You guys are unbelievable.

Dude plainly put...your a idiot. Everything you say is opinion based...dont know who you listen or who you get your views from..but you need to stop that shyt immediately....You have yet to state one actual facr in this whole debate...not one.....so Im going to stop....people who talk just for the sake of talking are not worth talking too...

 

[Hacksaw Jim Thuggin]

This is the very unfortunate reality of Black Baby Boomers. They grew up with an array of entitlements and secured money from their parents and thus spent time that should've been dedicated towards building for the next generation on drugs and illicit activities. They are ones responsible for the Black community being in complete shambles. Too many people are insulted by the idea of Black Baby Boomers not doing their job but it's entirely true. Take a look at the accomplishment under their parent's belt and the economic prosperity they ensured for their children. Now look at the Black Boomers. What economic opportunities did they provide the Millennials? Nothing. Their children are worse off economically than they ever were. Unfortunately, while Asians were building waterfront property in Northwest Pacific cities to collect millions in real estate revenue and Whites were scamming bureaucracies to gain wealth and enter Wall Street, Black people were in the midst of a crack and welfare epidemic with a broken family structure thanks to their advocacy of recklessness and non-traditionalism. Black people of that generation did not spend an ounce of effort providing any sort of profitable or valuable market for their subsequent generations. Now their children are left to fend for themselves.

Black Millennials need to stop making excuses for the Black Boomers' failures. Their selfishness and greed had nothing to do with "hardship". It's the fact that their entire generation is self-centered, they were never interested in anything that didn't involve them. They never tried upholding the Black community; in fact, they went on numerous tangents to destroy it by advocating free love, free drugs and other reckless social structures that no generation before them ever campaigned for (hence why we still had a strong community back then). Outside of the Panther movement, what did Black Boomers try to do to benefit the community? Nothing. They were the first Black generation in our history to abandon the community in turn for their own material gain. They never worked on building a foundation. No savings accounts, no funds for their children.



And what's even more sad is that there are non-stop excuses in the Black community for why parents could not do an adequate job of providing for their children. "Mom couldn't go to college because she had to raise you all" "Dad was out trying to make money, what time could he possibly have had to take care of you" "Mom and Dad never had money because they were trying to take care of the kids and the house" It's always an excuse for why Black parents never attempted upward socioeconomic mobility. There's thousands of redundant excuses circling around the Black community as to why Mom and Dad couldn't get their children out of the ghetto, and none of them are reasonable. There are Asian families that have to put in heavy loads of work to get their children out of impoverished areas and over to America. They conquer their poverty and then teach their children finances and push them hard in school to make sure that they will be better off, prepared for the future, grow up in a safe environment, and get accepted to a school that will teach them valuable skills. Why aren't there Black parents doing the same? Because in the Black community there is always an excuse. Black Boomers can't ever be held accountable for their actions, it's always someone elses fault as to why they failed doing an adequate job of building and providing.



I don't think this has anything to do with Capitalism, it's more so that many parents are lazy and simply don't teach their children any life skills. So when they end up an adult they have not a clue of how to stand on their own two feet and thus resort to doing drugs and committing crimes all day. Black Boomers didn't invest time in their children, they invested it in themselves. Many, if not most Millennials were never taught finances, economic, or any important information by any parental figure.

even if this is true....so what?

thats done.

now what are we going to do?

we sit around in here talking about problems all day...everyday....ok shyt's fuked up....

what we gonna do?
the world aint changing anytime soon....what we gonna do?

 

[str8cashhomie87]

What kinda financial services?
How many years of experience do you have?

Employee benefits. Specifically a niche within group health insurance that's not necessarily new, but quite complex to the point where most folks won't touch it or mention it to their clients. I've been in the industry since '12. PM me if you want more info.