# I'm gunna ask again, how do i make reasonable money quickly? With minimal experience? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 10, 2015, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490 "2015-08-10T21:39:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![justjake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@justjake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justjake)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/81 "2015-08-11T23:55:21Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > Go forth, young man. You’ve clearly examined all your options with honesty and introspection. You’ve left no stone unturned in your search for truth, and now you’re ready to face the job world! > > Come back once you’ve started making easy money and let us know how it’s going! In this thread old people get mad at “the young one” because he wants easy money. Shame on him. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2015, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/82 "2015-08-11T23:57:21Z")
> [@justjake](#): > > In this thread old people get mad at “the young one” because he wants easy money. Shame on him. Why do you feel you deserve easy money? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/83 "2015-08-12T00:03:15Z")
> [@justjake](#): > > I mean i can always work in sewage or on an oil rig like some of these troll suggestions. > > Lmfao, i’d 100% rather rob a bank (seriously) then do some of those. Desperate times come for desperate measures. Holy shit, why don’t you rob a community college first? They can proof-read your hold-up note. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/84 "2015-08-12T00:04:59Z")
> [@justjake](#): > > In this thread old people get mad at “the young one” because he wants easy money. Shame on him. Seriously, get a sales job. This is the exact reason why most of the people I know who are in sales got into sales. Learn to sell cars or insurance or home improvements and go make 50k next year. If you are not very good at the job but willing to do the job you can expect to make that. I personally know several guys who make more money than the average doctor who are literally high school drop outs. You shouldn’t expect that right away (actually most people can’t hack it and are out of the business within 9 months) but if you can hang in there and learn to do it you can be pretty well off. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/85 "2015-08-12T00:07:52Z")
> [@justjake](#): > > In this thread old people get mad at “the young one” because he wants easy money. Shame on him. You have many options even if you don’t want to do any heavy lifting so to speak. You are the perfect age to work as an escort for wealthy businessmen. You would make a whole lot more than $12 an hour and some of them can help you land a posh day job as a security guard in an art gallery or something if they take a special liking to you. You would be an independent contractor in such a case but that means that you get to set your own hours and all expenses including fancy meals and even room service are covered by your client. The perks are that you get to meet lots of interesting new people, the hourly rate is outstanding and many of the people that use such services are quite powerful and can help you in the future as long as you demonstrate a good work ethic. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 12:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/86 "2015-08-12T00:12:46Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > \ > > Jesus Christ; …better THAN cancer! No one is going to take seriously a stick-up note with such atrocious grammar. 😛 “I am holding a gub. Abt natural.” ---
**Author:** ![justjake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a587f6/32.png) [@justjake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justjake)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/87 "2015-08-12T00:14:09Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > Holy shit, why don’t you rob a community college first? They can proof-read your hold-up note. Because i sit there and go through my post and fool-proof it on an online messaging board for a bunch of strangers to read. Wait a second, i don’t. Kid. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/88 "2015-08-12T00:17:36Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > “I am holding a gub. Abt natural.” Mr. Mooney? Yes, Mrs. Carmichael? I’m being robbed by Mushmouth from the Cosby kids! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/89 "2015-08-12T00:18:00Z")
> [@justjake](#): > > Because i sit there and go through my post and fool-proof it on an online messaging board for a bunch of strangers to read. > > Wait a second, i don’t. Kid. Noice. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/90 "2015-08-12T00:53:38Z")
> [@Morbo](#): > > “I am holding a gub. Abt natural.” Or I see. Is this a hold up? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/91 "2015-08-12T00:58:48Z")
> [@Rick](#): > > Or I see. Is this a hold up? Yes. And he has a cold. ---
**Author:** ![AnaMen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@AnaMen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnaMen)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/92 "2015-08-12T01:34:41Z")
> [@justjake](#): > > So no one brought up the fact that i can go to my community college and pay 900 bucks to get certified in phlebotomy and then get a job immediately starting at 13 an hour full time? > > What’s up with that? > > Instead my options gotta be working at a sewage plant or falling off roofs in the squelching sun getting skin cancer? Or working at an oil rig getting cancer from all the carcinogens. > > I’ll pass that shit up! Gunna just figure something out on my own and if that doesn’t work well i’m pretty fucking fast and quick witted, my dad’s side has a huge criminal background and got away with all sorts of shit. Robbing banks it is! Or just ma and pa places! If i die oh well, better then cancer! $13/hr ain’t shit, kid, but if that’s what makes you happy, go for it. Last summer I paid a couple of hard low-bid (by far) workers to put a new roof on my house. They pocketed a grand a day, while your phlebotomy dream job gets you $104 per 8-hour shift minus taxes, but hey, you’re in A/C and paying off that student debt a drib and drab at a time, so that must be the job for you. Or yeah, robbing people, no one suggested that. Great plan, except you are possibly too lazy and entitled to pull it off. You might end up in jail and score three squares a day with no effort, so double win for you! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Mondegreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/91b2a8/32.png) [@Lord\_Mondegreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Mondegreen)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/93 "2015-08-12T01:46:20Z")
> [@Sahirrnee](#): > > Then to a Chinese carry-out … > > Potential employers want to see a **wok** history. (My bolding) Well you certainly had that one covered. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_T](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Gary\_T](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_T)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/94 "2015-08-12T01:53:10Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > Save your breath, guys. The OP [already asked this question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=763703) and ignored all the answers. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > I’m just now getting the idea that [the OP is] not posting entirely sincerely. Rather looks that way, doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![BeeGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@BeeGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeeGee)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/95 "2015-08-12T02:13:55Z")
> [@justjake](#): > > In this thread old people get mad at “the young one” because he wants easy money. Shame on him. No, Sweetpea, the old folks aren’t angry. Just amused that you would think that janitorial work and couch surfing would be considered good or easy money. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/96 "2015-08-12T04:39:05Z")
> [@justjake](#): > > In this thread old people get mad at “the young one” because he wants easy money. Shame on him. No, we’re getting mad because we’re telling you there is no such thing as easy money and you’re not listening. ---
**Author:** ![usedtobe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ec9cab/32.png) [@usedtobe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usedtobe)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/97 "2015-08-12T08:12:17Z")
No pit thread yet? Overdue. No - because I’m lazy and want it given to me without work or risk. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/98 "2015-08-12T12:59:22Z")
> [@justjake](#): > > In this thread old people get mad at “the young one” because he wants easy money. Shame on him. No, actually, I’m laughing my ass off because I remember being your age and how hard it was to get my foot in the door, and the economy was a LOT better off back then. Sorry, kid, the world is as it is, not as you want it to be. ---
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/99 "2015-08-12T13:01:23Z")
Let’s see: High school diploma, bad attitude, sense of entitlement…Sounds like small-town cop to me. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490/100 "2015-08-12T13:14:40Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > BTW, you previously rejected out of hand the idea of going to college. See below. Maybe you can’t get need-based grants or scholarships, but you can get straight-up student loans and (if you’re a good student) merit-based scholarships. If you truly _want_ to go to college, you absolutely _can._ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-gunna-ask-again-how-do-i-make-reasonable-money-quickly-with-minimal-experience/727490.md?page=6)