Reduce your cost of living. Simplest and most direct approach that is easy for you to control. Penny saved is a penny earned and all that.
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#12Switch jobs. About 2 years experience is a good time for a switch. You probably won't find a $5k/month raise, but you might get a $5k/3 month raise.
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#13I hear the lottery pays out well. To make a lot of money quickly requires a lot of money to begin with. You have no interest in relationships? Some would say a relationship and the experience is worth far more than any amount of money.
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#14Bet on the winners of sporting events.
(Note: This works best if you have previously picked up a sports almanac from the future.)
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#15Speculate in stocks and commodities
That's also a great way to lose a lot of money quickly.
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#16I know you write "no relationships" but maybe reconsider this.
Imo combine:
* low cost of living / fixed costs
* remote work for SF/Bay based companies (biggest delta in budgets vs talent available)
People tend to recommend "project based contract" work. Imo those attract people who want to pay less. Look for people who actually look for quality employees and are happy to pay global salaries. Combine this with a low cost of living and you have a good place to start with to save money.
eg $5k+ saving for a few months sounds reasonable if you compare it with "global salaries"
https://angel.co/jobs#find/f!%7B%22locations%22%3A%5B%22Sili...
apart of that: you have a job that works in your resume and you might end up working on a project that becomes a big learning experience
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#17I remember this feeling. If I could go back and teach myself anything it would be the power of saving. You already said yourself you make good money.
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#19I'm looking for a way to make large amounts of money very quickly, and I need some ideas here.
You've come to the right place.
I'm pretty proficient in both frontend and backend technologies
This is where you fall down. It's possible you are very amazing and nobody knows it yet. If so, you have an advantage — you can create something new and crush competitors before they know you're a threat. It's also possible you're in the "overestimating abilities" phase of a career. The best case here is to have someone else tell you how good you are.
What are some good or creative ways to make a decent amount of money ($5k+) in a short amount of time? (1-3 months)
Put all your money into Apple stock during rumor season.
Read and execute on affiliate marketing.
Read and execute on ebook publishing for in-demand niches.
Bake bacon fudge and sell it on the street corner for a profit.
Bake cake pops and sell them to offices for a profit.
Busk.
Get hired at a place with a sign-on bonus then flee the country after they pay it out.
Sell organs (yours and/or others).
Dance like nobody's watching, put it on youtube, enable ads.
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#20Get a job and live minimally? $5k take-home is about $75k/yr.
Have a job, struggle to live minimally when I have about $2k in expenses that I'm locked into.