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Re:A Dark Room: From Sabbatical Year to $800k by cvaidya1986 on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @01:37PM (#16010083)
Ok let me update it. Opportunities are always there for enterprising, confident and contrarian thinkers who will take several chances with low downside and try to create new things rather than compete within existing paradigms.

Disclaimer: Not financial advice but personal observations

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Re:A Dark Room: From Sabbatical Year to $800k by toomuchtodo on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @01:43PM (#16010124)
This discounts the high failure low success rates of entrepreneurship, which is dangerous advice in a country with a broken healthcare system and no social safety net.
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Re:A Dark Room: From Sabbatical Year to $800k by cvaidya1986 on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @02:02PM (#16010246)
Again, it’s not an OR situation. One can try doing side projects while one works full time.
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