To those is coding, programming, software dev: have you found it to be a line of work conducive to a red pill lifestyle?

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Was considering starting a blog and trying to monetize but I know that can easily turn into a rabbit hole that goes nowhere. Everyone wants to “live the dream” off their blog but few pull it off realistically.

But when considering career path, people ask “What could you easily enjoy spending your whole day doing?” And the answer is just reading and writing about what I find interesting and blogging about it. We live in interesting times and I want to deepen my views and put it into words.

The only thing I’m passionate about right now is exercise and analyzing cultural trends and finding the best ways to give historical context for proper understanding. Coupled with a lifestyle blog.

But shit I know that’s kind of a pipe dream. I’d be pretty good at it, but how can I put my eggs in that basket to rely on? Plus I’d have to hide my identity cuz I’m so far outside the Overton window.

So I’ve settled on this developer thing which can be interesting but realistically I’m coming to understand it can be hard to differentiate yourself from the plethora of other code monkeys and actually make decent money. I’m approaching thirty so I’m already disgusted with the whole question of what to do with myself. Thanks for taking the time to read if you did man.

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But when considering career path, people ask “What could you easily enjoy spending your whole day doing?

And this is shit advice. A career is a compromise between what you want to do and what other people will pay you for.

Blogging offers other people very little value. Almost noone monetizes it and millions try.

The only thing I’m passionate about right now is exercise and analyzing cultural trends and finding the best ways to give historical context for proper understanding. Coupled with a lifestyle blog.

Extremely hard to monetize.

But shit I know that’s kind of a pipe dream. I’d be pretty good at it, but how can I put my eggs in that basket to rely on? Plus I’d have to hide my identity cuz I’m so far outside the Overton window.

Right. Same with TRP.

So I’ve settled on this developer thing which can be interesting but realistically I’m coming to understand it can be hard to differentiate yourself from the plethora of other code monkeys and actually make decent money.

If you can code you can make decent money. Forget all the shit you see online where you're competing with Indian coders working for $1 a day. Jobs in engineering pay great.

I’m approaching thirty so I’m already disgusted with the whole question of what to do with myself.

What have you done so far? What jobs have you held?

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I’m actually a very talented person but my identity never came together right during my formative years so it’s like running on a super glitchy operating system

Fuck that shit. Time to take responsibility for your life, time to own it. When you make excuses like "because...formative years", you're avoiding fixing yourself.

We all have baggage. Shit goes wrong. We handle it and we get on with it. Excuses are for women, not for men.

I’m actually a very talented person

Talented at what? What can you do? What are you good at? Most talents take years to develop.

And I’m a week into a coding bootcamp and already feeling suffocated and demotivated. But fuck it I have no choice. Thx for the advice.

You're welcome. It looks like you're snapping to your senses and realising that wallowing in the past is pointless and that it's your job to fix you. Good work on that.

Suffocated and demotivated: this could be because coding isn't for you. Or it could be that hard work isn't something you're used to. Coding is awesome, but it's really not for everyone. You usually need somewhat of a maths/logic background and from what you've said so far this doesn't seem to be where your aptitude lies.

But do stick it out - because frankly you need to learn to stick things out.

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No man I get it. I understand IQ alone doesn’t mean much. I just mentioned it to give context to my frustration.

And no I’m not hooked on weed or porn. More addicted to exercise and now that I can’t as heavily due to this rigorous bootcamp schedule, it’s caused my mind and moods to deteriorate. I’ve been diagnosed with a sort of bipolar depression and heavy lifting has been my medicine. But I need to build a career and that limits energy and time for gym. And I’m just surprised how fast I feel suffocated without vigorous exercise.

Weed is too traumatic for me. It confronts me with my baggage and gives me existential drama.

Porn, well I’ve looked at too much in my day but I’m not hooked on it anymore. Unfortunately it faded from interest more due to my mind going gray rather than out of discipline. Maybe I just grew out of it.

I just feel permanently on my heels in life and have chosen software dev as a way to get back on top of things. So I posted here to get feedback on it. There’s just some shitty realities to grinding thru training.

And my mental health is such a goddam balancing act. It’s been put on a very shaky foundation due to years psychological stress. High cortisol for extended periods of time really does deteriorate your functionality man. It’s not just an empty excuse. It’s a subtype of ptsd. I can’t remember if I mentioned it already but I’ve tried a dozen meds and a dozen therapists and a few non traditional treatments. All underwhelming. I just can’t seem to find a productive path and rhythm. When I was lifting heavy 4-5 times per week and feeling good, I wasn’t employed much so that wasn’t gonna cut it long term.

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You could potentially be able to live off of blogs/affiliate stuff (affiliate stuff took a hit from google btw) but you really do need to do your due diligence. Also, don't expect real money in the first year. Depending on the niche, you could get 500-1k/month 8-12 months in (8-12 months after site release).

It truly is a pain in the ass to get started and become known, but once you do, it becomes easier and easier. I know people who made $100/month in month 4 and by month 6 they were making $500/month. One guy was making $800/month after 6 months of release but he's probably in the minority.

The point is that you could eventually live off of that but it will take you a couple of years before it becomes viable. Unfortunately, it's a grind like anything else but the rewards are way better in my opinion (own boss, work when you want, the potential for way more money, etc.).

At the end of the day, this is a business.

If your goal is to live off of blogs then software development is great. Even better if you can get a web development job and treat it like a reverse college. You get paid to learn stuff that will probably help you.

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It's hard to catch up to tough competitors because their websites are trusted by Google and lots of other websites while you are trusted by no one when you start.

The money is like a boost, you use it to market and become a known and trusted resource in your niche.

The goal is to get your keywords on the first page of Google (you're going to get barely any views from 2nd+ pages) which is going to be quite time-consuming if all competitors are giants. By that, I mean months and months. Maybe even 1+ years, not sure.

It's kind of like a game. You're a level 1 beginner trying to beat a lvl50 dude, it's not happening until you get lvl50+ yourself.

Ads, marketing, and your own products are the only ones. There's a lot of things you could do with 1 or all 3. You could create some sort of paid course, or a book, etc. while having some non-intrusive google ads on the site.

The best business model, in my opinion, is to sell your own product as you have complete control. Affiliate marketing can make money but you are at the mercy of whoever is giving you commission.

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Yeah I’m gonna do an ebook, possibly two. But when you say you’re at the mercy of whoever is giving you commission when doing affiliate marketing, what do you mean?

I ask because some of my content may be get fairly radical (I’ll be writing thru 6 or so different pseudonyms to express different viewpoints or voices, and some could get fairly polemical)— does polarizing content alienate potential affiliate marketer streams?

Btw, thx a bunch for your input man, if you have any resources to point me to that would be great. I don’t want to keep hounding you for a week about all this.

I’ve just had a blog idea cooking in my head for a while and I feel it may be time to really build this fucker. How realistic/unrealistic is reaching $4k/month in 18 months at a pace of 30 hrs/week working on it?

[–]thepitman1 point 8 years ago [recovered] | Copy Link

Before I go on, I don't have any specific resources, this is what I learned over time. I'm no expert, nor do I make a living from this (it is my goal and I am working on it) but if you want you can pm me, I don't mind.

Regarding the mercy comment - If you have an affiliate marketing website (amazon affiliate for example) you will get a % of all the sales through your site. This commission % is set by Amazon (in this example) and can change at any time, and it did. Sometime last year Amazon reduced the commission they give by a few % for every category.

They can also close your account for the smallest infraction (Amazon is notorious for this as they take their image extremely seriously).

You are at their mercy because they control everything and you control nothing.

Regarding content - all of your content on the website must be related. ie: If you run a blog regarding hunting, then everything needs to be related to hunting. You can talk about what guns to buy to shoot animals, you can talk about skinning knives, you can talk about cooking recipes for deer, bisons, etc. You can't talk about golf or NASCAR because they are not related to hunting.

Having said that, your website name is HUGE when it comes to the topic. The more neutral, the more you can talk about (try to choose a name related to your niche so people know what your site is about). If you have a website named "Outdoor Arena", you can talk about fishing, hunting, camping, etc., just make sure that everything is in their own category (hunting in hunting category, fishing in a fishing category, etc.).

Regarding the radical part - The company will look at your site and they could choose to not do business with you depending on what 'radical' means.

Regarding the 4k/month - I'm not going to give the website name but the website I use as my inspiration got to 6-7k in 2-2 1/2 years. Granted, 2 years ago it was easier as Amazon paid more money and google was friendlier to websites that contained 80% affiliate articles. Now he still has his old affiliate articles from Amazon, but he started to look into other companies and created his own product to sell. He still makes around 4k-5k/month from this 1 site (he runs multiple). The new blog model is to have ~70% informational articles (how to, 10 easy steps to, what is, etc.) with ~30% affiliate. Selling your own product on top of that will also be good.

Focus on building a good looking website with good quality content and then start marketing. You can reach out to other blogs in your niche and do something with them. Connections bring the money in.

P.S If you want to look at some affiliate marketing website examples, just search "best XXX" in google (ie: best hunting knife).

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Title	To those is coding, programming, software dev: have you found it to be a line of work conducive to a red pill lifestyle?
Author	scissor_me_timbers00
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Date	February 14, 2018 12:12 AM UTC (8 years ago)
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