how about writing a book? Design a great website (ebay would be a good example), design a product (i think you were working on that). a comic or cartoon (the guy who started Spongebob Squarepants is probably doing really well...)

Unfort, like posted above, it sure seems like it takes $ to make $ unless you are incredibly talented (singer, writer, actor, etc...)...

 

I was just about to say that.

I knew a guy who was a radiologist in his early 20s. Made really great money for his age, and apparently didn't need too many brain cells to do it... considering the copious amounts of party drugs he took on the weekends.

 

Yeah ATC. It's supposed to be stressful but they make 6 digits starting out.

 

[QUOTE=tritium_pie,Apr 15 2007, 12:11 PM] I was just about to say that.

I knew a guy who was a radiologist in his early 20s.

 

Corporate software sales.

So-so base salary but huge commissions with overall annual compensation usually at least $100k for entry level positions. Another upside is that you can come from basically any background and can easily move from one sales job to another since selling is largely a general skill.

Downside is the high level of risk; if you get stuck selling a crappy product or having unrealistic quotas, then your take-home pay stinks up the joint, at which point you quickly look for another job. Another downside of course is that when money gets tight or you don't meet quota, it's probably time for ax to meet neck.

 

must've been a radiology tech then. all I know is he had an awesome apartment, nice new Miata and still had enough left over to do hundreds of dollars worth of extasy every weekend. he was 25 or 26 at the time at most.

and no... he didn't sell, only consumed mass quantities.

 

even radiology techs do well. $48K to start I beleive and you don't need much training either. A single guy making that much can live like a pimp on that much.

if your friend were a radiologist he could be disbarred like that for doing drugs. Only a doctor who is a true idiot would risk his livelihood (not to mention 6 figure debt) on stupid shit like ex.

 

that may be so, but I once knew of a cardiologist who did not shy away from doing a line of coke or two.

 

well he's a moron.

if any one patient found out, he'd be out of business for good. He may keep his MD, but he'd lose his reputation and thus patients...and thus money.

 

Insurance agent. If you're with a company like State Farm and have half an idea what you're doing, you need to work ~10 years and then hire some staff members for $12 an hour while you play golf. Believe me, I worked there...