I’ve seen a lot of posts talking about how having a job in crypto is the best way to make it, which I think it dumb. Even if you offered me 500k a year I still wouldn’t take it. If you’re a decent trader who understands risk management, why would you sacrifice your freedom when there’s 6 figure trade opportunities popping up every week? Just landing one of these with size would outperform almost any job title you’d be busting your ass at for 10+ hours a day, 52 weeks a year. I’ve been on both sides of trying to scale a company and trying to make it as a trader. Even after dedicating every waking hour for over 18 months, launching at 2 bil mcap, I still walked away with nothing and have had significantly more success trading, even in the hardest conditions we’ve seen in a long time. Arguably you could say I’m a better marketer than trader anyway, so what point does that prove? Yeah you can argue on the equity side, but unless you build the one in one million, your time would be much better off bullposting projects you invest in and constantly looking for new coins/metas, even in these market conditions. More importantly, you pigeon hole yourself into a specific narrative. Say you doubled down on AI in january and then the entire meta is gone, now you’re building in a ghost town and have no options to look externally. We have new metas pop up every 2-3 months onchain. If you’re positioned with a profile pulling good engagement and also spend the time improving your trading, the trade off is significantly better. Plus you get to decide your work hours, your lifestyle, when you wake up, who you talk with etc. I’m not saying that this is for everyone and it applies to a small group of talented people. Not many have the skillset to pull engagement which would land them a comfy 6 figure role in the first place. The lifestyle you live as a disciplined trader outweighs any role imo and it is possible if you’re willing to outwork everyone. The truth is, your chances of creating a successful company in crypto are extremely slim. Very few make profit and if they do there’s a decent chance you won’t see the rewards of that unless you’re one of the C levels. Token vesting cliffs mean you’ve probably got a year after TGE before you’d even see any bonuses other than your salary, which is a long time for things to go wrong. So you’re basically signing yourself up to receive a comfy paycheck until the company blows up. Inversely, trading is scalable, growing your socials is exponentially scalable and probably a lot easier than trying to build a successful business. People who talk about having no drive or passion without a job probably just suck at living life. Go play sports and put excess time into health, get a 6 pack and good friend group then tell me your life sucks.