WIth all due respect, Pumeco, you say a lot about how easy it is to make it as "your own boss", but talk is cheap. When you've succeeded, let us know how you did it. Until then, I remain skeptical.

I know very few people who have succeeded in doing this -- and every.single.one.of.them either started out by moving up the ranks in a corporate environment that earned them enough money to finance their self-employment (and build the extremely important networks of people that you won't get simply by using social media) OR they inherited a substantial lump sum that let them do it.

To me, the belief that anyone can make it on their own is about as useful as knowing that anyone can win the lottery. It's true. Anyone who buys a ticket, CAN win the lottery. But if you're relying on the lottery for your future income, you're destined for no where but the poor house. And you're about as likely to "make it own your own" from a start of absolutely nothing (no industry experience, no starting capital, no industry connections) as you are to win the Powerball. Yes, some people manage to start from nothing and create a business that thrives, and some people do actually win the Powerball. But the likelihood that anyone we know will do the same is minuscule. You can keep your dreams, but if you don't have a very good and reasonable Plan A, then in 20 years you'll be saying exactly the same thing on internet forums that you're saying right now. ;)

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