Florida MAY be the hardest state for black people...

[Balla]

Ok I'll get on those sites. Thing is I don't really have skills, so I don't know how to go about that.

I know for typing I guess I could take them practice tests or something. I'm at about 50 wpm.

I write pretty well in my opinion. So my only problem right now is my skillset, if I may ask, did you just happen to have skillsets or you learned online ? I'm just thinking if I learn online would they take me serious if I have little experience.

And when you get the affiliate program stuff poppin, let a brother know!

Appriectae the help, u gave me hope bruh.

Go to Clickworker, Odesk, Upwork, Transcribe Me, Textbroker...I don't work for pennies; Even when I started. You set your own price, depending on skills you have.

It depends on the day. Usually I work between 6-8 hours. If there's something I want (not need) that costs a couple hundred then I'll work longer. If you are a good writer and know how to write keyword-filled blog posts then you can make a killing on Textbroker.

I'm taking a break from a transcription that I'm doing right now that's $8 for a 20 minute transcription. If you have typing skills that's a $16/hour job from your crib (and I'm slow at about 80wpm so I can only imagine what some of the rest are making). No gas money spent, you can cook your own lunch, nobody in your ear about nothing, you can take a break whenever you want, you can leave the house...

Supplement that with something like a referral program, affiliate marketing, PPC, or any other kinda hustle and you're well on your way to $20 an hour (I'm not quite there yet but give me time).

 

[Balla]

Also, what kind of jobs are you looking up on the freelance sites?

Go to Clickworker, Odesk, Upwork, Transcribe Me, Textbroker...I don't work for pennies; Even when I started. You set your own price, depending on skills you have.

It depends on the day. Usually I work between 6-8 hours. If there's something I want (not need) that costs a couple hundred then I'll work longer. If you are a good writer and know how to write keyword-filled blog posts then you can make a killing on Textbroker.

I'm taking a break from a transcription that I'm doing right now that's $8 for a 20 minute transcription. If you have typing skills that's a $16/hour job from your crib (and I'm slow at about 80wpm so I can only imagine what some of the rest are making). No gas money spent, you can cook your own lunch, nobody in your ear about nothing, you can take a break whenever you want, you can leave the house...

Supplement that with something like a referral program, affiliate marketing, PPC, or any other kinda hustle and you're well on your way to $20 an hour (I'm not quite there yet but give me time).

 

[Lord_nikon]

Like this nikka done forgot about , Arkansas, some Louisiana, and other places that aint got shyt for black people except fast food or some raggedy shyt

Dude I was a support Admin at a company in Mississippi that I named perviously, I'm doing support in HR and Accounting , you know the office/corporate part of the warehouse , there was no fukking black men know where in the entire department.I had some end users in the app support department and engineering, the entire app support team was red dot Indians and the engineers were all young CAC's.
and most black men that work in the warehouse was doing hard labor or bull shyt work and all the team leads were women and CAC males.

 

[Chip Skylark]

Mississippi says hello

Facts unfortunately

 

[Biscayne]

Shreveport
When them hoes at the waffle house see a big city brotha come through

 

[Balla]

What do u do? U like your work? I'm tryna find a way to make my own income without relying on others. Are u in the same boat?

if you make the thread, we will follow (I know that I will). Because I think people just need to get pointed in the right direction. It's one thing to say.. "black people should do this or black people need to".. but I also think it's helpful to actually provide general guidance and instruction to motivate people to do so. Like a poster mentioned - there's a lack of resources and people have that defeated mentality, the educational system sucks.. etc. There's a lot of information out there but it can get overwhelming to someone who can't even navigate the web properly, google this and that.. you come back with millions of hits. The constant attention - to Instagram, fb, twitter.. etc is nothing but "escapism".

You talk about what you're doing and that's great for you.. it's commendable but those who have the knowledge and ability should be in a position to share, you know, following that 'each one, teach one mentality'. I get your point, they're valid-- everyone should have the ability to rise above their circumstances instead of feeling stagnated.

@Wild self - we were just talking about this.

 

[B86]

Ok I'll get on those sites. Thing is I don't really have skills, so I don't know how to go about that.

I know for typing I guess I could take them practice tests or something. I'm at about 50 wpm.

I write pretty well in my opinion. So my only problem right now is my skillset, if I may ask, did you just happen to have skillsets or you learned online ? I'm just thinking if I learn online would they take me serious if I have little experience.

And when you get the affiliate program stuff poppin, let a brother know!

Appriectae the help, u gave me hope bruh.

I'm glad I can help in some type of way. I thought that be your own boss or make money online shyt was a myth but it's really not. The marketers out there will make you lose hope because there's so much fake information out there or just misinformed information.

I've been teaching myself about computers since I was about 8-9 (I'm 31 now) so I've always kept up with technology and shyt like that. I deleted my aunt's Windows folder from her Windows 95 and fukked her PC up...I taught myself how to fix it and computers have been my passion since. I went to school for networking technology and programming but never finished, though I use a lot of those skills for freelance jobs.

Whatever your passion is, go to Udemy and find a class for it. Find a promo code for $10 courses and start there. Or to Khan Academy and see if there's anything there for free. Google whatever your passion is followed by "free claass/course" and start digging or type it in YouTube and see what you find. Search for "what I need to learn for ..." Or something similar. Dedicate like an hour or two a day to learning some new shyt

 

[Balla]

Unfortunately I don't have a passion I can think of. I kind of just went through life and did what I thought I was suppose to do.

No I'm here trying to find out how to make money on my own, I guess that could be a passion?

I don't know much about computers and stuff, I never did anything like that, but I heard computers is where money is at, so I'm more interested in learning in that.

Only thing I can say that I was passionate about when I was a kid was drawing, but I got bored of it when I was a kid, and always was told there was no money to be made with it, especially getting a degree for it.

I'm here right now dreading going back to finish in school to major in something I probably wont like, let alone be good at because I need to have a degree I can make money with. As of right now I'm having trouble finding a higher paying job to keep my mind right, and feel trapped that I have to depend on employers to hire me for me to survive, it's the worse feeling in the world to me.

So yeah, I want to be able to have the skills and the knowledge to never have to depend on that again and always find a way to make a living no matter what.

I also doubted myself about making money online because I'm black and thought I wouldn't do well, but after actually talking to it helped make it more of a reality to me.

Long story lol my bad, but yeah bruh you're a big help!

I'm glad I can help in some type of way. I thought that be your own boss or make money online shyt was a myth but it's really not. The marketers out there will make you lose hope because there's so much fake information out there or just misinformed information.

I've been teaching myself about computers since I was about 8-9 (I'm 31 now) so I've always kept up with technology and shyt like that. I deleted my aunt's Windows folder from her Windows 95 and fukked her PC up...I taught myself how to fix it and computers have been my passion since. I went to school for networking technology and programming but never finished, though I use a lot of those skills for freelance jobs.

Whatever your passion is, go to Udemy and find a class for it. Find a promo code for $10 courses and start there. Or to Khan Academy and see if there's anything there for free. Google whatever your passion is followed by "free claass/course" and start digging or type it in YouTube and see what you find. Search for "what I need to learn for ..." Or something similar. Dedicate like an hour or two a day to learning some new shyt

 

[Biscayne]

I've been to almost every state in this country and every state has a city or two where black folk have numbers and are doing decent. Then you have the lesser cities where black folk struggle more. That's from florida to new york to California.

Op named cities that don't have any jobs...of course the nikkas there doing bad. shyt the crackas there doing bad. Matter fact, crackas catching hell out here too. Except for that percentage who have old money or are invested.

The small cities and towns in EVERY state have downtrodden blacks. You travel outside of Ny or Philly to the lesser towns. Yall remember how @DrX described buffalo. And blacks catching hell in those major cities too!

Lotta yall try and front with that up north has more to offer shyt. Foh...firstly, you're living outside your natural state. Black people not made for that cold, limited sunlight shyt. That's for cacs. Why you think florida, georgia, Louisiana, Texas nikkas seem crazy too you? Cause we're at least closer to the equator and our natural state.

Also, up north nikkas and bytches come down here frontin like they a fukkin nurse or some profession and they're super educated, then have to show a brother like me the truth at the Dept of Labor as they search for work.

Broad from up north: I was a nurse back in jersey.

Me: ok, I see ya doing ya thang. Lemme have your license and degree so I can add it to your resume.

Her (Still has her game face on) Digs in briefcase and pulls out document. Blurts out "I don't have my diploma ".

Looking at me for my reaction. I keep my game face tho.

Me: ok...shyt happens...lemme get that nursing license.

Her: hands over certificate for fukkING CERTIFIED NURSING ASSISTANT

Me: ok...I see you was on your business up there.

Her: Yeah I'm not like these foot draggin ass hoes down here...

Me: I see ya ma...

 

[Biscayne]

Not one stat was posted in here.

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

What do u do? U like your work? I'm tryna find a way to make my own income without relying on others. Are u in the same boat?

PM - we can discuss; There’s a lot of info out there but first is narrowing things down and figuring out what you want to do, what is practical for you to do and what you can potentially do with your interests. Then researching and planning a course of action. So I’m in the same boat as far as That goes. There’s a lot of different helpful sites. I can try to help with the details.

I like my current career path but at the same time it’s all about additional opportunities that can increase your own income sources. I’m trying to transition into other areas not just focus on one goal or job path. Because in this current environment it’s not good to rely solely on income from a regular 9-5 or one income source. These days It’s about your own professional development, acquiring skills and knowledge to be able to market yourself so that you can network and create your own path instead of relying on other people to direct your career and money earning potential, become more in-demand, set yourself apart with a unique brand that you build on. Like the other poster said tho - research and learning is the foundation.

 

[B86]

Unfortunately I don't have a passion I can think of. I kind of just went through life and did what I thought I was suppose to do.

No I'm here trying to find out how to make money on my own, I guess that could be a passion?

I don't know much about computers and stuff, I never did anything like that, but I heard computers is where money is at, so I'm more interested in learning in that.

Only thing I can say that I was passionate about when I was a kid was drawing, but I got bored of it when I was a kid, and always was told there was no money to be made with it, especially getting a degree for it.

I'm here right now dreading going back to finish in school to major in something I probably wont like, let alone be good at because I need to have a degree I can make money with. As of right now I'm having trouble finding a higher paying job to keep my mind right, and feel trapped that I have to depend on employers to hire me for me to survive, it's the worse feeling in the world to me.

So yeah, I want to be able to have the skills and the knowledge to never have to depend on that again and always find a way to make a living no matter what.

I also doubted myself about making money online because I'm black and thought I wouldn't do well, but after actually talking to it helped make it more of a reality to me.

Long story lol my bad, but yeah bruh you're a big help!

I'm still at a point in life that I don't know exactly what I want to do with myself long term, so don't feel bad about dreading going back to school and all that. I don't know if you would even want to try the drawing thing again if you got bored with it but graphic design is huge and there's money to be made everywhere with that skill. I'm not very artistic or creative but even I can throw together logo or background for a client. You may want to look into that.

 

[Balla]

Fr man. Imma get on those sites u told me about. Being able to make a livable wage with this excites me. I appreciate it.

I'm still at a point in life that I don't know exactly what I want to do with myself long term, so don't feel bad about dreading going back to school and all that. I don't know if you would even want to try the drawing thing again if you got bored with it but graphic design is huge and there's money to be made everywhere with that skill. I'm not very artistic or creative but even I can throw together logo or background for a client. You may want to look into that.

 

[Balla]

U have any experience in this?

You definitely will do so. There is money with freelancing writing and blogging. Especially over controversial stances.

 

[Balla]

It's true, I tell people all the time both of them are racist towards blacks.

Where is a good place for a black man to move to?

maybe it's cuz florida is the intersection where southern white racism meets latin american racism.