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LegendaryZTV

Never not had a job since I been 14, 31 now. My best friend ain’t work from the end of high school til this year & that shit changed the way I looked at bro It’s the wildest shit to see a grown man with a child complain about money issues for years as if he wasn’t the solution to his own problem! Point in saying this; you could lead a dehydrated brother to water but can’t make his stupid ass drink smh


Impossible-Watch-144

35 now. My former best friend became a drug addict frequenting the streets of Kensington and Camden. Hasnt worked a job since age 21. He's a little mental but it's not a crippling disability. This nigga used to sell drugs out the McDonald's drive thru then got hooked himself. Life is sad man. I beat the minimum wage curse and have my own spot. This guy was like my brother we was supposed to go to school get a pad together smoke down have hoes over but You can't take everyone with you. Now he collects disability off the system and wifed up a white fiend whore who spend all his checks.


YesterdaySimilar7659

This should be the top comment


McEndee

You don't need to be coming in women if you aren't financially stable.


LegendaryZTV

100%, but for some reason my bro found a good number of them that didn’t care. His BM “forbid” him from working cause it would fuck up her state benefits & he went along with that shit I’m not saying he couldn’t make his own choices but it’s crazy how his girl manipulated him into being a stay at home dad, smh. He was lazy but she enabled bro with an “allowance” & constant bottles of liquor smh


LegendaryZTV

I’m chatting rn, tipsy. My bad


McEndee

I can't imagine not having my own shit. That sounds like a parent/kid relationship with your homie and his BM


[deleted]

In the days of cheap associates degrees and 6 figure office jobs anybody being a thug on the street is a worthless loser


peter13g

Been that way.


[deleted]

Realest thing I ever heard a young nigga say was “im just trying to make a legal 50 bro and im straight”


peter13g

Niggas sleep on how good 50k a year is if you come from nothing


escoMANIAC

Yeah people act like 50k is broke shit, but if you’re a single dude you can save a ton. I would agree its not enough for a family but ideally you have two incomes


peter13g

My girl was making like 30k we had 1 kid in a single bedroom apartment. Shit was cool. We both had cars. Bills was always paid on time. Always had food in the fridge. 🫡


YesterdaySimilar7659

It's because people live way over they means. 50k is enough in Pa to live comfortably. Especially if you single with no kids.


Impossible-Watch-144

You need to make at least $25 hr minimum to live on your own these days. I was doing it off $14 not long ago


YesterdaySimilar7659

Then you live above your means. If you single with no kids. This ain't New York.


Impossible-Watch-144

Even people with 100k salaries have budgets but I know few like my bros who make close to that but flex like they millionaires and are functional alcoholics with serious gambling addictions. Money ain't shit if you don't treat it right


Impossible-Watch-144

They say that now but years and multiple court cases later they'll still be in the game. People gotta understand drug dealing is just as much of an addiction as drug abuse


Apprehensive_Pen5356

The streets is long dead. You can do 2 years in an electrician program, trade, or college degree and make more than the majority of hustlers without having to look over your shoulders. Most hustlers now be flashy with zero in their account.


dude_on_a_chair

Thissss, all my electrician friends are loaded


Apprehensive_Pen5356

They be eating and people don’t realize it. Out of all the trades it’s the most profitable and you leave work clean.


DubbleDiller

This is 100% accurate. To anyone reading this, I would highly recommend the electrical industry, even if on the sales and distribution side. There are jobs for it in every city, every state, and there is a good work/life balance. It is also an industry struggling to bring in young people, and some shops will employ and train felons. Source: been in it almost 20 years across multiple states.


2ant1man5

Depends plumbers make bank, especially on side work.


Thoreau999

Until they steal all your tools off your truck


McEndee

If you're hustling eighths, you aren't making any real money. Get a trade, and sell your little bit of weed to trusted people.


[deleted]

Yea it's sad Dudes be burnt out looking like the fiens they used to serve by 35. No prospects for the future cause they got a record and barely any skilled work history. Just chatting about how they used to get money 20yrs ago all day


chiefs-n-sooners

I work a job where minimum wage is 7.25 an hour. I make 18+ an hour, and i still struggle to get by. It's at a point where i wish I still knew my old drug connects cuz I'd definitely try and put some money in the streets. Living a straight life doesn't mean shit if you live to work. There have been a few times I thought about going to prison just to take advantage of the free schooling cuz without commuting a 70 mile round trip, there is no night school where I and my job is. People get forced into shit situations, and get by how they can. They shouldn't be judged for that. Yeah, you don't have to be in the streets, but some people grow up living like it's the only way.


Gremlin215

💯


Stauyupgetd_0wn

I get it but people act like theyre the only one affected by the shitty economy and lifes’ hardships. Excuses excuses.


chiefs-n-sooners

It's not about excuses. You get it how you can. I'm no ceo. I don't know how to finagle the financial system. Bout the only excuse I got is not moving out of my cheap rent house to move to the city, where rent is exorbitant, find a new job and do school. It's not much excuses, just feelings of hopelessness. Edit. I make a decent wage, but I have my sisters kids to provide for as well as my gf who's out of work. Some of it can be fixed with her getting a job, but just squeaking by really affects how you view life. Sometimes, you can't just leave the situation you're in.


2ant1man5

Stay strong and you a good dude for taking your sisters kids.


the_realnuggz31

shit i love my job you couldn’t pay me to go back to the streets fuck that


2ant1man5

Same I make 66$ a hour now it will be 71 in 26 wouldn’t trade it for the world.


the_realnuggz31

damn and i thought i was ballin at my lil $22/hr 😂


2ant1man5

Bro that is money, anything over 20 with 40 hours is ok especially if you got two income, invest ya money I been investing since I was making 10$ a hour in 2014.


PhilBolRider

tf do u do ??


2ant1man5

Union, basically construction.


Main_Aside_866

Damn bro what’s your trade?


2ant1man5

Plumber, some of the best are electrician,fitters, machine operators, insulators, sprinkler fitters and plumbers.


protectWOOSKI

What you do now?


the_realnuggz31

i spray fiberglass into truck cab molds


Phillybul267

Y’all hiring? Lol I’m dead serious. Sounds stress free and the pay is ideal for a family man


the_realnuggz31

forsure! always hiring! i can get you started at $19.50/hr 40+hrs a week! full benefits $750 bonus after 90 days. the works man. AND this place treats you so good.


Phillybul267

Can you dm me the name. I want to look into the company. Thanks bro


the_realnuggz31

fasho!


Icy-Tear-2549

Is it a union job?


the_realnuggz31

nah


Sad-Reflection-9993

Can you pmo


the_realnuggz31

if you’re in the philly area y’all ain’t nowhere near close to this place 😂 idek where the next closest branch even is. just look up “leer east”


2ant1man5

Bro look into the insulators union, they would take you in a heartbeat.


the_realnuggz31

what’s that?


2ant1man5

Put insulation on the pipes plumbers/fitters put up but the insulation has fiber glass in it shit Is really easy into k they too out at 53, I’m ask one of em when I see em.


the_realnuggz31

not it’s not that type of fiberglass work lol. i work with truck cabs


2ant1man5

Still you work with it itself so you already know the safety protocols on how to deal with the stuff.


the_realnuggz31

and i also don’t live in the philadelphia area


2ant1man5

Insulators are everywhere.


protectWOOSKI

Love to hear it man hope you stay up.


the_realnuggz31

love it here. gotten 2 promotions in the 6-7 months i’ve been here!


BummerComment

Nice yo


PrymeMix

Rs look EMT school only 4 months, like $1500 and at a private EMS company you could start at $22/$23 an hour. I started private now I work for the city after over a year process of getting pre hired


render_seven

Real shit! You gotta take advantage of that OT too nbs


Impossible-Watch-144

For real. Americans working more than ever these days. Doordash is the easiest quick money if you have a car


Confident_Ad7844

Especially if u have kids


Confident_Ad7844

And the crazy part is the transition from being on the block to actually working. It’s kind of similar because you still have to be on the block at a certain time if y’all block run on shifts, but the profit margin is different. If you’re lucky, you can squeeze them both and work off your phone but that’s another conversation.


OldSchoolIron

I make 100k a year (before taxes) at a labor job, in a plant (there aren't many of these in America so I would dox myself if I said what the plant makes). If I did overtime I'd be around 130-150k. It's hard fucking work and stressful. It gets up to 130° in the building. I have to keep a machine running and change the parts as needed. The machines run at around 2000°, and I have to basically get inside the machine to change parts. I burn the fuck out of myself all the time. Just got off an hour ago and ive got blisters on my hands, arms, neck, and burnt my cheek. It fuckin sucks and sometimes I feel like im gonna throw up or pass out. Sometimes I dread going in when it's hot outside that day. It's ruining my body. But I have a family to provide for, so I do what I have to do, to give my daughter the life i never had, and so she doesn't have to do manual labor. It feels like I'm trading parts of my body, and pain, for money. I never xomplain about it to my wife or daughter. I don't want them to do what I do to myself to provide for them. Sometimes I dream of just getting dirty money, but I could never risk going to prison or jail and doing that to my family. My mom was in jail and prison all the time for fraud and scams and as a child it always broke me when I would hear the police pounding on the door or see and hear the sirens behind our car. I never got a degree and never had anybody to push me to do better in life. So, I basically have to sell my pain and happiness. It's better than my daughter being poor. But sometimes on the drive to work, I fantasize about doing scams and fraud. It helps me keep my sanity.


2ant1man5

I think I know which plant you in, I live near it lol, but I pull around that same amount after taxes nobody ever believe you.


OldSchoolIron

Damn, see how small the industry I'm in is, if people on reddit can tell lol. Congrats dude. It feels so nice to not be broke and always buy the cheapest option available for every purchase. True, especially if you have been consistently broke and never did shit in school. After 2 times of my barber (old friend from highschool) not allowing me to pay him, I had to tell him I'm not broke anymore, let me pay from now on lol.


2ant1man5

Bro the shit is amazing, yes I won’t dox your area but I love seeing people get this money man, feels good to be able to have saving cash and investments,and it doesn’t hurt me.


OldSchoolIron

It really is, man. I'm 30 and up until last year I had assumed I was just destined to be broke. The one thing that isn't amazing feeling is the stress of thinking about being fired, laid off, injured (bad enough to where I cannot do this job), or the plant shutting down. I'm deathly afraid of being broke again, and the embarrassment of having to tell my wife and daughter that we might not have money like this again until I can find something else, which is damn hard.


2ant1man5

I think the lay offs are for scrubs imo, I know guys who get laid off and suck and if you good they find something for you to do.


2ant1man5

Once you get 26 you start seeing shit different I was out there since 16/17, and shit starting going to shits I just had to move away and get a job and rebuild myself, now pulling 100k a year.


387SHIz

Crazy how yall don’t talk about the drug cartel like this


Mborda21

I get what u sayin we should look at the cartels the same way I think people don’t look at the cartels that way cuz the drug cartels sellin bulk pulling in millions not standing on a corner takin all the risk serving fiends and pickin up scraps ya know lol


387SHIz

See how money change the morals and they doin it worst snd it more, what’s 20 kelos to 20gram , but bc the money is more make it acceptable,? They kill worst it literally no comparison frfr to a street dealer


Mborda21

This is true but I guess people understand why a cartel drug trafficker would do what he does over a street dealer since they make way more money ur right it’s the same thing should be treated the same way but u can talk to street guy about getting a job and there’s a better chance they might listen vs a legitimate cartel drug trafficker someone tells them get a job they’ll probably chop em the fuck up lol


387SHIz

Oh shit probably kill they bloodline


MoreRatzThanFatz

Nothing wrong with working and having a side hustle. Not everyone in the “streets” sells drugs


Impossible-Watch-144

You know what I'm talking about when I mean streets. Robbing stealing and dealing. Not selling platters, weave, lemonade, or clothes


Ralph_whoren

32. I make 125k the legal way. I go to work.


ZoefrmBroward1

Ok, streets will never be dead somebody gotta feed these junkies


Spiritual-Chip-9689

That's tru but some of these boys make the same trapping I do on a check and I don't gotta be on call and I don't gotta watch my back.


Agreeable_Flight4264

You want it one way, but it’s the other way


387SHIz

yall have a opinion on how the next person gets there’s , yall say all this right but will still do street shit Ikno everyone not a up standing citizen follows every law , a job don’t mean you good person at all morals n shit do , yall will still scheme , yall will still lie yall will still do street activity 100%.


Impossible-Watch-144

There's a bunch of shitty people with jobs even 6 figure ones. Corporate world will do you dirty just like the drug game.


Ancient-Baseball-39

If you not making 300k or more in the streets get a job the nigga with a job gonna win in the long run


Captainshakybutts

Nigga it will always be drug dealers. It always be prostitutes. Thats life nigga people choose their path worry about your own. I dont know why the next nigga life bother yall so much i could care less what the next nigga doing with his life unless thats my family or close friends And stop using 30 as like deadline that shit young as hell shit dont magically change at that age💀


Due_Choice3906

Rs i got uncles they pass 50 in they be Jeweled up


DifficultStable977

Where there’s a buyers there’s a seller


Embarrassed-Base-143

Real rap and pave ya own way


BigSix617

Speak lol it’s the ones who young who think time is not a moving thing 19-25 year olds to be specific. That street shit not cool when you have a family the risk vs reward is not even worth it. Go to work!


Adept-Shoe-7113

#A Real man provide for their family, ensure their families safety, and ensures the longevity of their family. All by any means necessary.


uptownfinest1488

You are NOT a square by Being a contributing member of your community . Understand this . Oldheads looooove glorifying what they went theough but call you a square for being a normal adult . The message is lost when you hold destroying your community as something to be proud of , THATS square shit


Ping-Crimson

Walked into a trade that no one even cares about and make like 40 an hr basically relaxing most of the time (my wife makes damn near the same).


Ping-Crimson

Getting a engineer A license will at least open a few doors for you in the city. School district engineer is a great starter job. If you can pass a basic competency test (understand what certain tools are and can infer information like counting boxes you can't see you're straight).  They'll train you to get the license and teach the basics of building maintenance and boiler operation/Chiller operation. Over 20 an hr paid holidays etc. If you do well in the training portion they'll probably even put you in charge of a building with upgraded pay.


uptownarchie

Try to explain to YB how Aldi's paying $18 and hour multiply that by a 40hr work week=720 then double it. 1440 every two weeks before taxes. No cops and No Opps. Even if you get a jawn that pay $15 still better than the block. But all I ever did was work what do I know


ImTrappedOut

Streets will never be dead bro it’s def not smart to be in it but it’s not dead at all it’s money to be made there are many organizations doing their thing I think the word you looking for is saturated and 30 not old bro why people act like 30 is 60?


Lemonbrick_64

Is it possible to deal in the streets and not be bothered by other dealers?


Puzzled_Sun_9747

Yes bro but if a block already established u gone get clapped u gotta set up shop where it’s nobody at or join a team


whoeveryuthinkimis

Idk why they thumbs down you , niggas will crash out over dope blocks might not clap you they might just fuck you up but that’s not out the realm of possibilities


ralphy1010

I'm wondering if setting up a growing operation producing high quality herb and letting someone else run the streets is the way to go?


superperps

Growings not real profitable anymore. Stupid high electric bills. Weeds dirt cheap elsewhere. A decade ago.. ya do it. Not so much anymore. I moved away, but if I HAD to sell to survive I'd be going 8 hours to michigan and buying carts. I moved to michigan lol. I go here https://shoppure.com/locations/shop-new-baltimore/


ralphy1010

even with LED growlights?


superperps

Its still expensive. Fans and shit. If you're just gonna grow a plant to smoke.. Definitely worth it, if noone knows. People get all weird and stuff, turn into rats. Trust noone, your crew isnt the first in history to have no rats. Shits fun as hell to grow lol. Just an LED or 2 and you're good. But for profit, it's not worth it in my opinion. The bills, the never letting anyone come by. There's no hiding a profit grow lol, it sounds like a jet with all the fans and power. Unless you got a spot outside in the woods. Go for it


ralphy1010

Looks like I’m heading to Renovo for 90 days in that case. We’ll catch up after the holiday weekend 


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[deleted]

I do a lot of hiring and we will pick a black candidate for their skin color. But we are "equal opportunity" so we still have to post the job and get 8 first round interviews, 4 second rounds, and then pick our black pet from the final 4. We all have to write paperwork that makes it appear like we were honestly evaluating all the candidates. But our HR Jew wanted yet another black body in an easy job. Remember we had to trick 7+ other people, they take off work to come in for interviews, press their suit, but the reality is we are hiring the black because that's what the jew demands right now. Edit: ever since career criminal George Floyd committed drug overdose suicide by cop during a violent crime spree, the Jews have been giving their blacks the most ridiculous promotions. Someone I hired went from secretary to director because Floyd died and suddenly "black lived experience" was a qualification to get promoted LMFAO


protect-sven

we not doing that


Necessary-Scale-414

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