civilpro
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I'm a 38 year old living in Denver. I was educated in civil engineering and 5 years after college went into business for myself doing wedding videography and made a living doing that for 7 years. The business didn't quite fail, but 30-40k a year is poverty in Colorado. I made a goal to make 100k last year and only made 35k and worked every day including Sat night. I ran out of savings and decided that life wasn't for me. I decided it was time to call it quits. I decided that being self-employed isn't worth the stress for anything under 75k, unless its off-hands. Its only because of the economy and high demand for civil engineers that I was able to get back to employment after such a long gap in my resume. Although I'm currently on the sidewalk I am using this as an opportunity to learn.
And learn I have. I have learned so much that I am motivated to create and sell an online video course on a few technical topics related to the land development industry. I'm thinking of first selling it myself and maybe going over to Lynda.com or something, which I noticed teamed up with linkedin. Reading unscripted on my commute. I'm in a difficult field to break into, barrier to entry, check.
I'd love to hear from others who are in the educational business. I'd prefer to make 1 good product that I'm proud of, even if I have to spend 500 hours on it.
My dream is a several-month long solo motorcycle trip throughout the western US. I'd only be comfortable taking such a long adventerous trip if I wasn't using savings and I was making money along the way.
And learn I have. I have learned so much that I am motivated to create and sell an online video course on a few technical topics related to the land development industry. I'm thinking of first selling it myself and maybe going over to Lynda.com or something, which I noticed teamed up with linkedin. Reading unscripted on my commute. I'm in a difficult field to break into, barrier to entry, check.
I'd love to hear from others who are in the educational business. I'd prefer to make 1 good product that I'm proud of, even if I have to spend 500 hours on it.
My dream is a several-month long solo motorcycle trip throughout the western US. I'd only be comfortable taking such a long adventerous trip if I wasn't using savings and I was making money along the way.
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