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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The responses in this thread are just proving the immigrant PP right.

She’s saying stand up, work hard, and don’t be a victim. What sane person can really disagree with that?

You’re all overreacting because she didn’t say it nicely and kiss your ass. We’ve become a nation of oversensitive snowflakes.[/quote]

She's making comments that just don't work for many of the people who are on DCUM. Many of us - or our spouses - aren't really in a position to get a second job and work an extra 10 or 20 hours a week. We don't have the sorts of jobs where you do something like that. The added value of 10 hours of Instacart driving just aren't really going to be the thing that makes life more affordable.

I'm not sure why it's lazy or whatever to say, I like my life as it is - I don't want to add more expense and stress to what I've built for myself. I think it's pretty self aware to understand yourself well enough, and feel secure enough with your own choices. If she wanted more kids - and a guy who'd go work at the supermarket on the weekend, or something - then she should have built a different life for herself. Maybe she can go get a job at the supermarket at night and on the weekends and stop being so entitled and lazy herself.[/quote]
Immigrant PP here. I’m an accountant at a high-level company. I work very long hours. But there is always free time to find, if you want to find it. I used free resources to learn how to code and then built websites for free until I had the skill and word-of-mouth respect to charge. Now, I do freelance projects on the side that go far beyond websites. I continue to build my skill set. This has become my hobby and my side gig.

If you’re on DCUM, you have extra time for a side gig. It’s all right if you don’t want one, but stop making excuses for why you can’t generate extra income.[/quote]

Absolutely no one is paying some person who learned 'coding on the side' to build their websites unless they want trash quality garbage for a site.  Coding isn't a substitute for actual digital design work/expertise.  You can always tell when a straight up coder with zero in design skills builds a site.  Terrible.

-1000 for crappy advice. [/quote]

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