people need to update their definition of what job/work/career means. We are in different times.
2026-06-09 13:14:13
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staciestacy1981 :
Do I think it sounds like a silly way to make money? Kinda. But there are tons of “silly” careers out there. I mean stock brokers just gamble with other people’s money for a living, which sounds silly to me too, but no one would call their careers a hobby.
2026-06-09 18:19:05
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Maud :
Look, it might be an odd job, but if it makes money, it makes money
2026-06-12 02:05:59
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TheraWillow :
Oh, it's a "silly hobby" until they need something. Then you could just say, "Sorry, I don't think the money I make from my silly hobby will be stable enough to help you."
2026-06-09 17:41:25
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Christi :
It requires market analysis & research, risk strategy, financial analysis & management — OP has a hell of a resume w/a job that is just as complex but one that he actually enjoys 🤷♀️
2026-06-09 14:25:09
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Mind your business :
NTA Entrepreneurship scares a lot of people.
2026-06-09 14:31:14
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ali :
his job is practicaly investing, which its still a job
2026-06-09 14:11:58
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Zurgezii :
You could definitely put that on your resume in a way that would look very attractive to recruiters if you were to decide to get a more traditional job. It's a lot of client relations, market research, and scheduling.
2026-06-09 14:02:34
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hdhxjz :
if you make enough money, you get to call it whatever you want
2026-06-09 20:19:32
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Grace Mellody :
If a job pays your bills, it’s a real job
2026-06-12 08:15:53
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Elle :
Honestly I working the game industry and even having worked on multiple titles released on the big consoles people still think my job is to sit and play games all day with no thought or pressure 😅
2026-06-09 13:41:27
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vancethesnekdad :
NTA, you found something you enjoy that pays the bills, what’s wrong with that?
2026-06-09 15:21:24
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Maggy Mozzato :
being able to make a living out of smt that most consider a hobby is a flex more than anything imo, same goes for artists of various kinds
2026-06-09 17:53:43
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Acid 🧡💛🤍🩵💙 :
If it makes enough money for you to live (or really if it makes any money at all, minimum wage isnt really enough to live where i am) then its a job. Thats OPs job
2026-06-09 20:46:17
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Sammie 🇨🇦 :
Nta. I’m an artist and certain people in my life still like to refer to it as a hobby. Meanwhile it’s not lol
2026-06-09 16:07:12
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Emderth :
I get mixed reactions from my family for my job. I work in TV post production. While my parents and sister think it sounds fancy and glamorous, my younger nephews think I just watch TV all day. Reality is sometimes yes I do watch TV, it’s called quality control, it’s not glamorous and is mostly looking at loading bars waiting for things to ingest/export. My eldest nephew makes fun of me for it, saying it’s “not a real job”. Yet I’m earning double than him so. And I’m on a career path to one day edit shows.
2026-06-09 23:29:32
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Nicoleoeoeoeoeoe🇨🇦 :
Stock markets. You do stock markets. It’s the easiest way to explain it to people because it basically is
2026-06-10 00:25:20
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Sin :
seems like a boatload of family is jealous they can do that for work. sounded like they explained it very well. they got lucky to work and make money from that. but the family is mean that's cool to be able to use that for your money. that's a lot of self time keeping
2026-06-09 13:07:55
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Eryn Moragin :
the biggest issue is this violates TOS for most games. But yeah it also isn't stable and doesn't come with benefits so people aren't gonna understand it
2026-06-09 22:47:42
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Ciel :
some comments are saying the family is jealous. imo, they are concerned about how his job reflects on them. mom finds it awkward to explain his job to other people and got upset when he told the cousin about his job.
2026-06-09 14:06:44
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Mayiawen :
People make millions doing this. Same with YouTubers, streamers, etc. can everyone succeed at it? No. But that doesn’t mean it’s not a legitimate source of income and a consistent job
2026-06-10 13:37:50
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VampyrRaye :
thats a good way to get banned from the games though, many games ban real world trading. which it sounds like this is.
2026-06-09 23:21:30
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eww :
the corporate world is full of the "misery loves company" type.
2026-06-09 14:18:01
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Lauren || Life • Yoga • Lagree :
Have people forgotten how the lottery exists?
2026-06-09 13:28:48
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Nyssa Gardebrecht :
sounds like a freelance consultant to me ☺️
2026-06-09 23:50:46
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