29-year-old making $177K considers quitting his full time job to pursue Roblox full-time: 'I created a Roblox game that did well, it reached over 410K visits within 1.5 months.'

Is this a smart idea?

It's so easy to romanticize making your own money and being your own boss. A huge chunk of the population dreams of quitting their job to become an entrepreneur, where they only have to answer to themselves, but they don't understand how much work that actually takes. If you think you're going to do less work as an entrepreneur than you would at a regular desk job, I've got a bridge to sell you. It's not a pursuit that an otherwise lazy person should consider, because you have to figure out all of the business questions that your boss figured out at your old job. The aesthetic and idea of working for yourself are much more glamorous than the practical reality.

One of the worst things you can do is quit your stable job to chase internet fame. The internet is a very fickle place, and just because you have one viral TikTok does not mean that you can actually make a solid income from making videos. There is so much competition on the internet: anyone can watch anything at any time, and there are billions of options for them to pick from.

The dude in this story wants to quit his incredibly cushy job to pursue Roblox full-time, all because he got 410K visits to his game in a month and a half. If you're an internet professional, you know that 410K views in over a month is nowhere near enough to sustain an income, even for a single childless person.

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