Good to see a Dominirican doing it up and slapping the white man in the face by playing the system right (sadly they don't teach us how to beat the system in the hood, just teach us how to slave for it)
You gotta give me more advice on the money making...I expect to the money to be there, but right now I'm caught up with school, certification, and this baby coming up.
I was playing fullcourt ball, was 5-7 shooting, and then busted my arm, after a block that caused me to fall, was up all night, in pain, and now I have to run over to Long Island for my orientation, at Stony Brook University.
The most important thing is to stay up on your craft: hit the following site... BLS.gov, where jobs are listed, along with salaries, openings, growth, etc.
Just type your field into the search box and links will pop up, that simple.
Also, hit up some sites like craigslist, where you can see the demand. On craigslist, I saw 65 dollars an hour on a few of the many postings. Get your CPR certification, AED, all that stuff I got when I was a coach, it enhances your marketability.
Most of all, have mad confidence, it's what's going to attract employers.
The good thing, bottom line, about your field is that it allows you to at the least do your own little side business. So... you could be pulling in 60k at work, plus another 20 on the side.
As for finances, start off by joining TD Ameritrade, look at the trends, and decide what sort of stock you want. It's really the best time to buy the big name stocks that have dropped a lot, because they're bound to go up.
Some people day trade, but I recommend you not do that, it involves hoping you make a lot of money in a single day. What's better is to build a portfolio: stocks, bonds, CD's, 401K. I like big name stocks, no weird companies. I love food companies, because they tend to be very stable: people always eat.
If you have an idea of whether they're going to go on a campaign for a new product, it's even better: this means your stock will likely gain value. The BK burger shots give me a good feeling, for example.
As for CD's, which are just accounts that lock your money in for a set amount of time, in exchange for a higher interest rate, the best website is bankrate.com, it shows the best rates available. Right now, the best banks for CD's, which give you the best interest rates, are online banks. Just last year, I earned about 2500 dollars in interest, just from bank interest. If I didn't shop around, that could have been cut in half. I would have lost a big chunk of change.
Main thing is to be confident, resourceful and to make banks impress you with good rates, before your money gets deposited with them. Don't fall for free checking account deals.
As for business, what I'm looking at, currently, is trying to buy good, new laptops in bulk, along with other electronics: digital cameras, etc., and then selling them at a marked up retail price that's still better than the big stores.
I hope that's food for thought, bro. And maybe some other posters find it useful, as well.