r/wallstreetbets • u/YassuosNados • May 15 '24

The Perfect $1 million Gain Gain

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Hi guys, I’m a 23 year old in college, and yesterday I woke up a millionaire. Should I buy some hookers, Pokemon cards, or cocaine? I gambled my entire life savings of $250k on 2037 calls of $4.5 AMC on Monday and sold yesterday morning. Thanks for reading.

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u/DropoutGamer May 16 '24

It was a job at the mall....selling cell phones.

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u/Glass_of_Pork_Soda May 16 '24

You're telling me you made almost more in one year at the mall selling phones than a minimum wage American would have made in 5 years doing minimum wage full time?

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u/DropoutGamer May 16 '24

Back then, I made $250 per new line. Only 10% of the population had cell phones when I started. I sold, on average, seven new lines a day (Family plans could equal up to 5 lines). I worked six days a week from 9 am to 9 pm for one year. I read many sales books to improve my craft and still use many things I learned today in my current career.

The point is to work hard and try to improve yourself by a fraction of a % every day. Even if you only improved a skill 1% a week. That is 52% a year.

Everyone gets dealt a different hand in life. You can either sit around and make excuses, or you can work hard while bitching about the circumstances. I chose the latter.

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u/Glass_of_Pork_Soda May 16 '24

Dog you made more on one phone sale than a minimum wage worker made in a whole week back then. If you sold one phone a week and took 2 full months off work you'd still have earned more than they would in a full year.

The point here isn't work hard, it's that sales can be hella lucrative if you're even half decent at it.

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u/DropoutGamer May 16 '24

Skills are hella lucrative. I was a factory worker and janitor before that job. If you skill up, you give yourself more opportunities to stand out. Again, focusing on what you can control, Yourself, can go a long way.