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Which kind of job should I take if I want to save to start my own business?

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  • agrinnall
    agrinnall Posts: 23,344 Forumite
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    paddyrg wrote: »
    If you want to save fast, you need jobs that pay well, and jobs usually only pay well for a reason - late, dirty, skilled, risky, illegal, immortal, degrading, away from home, etc., so sex worker or oil rigs or malware distribution or cold calling or security in the Middle East all pay above minimum.

    Ooh, where can I find a job as an immortal?
  • Alice_Walker
    Alice_Walker Posts: 574 Forumite
    agrinnall wrote: »
    Ooh, where can I find a job as an immortal?

    Superman! ;)
  • paddyrg
    paddyrg Posts: 13,543 Forumite
    agrinnall wrote: »
    Ooh, where can I find a job as an immortal?

    As Alice says, superhero, but also deities have to come from somewhere. Become a god/dess
  • MattGb
    MattGb Posts: 38 Forumite
    I'd get a job related to the industry your business will be in. Getting to know your customers while not selling to them will be invaluable.

    Other than that, if you just need the cash then take anything you can.

    “There is no such thing as a lousy job - only lousy men who don't care to do it.” - Ayn Rand
    :j:j:j:j
  • ohreally
    ohreally Posts: 7,525 Forumite
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    MattGb wrote: »
    I'd get a job related to the industry your business will be in. Getting to know your customers while not selling to them

    That could become an issue if an employer applies a restrictive covenant.
    Don’t be a can’t, be a can.
  • ScorpiondeRooftrouser
    ScorpiondeRooftrouser Posts: 2,851 Forumite
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    MattGb wrote: »
    I'd get a job related to the industry your business will be in. Getting to know your customers while not selling to them will be invaluable.

    Other than that, if you just need the cash then take anything you can.

    “There is no such thing as a lousy job - only lousy men who don't care to do it.” - Ayn Rand

    Did Ayn Rand say that while she was working cleaning out sewers?
  • missbiggles1
    missbiggles1 Posts: 17,481 Forumite
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    agrinnall wrote: »
    Ooh, where can I find a job as an immortal?

    Sorry, it's a case of dead men's shoes!
  • bugslet
    bugslet Posts: 6,874 Forumite
    missbiggles1 wrote: »
    Sorry, it's a case of dead men's shoes!

    oh that deserves a few :T:T:T:D
  • paddyrg
    paddyrg Posts: 13,543 Forumite
    ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »
    Did Ayn Rand say that while she was working cleaning out sewers?

    Considering how bizarre her life story is, with her attitudes of extreme greed and self deification, I can't really take anything she says to be in any way a template for a society I want to live in.

    https://youtu.be/_8m8cQI4DgM quick intro for anyone who doesn't know her. Or if you fancy a more Adam Curtis meander, try "All watched over by machines of loving grace" as a starting point.
  • fewgroats
    fewgroats Posts: 774 Forumite
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    You might be better off trying the small business thread?
    Advent Challenge: Money made: £0. Days to Christmas: 59.
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