Topic: Dilemma between focusing on B@bitcointalk and my current paid employment (Read 231 times)

I think you shouldn't leave a job that can produce for your needs because it's important how you can make ends meet with the job you're currently doing, while work in bitcointalk is uncertain unless you become a service provider, you already have customers plus you're still a beginner, so you really need at least 2 years to get a better ranking and it must be accompanied by your knowledge of course consistency.

You can start again at this forum at any time without having to leave work even though work takes up half the time but I'm sure some of you will have free time where maybe when work is off or even on weekends so you can use the forum for free time instead of focusing here but had to leave work then it was a bad mistake.

Be active more often, if you have a smartphone or a tablet at work, you can log in and post once a few hours and thus be active throughout the day. But you have to keep the effort from your side.

If your job is a demanding one, it should be given more focus, but I am sure that you job would have to deal with problems in real life which need solving rather than the forum where no one would be hurt even if you become inactive.

The forum will be here for a while but there is no guarantee that campaigns will be on forever. But you job is there for now which is giving a daily income. With a little effort form your side you should be able to manage both without distress.

You need to motivate yourself, no one will come and babysit you. Analyze your work pattern and see when you can take time out to post in the forum. Be active on the forum and you will grow your rank gradually.

It's still a long shot for you to get a job here in the signature campaign if that's what's your planning to do and the competition is very stiff also, so I don't recommend like all the others quitting your current job right now, you're going to starve and you'll regret it, I don't know who advises you or why do you think signature campaign can be a full-time job, it's a freelancer job don't replace it with a regular job that you have.

But if that's your goal, take your time but never quit the job that you have right now, if you can have another day time to replace the current one with a short period of time then check that option.
Just post good stuff and you will eventually get on a status where you can participate in a signature campaign.

Even if there are enough people around to Merit the posts, I'm afraid that a user with the only intention to earn a living out of this forum and signature campaigns can actually focus on the quality of their posts and put enough effort to be worthy of getting Merits. Even if they manage to get some, their focus will probably be more on the monetary side.

If he focuses more on learning and educating himself with everything about blockchain, Bitcoin, and cryptocurrencies in general, he will definitely have more chances of getting Merits and a higher rank in the long run.

I've seen so many posts like OP's here where they say things like they "want to do bitcoin(talk) full time" and it's a bizarre statement because it's so vague. 

Why in the world would you quit a stable job even if it pays shit in order to spend all your time on a discussion forum?  Even if you're in a signature campaign, you can do that in your spare time if you're a decent writer and you can still make a decent amount of dough.

OP, as they say, don't quit your day job.

First things first, why do you think you are hired by the bitcointalk to do any type of job ? I understand that you mean to say that should you quit your job and start earning from signature campaigns and bounties but your mindset is not right.

Well, your rank is too low to join any signature campaign and bounties won't make you any money as you will end up getting useless tokens which you may not be able to sell anywhere.

I would suggest that if you are not happy with your current job that pays you 300$ a month for a 24/7 work, you should start finding a better job in the real world and quit your current job once you have a new better one.

And Bitcointalk should never be considered as an alternative to your job, even if you attain a high rank in the forum.

Do you have savings that can give you shelter/food when you focus on bitcointalk? If answer is yes, you may quit. If no, continue with your job and focus on bitcointalk in extra time.

If I would be you, I'd stay at your current job. Maybe your job isn't high paying, but it's guaranted and stable income. What would you have if you would leave it? If it's your main account, I don't see how you can earn something significant now. Your rank is low and it's quite long way until you will able to earn money using. But even with high rank account I wouldn't not rely on income from Bitcointalk. Ok, maybe one month you will get good money, but nobody knows what will happen next. Maybe you won't be accepted into signature campaign or you will get scammed. What would you do then without income?
And as already said above, Bitcointalk shouldn't be considered as place to make money, it's more about getting some extra income while doing things that you like. Well, unless you're doing business here like selling various your services.

You have a good memory, I wrote it more than half a year ago, but I still think that every member should stick to it, because otherwise you could get into big trouble. Campaigns come and go, today they are still possible, but tomorrow they may be banned.


That's a long time, which can seem even longer if rank is your only goal. However, merits will be a much bigger obstacle for the majority, especially if there are less and less active merit sources that will reward quality posts.

What matters, OP, is your physical and mental health, like Z-tight said, though he didn't stress it, but I think it should be elaborated more as the cause of your dilemma. Not the forum nor your job. Take some time to rest your head and stop thinking of multiple things at once. Many people have lost it all by working all day, even those who made plenty of money ended up being fed up from doing such work. I think you should spend few time with family and discuss often with friends. When your head calms down and you think you can do other things then join the forum. I do believe that they must be some free time for every busy person. So, use those time and focus on your health, because writing is not easy and it's the backbone of this forum; consistent quality write-up. In such situations as yours quiting the job won't solve the problem, everyone already told you how far it take before you make a dime here. Don't take a risk you can't withstand, find a way to look for jobs elsewhere, once you land a new job, you can move away from the time exhausting work safely.

You still need 109 activity points to become a full member and only then can you expect some kind of income from this forum. It takes at least 109 days, which is close to 4 months. can you endure that much without the current $300/m salary? even after that with the Full member rank, you will hardly reach that amount.
it's probably a win-win situation if you can keep your existing job and slowly upgrade your account here. it will definitely pay off at some point, but not immediately and instantly.

You can look for another job that would not be as demanding as your current job, and if you are successful in finding it, then you can quit your current job for it, this will give you more time to yourself to enjoy life with family and your friends. If you are working for almost 24 hours a day, soon you will break down physically and mentally and all your work would be for nothing. What i just said has nothing to do with quitting your job to write more often on this forum.

Now if you get a job that is less demanding, you can now learn skills, build a business, or have enough time to learn about BTC and discuss with other members in this forum, so you may rank up and earn from the forum, while still working. But if you want to quit your current job because you feel you can earn more on this forum, then ask yourself these:

1)Are you sure you have the knowledge to ever rank up high here.
2)Are you sure that if you spend years ranking up, you would be able to join a campaign that will last for a very long time.
3)Are you sure your account would not be hacked someday and it takes you a very long time to recover it.
4)Are you sure campaign earnings will be sufficient for you if you truly rank up someday.

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The answers to these questions will help you to decide on what you should do!

You are torn between doing your passion or goal and making a living, but our priority is the one that brings the food to our table, you did not mention the job that you say virtually takes all your time, but you need not be in hurry to build your reputation here, go slow and go sure, you'll eventually arrive to your goal because it's your passion.

You don't need to post 5 posts daily go for quality, 2 quality posts beats ten posts go for posts that will acquire merits


Nobody will advise you to quit your job the only advice that I can give you is to go for quality, 2 to 5 posts a week
is enough until you build your reputation and rank up to qualify you on a signature campaign if that's your goal or if you have service to offer 1 client a week is already good until you can build your portfolio.
 

I do not advise you to leave your job before you have established your footing well in the forum. You must take into account that you may have a long time before you get income from the forum, in addition to that income is not fixed, so you must slow down before leaving the job.

In your free time, you can work in the forum and try to learn and write so that you can upgrade your rank with time, then when you start earning money from the forum, you can leave the job if it is tiring or with little return, or you can continue (both work) together and get a good income.

to be honest, I have experienced a dilemma like what you are experiencing right now, I once worked as a broker in a gold brokerage company, but because of the erratic working hours and the pressure that disturbed my mentality, I decided to leave there and focus on forums and taking care of my family.

you yourself have to decide (whether you want to continue working there while remaining active in this forum or leave your job and be active in this forum) because there is no 100% correct suggestion because we have different problems and pressures in life.

If you're happy with your current job, why you must shift to Bitcointalk in order to earn from signature campaign?

Currently there's no campaign accept Newbie or Jr. Member, you can only join bounties but I can give a guarantee your current job is better than bounties.

Let's say you're want to join a signature campaign when you're already a Full Member, the average payment is $40/week or $160/month, yep you can increase your rank to get better pay rate, but do you think there's always a slot for the next rank?

Why would anyone quit their job for bitcointalk? if you are taking the forum as a money-making machine, I'm sure you will end up earning nothing but a few hundred bucks. Rather, take the forum as a resource for learning about bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. That will help you a lot. Quitting the job for bitcointalk is the worst decision. You can try to find a new job.

Looked at your profile and post history, it doesn't show that you are currently earning through the forum, are you sure you are posting with the right account?


If it's enough to guarantee it's longterm work, you really don't have to think hard enough to decide. Just take $300. If enough time is left, you can "work" on this forum once in a while. In some areas of my country, even $100 is sufficient for a family's needs.

Thats how jobs work. Being employed myself, I can understand your feelings. But I still take my time and browse through the forum and check bitcoin's price every day for keeping myself updated with any major changes.

Why would you quit your job? What service can you offer to the forum being a newbie yourself? Ask yourself because you know yourself better than us.
My suggestion: Dont quit your job but also keep learning here by taking few hours daily out of your job. Not everyone is busy 24hrs mate. You can do it if you have the passion.

Getting to Hero rank and being able to join campaigns that pay $400 a month is going to take you a year and a half easily. By then the campaigns may pay less or have disappeared as the colleague who commented above said.

Even if your job sucks, I think the question to ask yourself would be, do you have a couple of years of salary saved up so you can survive without working by focusing on the forum? It looks like you don't, otherwise you wouldn't be in a shitty job for $300 a month.

You see our opinion is unanimous.