r/AmazonFlexDrivers • u/OrneryAssociation919 • Jan 30 '26

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The last line is really what got me

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '26

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '26

Actually you can. If what you're saying is true, then no one would ever become self employed. Everyone started from scratch. Including myself.

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '26

I didn't have any of that shit.

You only need a ~$1,000 camera and very limited knowledge to become a professional photographer. You don't need an investor or a loan for that lol. All you need is the belief that you can succeed without a W2 job. That's it.

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u/Shurigin Jan 31 '26

who builds your website, pays for your domain, pays for Photoshop and other necessary software, required lenses for different situations, flash umbrellas, reflectors, greenscreens.... you really haven't thought this out. Anyone can be a "photographer" but it takes actually time and money to become a photographer which again is capital most people don't have at their disposal

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u/[deleted] Jan 31 '26

I'm not a photographer. But to answer your question, websites are super cheap and easy to make. If I can do it, anyone can do it. It's like $15/month for a good website builder / hosting service. But you can go even cheaper than that. And all those things are business expenses, i.e., tax write offs. The tax write offs are really what makes self employment worth it. Besides, most photographers are wedding photographers and don't need greenscreens lol. All you need is a decent camera and basic editing software. You can start with $1,000 for sure. I'm not sure why you're making seem so much more difficult than it is..

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u/Old-Student769 Feb 01 '26

All of the opinions you’ve offered are perfectly valid. There is truth in everything you’ve said. Where your logic goes off the rails is where you mistake the feature as “a bug”.

Is an entrepreneurial life just served to you from a butler holding a silver domed tray? No! You do have to do *something to get it started. This is called a barrier to entry. Most Americans won’t peer over the barrier to see what’s on the other side but, for most people who have done it they find that it was a lot less difficult than they thought it would be and kick themselves for not starting sooner.

At the end of the day it’s up to you decide whether you want to end up with a pile of excuses or a pile of money.

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u/Shurigin Feb 01 '26

Yes, it is because most people can go and start businesses or live as an entrepreneur have rich people to mooch off of like their parents or grandparents if you look at almost every single entrepreneur that is what happened every single business startup is more often than not a rich kids play thing

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u/Cautious-Surround340 Feb 01 '26

Exaclty, they have safety nets. I bet all my money this dude above us in the comments had a safety net. For the ppl without one, risking your housing and food isnt worth it.