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Originally Posted by Jim_Gunn
Why are you guys even trying to argue such specific points anymore? It's pretty clear that someone with absolutely no industry experience, no technical skills and little money is going to have a very tough going even if they are smart and hard-working. There probably isn't anyone that qualifies as successful under those strict conditions. But who cares?
Like I mentioned above, I think it's a lot more interesting to discuss what someone with some years of industry experience, some small to medium amount of money and at least some degree of technical skills in one area or another could achieve in 2013. Not debating whether you can find someone who just dropped into the business yesterday after having never given it any thought in his life before and $500 bucks in his pocket could do.
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Far-L asked the question so I simply responded to him. I think it's pretty safe to say we've moved past the initial question that this thread was based on. It's clearly evident that there's no one out there with that profile that has a fair chance of succeeding today. Not to say it would be impossible, people get struck by lightning all the time. But the odds of success are next to zero.
Taking what you just said though. It would be interesting to see what people think about the chances and challenges of those who come in with a lot of production experience but not so much sales/marketing/traffic experience vs. someone with a lot of sales/marketing experience.