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I was working as a sys. admin a couple of years ago. Ended up getting laid off because the company made some stupid decisions, so I decided that since I was single and I had quite alot saved up I'd take 2-3 months off before looking for a new job.
About the middle of the 3rd month I stumbled across a newbie webmaster board. A week later I put up an AVS site with a bunch of upsells inside, and didn't think much of it 'cause my html and graphics skills were nonexistent. When I checked the stats a day later and saw it had made $350 I had my "never seeing the inside of a cubicle again" epiphany. I cut back my spending and expenses so I had enough in savings to live on for 3-4 more months and started working 12 hour days on the web. I started making more than the job I'd left about 5 months after deciding to go for it.
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