How to Go from Coolie to Technician

No technical skills but still want to invest? Keep it small-scale, low investment, rely entirely on your willingness to work hard, and focus only on predictable outcomes.

You run a pancake stand for three or five years, and you've got the market down to a science. Then you reflect honestly: do you actually have the skills to scale up? If you lack confidence, stop there—stay a stall owner.

Now look at the financial consumers who fumble around their whole lives. They support all those industry practitioners, all those big players, all those quant firms, and even you, grinding away for predictable returns.

Who's the most touching? Them. Because they silently sustain everyone.