In the recent days I have been thinking about my future, and have started wondering if there are other vendors out the who will be able to contribute safely to a thread such as this one. I am comfortable enough to know that this is far enough over the 'wire' to ensure my safety.
My start into darkness vending was a couple years ago, after leaving university. Im 24 male. Academically a mathematician. Never previously incarcerated. I'm absolutely fascinated with the whole market of drugs. But I'm starting to think that this doesn't have a 401K plan. I'm fairly large and process about a dozen orders a day, but I can't really put that on a resume. Shelf corporations and D.B.A.'s aside. Sure, these items can be embellished as a "business owner", but really? Something real.
I'd like to ask how many vendors out there right now vending are doing so because of a previous incarceration, that has resulted in you inability to get a 'legitimate' job and/or keep one?
Do any vendors have an exit strategy? If so please elaborate. Plan to do your bid, bank it, and bounce? The what? Plan to retire ever? I guess I'm lucky in a way where I don't have a family to support; its just me. And I travel extensively so that make my current temporary occupation somewhat better. BUT FUCK!
Vending online is a serious crash course in fundamental business management. Especially if your relatively large. As a mathematician I have been applying some fundament financial analysis on what I call "My Project" and I'll tell you. Something very interesting happens when start making cash flow statements, inventory analysis, competitive market pricing, spread, coin price, realized profit, sourcing, product testing, money management, corporate financials and taxes, etc... You realize this is a really really raw business. Uninterrupted by legislation, because it is outside the bounds of something legislation can obstruct. Black market.
Add to that the OPSEC both technically and logistically. Having been a mathematician computers are right up my ally. I use Amazon Web Services, reconfigured tor relays, tor bridges, transparent proxy's, admin command line prompts and just general networking knowledge needed to correctly and safely operate "My Project." Logistically simply put "Leave no pattern, and leave no trace."
I know I can't do this forever, becuase we get old eventually. And I don't know what expertise I can provide the 'real world' Because I don't know if this is something for a resume, and I dread the question when I do need to find a job of "What did you do from after you finished University until now?" Can I say I sold a few hundred thousand dollars worth or drugs online? I highly doubt that would be appropriate.
I hope I can get vendors can contribute to this thread as I'm sure you have felt the same way, and if you haven't maybe now you have. Whats the exit strategy. What do vendors do when they retire from vending? Do you plan to retire from vending?
Any contribution is good.
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