Quick Money is a Myth

Every few years, a new "quick money" category emerges. In my generation it was crypto trading and NFT flipping. Before that it was drop-shipping. Before that, MLM. The narrative is always the same: a few people got rich early, and the latecomers are told they're not too late.

They usually are.

I've had students come to blockchain workshops specifically because they wanted to make money fast. I understand the impulse — the Indian job market is brutal and the traditional paths are slow. But I try to be honest: the money in emerging tech comes from building things that work, not from timing markets.

The people making real money in blockchain are developers, auditors, protocol researchers, and founders. The path to any of those is the same as every other valuable skill: sustained effort over a period of years, with genuine curiosity about the underlying ideas.

What I can offer is a faster entry into that path — not a shortcut around it.

Quick money is a myth. Building skills that let you create value is not.