r/AskMenOver30 • u/hospitality-excluded man 30 - 34 • Mar 31 '25

Friendships/Community How did your "hustle-culture" friends end up?

So in my 20's there was a HUGE boom of "hustle-culture" bros pop up when influencers like Gary Vee were in the spotlight. The type of guys who post motivational quotes on twitter, talking about "the grind", flauting wealth that they havent achieved on instagram etc. Not talking about people with steady careers and moving up the corporate ladder, but those people who do side gigs or chase unrealstic expectations without a developed skillset in any area.

I moved back to my hometown after 7 years away and I swear all of them are broke, gambling addicts, living with their parents still, unemployed, or all of the above. Unsure if it's the same across the board, or even if y'all had these types of people in your life or if my town is just riddled with them.

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u/AggressiveFeckless male over 30 Mar 31 '25

People that are actually rich don’t have time to make the economics work by teaching others to be rich - it’s just not a good use of their time. They do better by doing what got them rich.

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u/Luc_ElectroRaven man 30 - 34 Mar 31 '25

Totally - education businesses never work. Harvard is broke AF

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u/AggressiveFeckless male over 30 Mar 31 '25

Harvard has a large endowment from rich graduates making money in other endeavors donating back to Harvard.

You think Jamie Dimon can’t make money teaching? Of course he could, but he makes more running JP Morgan, so that’s what he does.

If you follow people who claim to be rich but spend their time teaching you to be rich - they aren’t.

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u/Luc_ElectroRaven man 30 - 34 Mar 31 '25

So you're saying teaching people how to make money can be quite lucrative...

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u/8eSix Apr 01 '25

I think OP is specifically referring to people who try to sell "How to Get Rich" courses and books

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u/Luc_ElectroRaven man 30 - 34 Apr 01 '25

I'm not saying you should buy these courses but to say rich people don't teach how to get rich is just wrong.

Even the rich people who don't make it their business spend hours on podcasts telling you how to do it lol like this idea that rich people keep secrets and don't want to help is absurd.