Stop asking for money and start creating value

• A blunt take on money-chasing: begging for cash gets you nowhere, and building something useful is the only real path to income.

• People who slide into DMs asking strangers for handouts are wasting their time, and fake accounts set up to beg for money edge close to fraud.
• The better move is simple: make yourself useful to other people and the money follows.
• Age is no longer a barrier — the biggest channel on YouTube belongs to someone in his 20s, Mr. Beast.
• What the market rewards now is value delivered, not years of experience or credentials.

Outlook: Expect more of this pushback against easy-money and handout culture as online hustling gets more crowded.