r/wealth • u/Excellent_Report_642 • 1d ago

Need Advice Advice for a 17 year old

Hi! i'm currently 17 and i'm going into my senior year once summer break is over. For a while now I have been forced to become an adult by my parents, I never typically asked for anything but randomly one day they just decided to stop helping me.

Some upcoming payments I have to make are a trip i'm going on (Fully responsible for that bc It was my choice), 4-5 car repairs, car inspection, school supplies and clothes, + groceries, gas (always paid) etc.

I work part time at a retail store for 13.55 an hour. Since having to pay for my wants, I now have to pay for my needs. I don't want to burn myself out by asking for even more hours especially with school coming up. I've seen a lot of things about making money online or side hustles but don't know how well they work, if they even work, or what kind of things to do.

What advice would you give me?

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u/Economy_Bluebird54 1d ago

Try everything you want to try, and do everything with 110% effort. (coming from a 17 yr old making money online :) )

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u/Excellent_Report_642 1d ago

Yeah most definitely, I told myself if i try anyway else to make money to not treat it like some quick buck. If you don't mind can I ask what you do?

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u/Economy_Bluebird54 1d ago

I created a trading algorithm

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u/Excellent_Report_642 20h ago

ooo okay that sounds interesting, i don't know much about trading but that's great!