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He's restless and self-starting and motivated. Those are all good things. But he doesn't have focus right now and he's looking at the entire field. He wants it all and he wants it now. But sometimes a person can stretch themselves too thin in too many areas and it tears them apart emotional-wise. Two opposing decisions get in conflict and indecision does the rest, half-assing both and then losing both.
In any specialized field there are going to be a small group people there and they know the secrets of the industry and aren't giving up their market share easily. Breaking into an unknown field big requires big somethings. There are plenty of scheisters willing to take his investment money and skip town. Happens all the time.
Saving just a small amount of money at the age of 19 consistently and investing it safely will guarentee turn him into a millionaire by retirement age altough that won't make as much difference then. Cut his play money in half and only gamble a portion. Living at home is saving him money now and he should be helping the folks naturally. Use his time to learn evaluate and then bite. But I play on the cautious side.
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