Oliver Bateman Does the WorkVerified account

Even with total wealth redistribution and a basic income stipend, I’d still work 80-100 hours a week because I can’t help myself.

I’ve been trying since I was a wee lad to monetize/professionalize all my hobbies and I doubt those habits would die in one generation

I thought that would lead to a career as a wrestler or “muscleman” (didn’t really think that one through) but I’ve somehow lucked into making more money from these things than if I were just some mediocre or average athlete. It’s truly fascinating

I’m not even really known in these fields except to the athletes/sources I have and the editors who employ me, and yet here I am: inexplicably #blessed

I think actually merging the real physical stuff I did for decades (and the research I did in grad school) into the coverage I produce now created some added value in a lane that is still mostly empty of other people who can generate that content