Became a self employed writer and communications guy. Also became a partner in what became a large corporation.
Writing...I contacted a publisher, they said yes, our relationship grew, I leveraged what I already did. I learned moerand expanded.
The other stuff, right place right time right person plus much hard work. The money has been good, I have no concerns about it, I've been lucky, I've worked hard, and through both of them, I do very well...once this sells I can retire and move my family to a large compound, never needing (any of us) to work anymore.
I'll answer questions if you PM me, don't want to tell a long ass boring story here.