Young serial entrepreneur Scott Gerber is not the product of a wealthy family or storied entrepreneurial heritage. Nor is he the outcome of a traditional business school education or a corporate executive turned entrepreneur. Rather, he is a hard–working, self–taught 26–year–old hustler, rainmaker, and bootstrapper who has survived and thrived despite never having held the proverbial "real” job. In Never Get a "Real" Job: How to Dump Your Boss, Build a Business, and Not Go Broke , Gerber challenges the social conventions behind the "real" job and empowers young people to take control of their lives and dump their nine–to–fives—or their quest to attain them. Drawing upon case studies, experiences, and observations, Scott dissects failures, shares hard–learned lessons, and presents practical, affordable, and systematic action steps to building, managing, and marketing a successful business on a shoestring budget. The proven, no–b.s. methodology presented in Never Get a "Real" Job teaches unemployed and underemployed Gen–Yers, aspiring small business owners, students, and recent college graduates how to quit 9–to–5s, become their own bosses, and achieve financial independence.