We are talking about a man who is somewhat good looking, highly intelligent, driven, and a risk taker.
How in the hell he is not successful and had to steal *beep* He is also very good at conversing and selling himself. So to me it is not believable that he didn't have a decent job.
I lived in LA for years and here is what I saw. LA is the second hardest place to find a steady job. I knew of more then one person that did all sorts of odd jobs or better yet created their jobs. As in they used to drive around on garbage day and pickup broken down stoves and rebuild them. So I could actually see someone doing this. you have to admit this guy was pretty crafty. That last part where he called the police on the murders and taped the shoot out. That footage would be worth a lot.
However he becomes successful because the career path he finds, Nightcrawling, is a sociopathic industry.
Agree with you 100%, he has probably had numerous jobs however being a misanthrope who hates people doesn't like having a boss, he now works for himself and can now videotape human carnage from car accidents, fires, shootings violence AND get paid for it!
If you are not willing to give up everything, you have already lost reply share