So, I'm about to graduate with a degree in Politics & Philosophy, but without the resources + grades + work experience to go to grad school or get a pertinent job, I'm thinking it's probably smart to reconsider where I'm going with this. I've had a latent interest in forum trolling, I know I have the skillset for it, and the financial investment to learn the skill seems manageable (i.e. the cost of Internet access and computer maintenance).

Some questions for the forum trolls here:

1) If I start teaching myself how to troll now and commit seriously to it (i.e. practicing 20-30 hrs a week), can I reasonably expect to be hireable as a resident web-troll (doing whatever; I haven't decided on a specialization yet and it'll likely come down to what technique comes most naturally) in five years with a degree not immediately relevant to my field? Assume that I'm as competent as I think I am and thus actually learn how to troll worth a shit in those five years. We're not talking Krellin-tier mastery, just the level of competence you'd expect a normal person committing 6500 hours to an endeavour would have.

2) What kind of a "portfolio," so to speak, would I need to start trolling somewhere? I know that's going to depend on who's being trolled, but I imagine I'll have to have some projects I can show people to prove that, y'know, I can actually annoy the people I'm posting for.

3) What techniques should I bother learning? After some preliminary reading my plan is to learn misconstrued political arguments first to get the hang of trolling (as it's allegedly really user-friendly), and then move on to memes, swearing, and psychology (which combined should allow me to troll whoever I want). I'll pick up media at some point too so I can do IRL trolling.

4) What are some good FREE resources to use for this endeavour? I can't afford going back to school or dropping a bunch of money on this; while the return on investment would definitely be high (assuming I see it through), I don't have the funds on hand to actually do this, and I'm really wary of borrowing money because if I don't see it through for whatever reason, I'll be in a pretty serious bind.