Comment by robocat

Just start investing everything you own. You'll learn and be taught everything you need to know. You don't even need to quit your job (in fact I believe having a job helps you invest better: and most investing doesn't need to be full-time).

If you want to learn faster, use leverage.

Being an investor is a dream for many. I would advise against it if you're hunting status (visible wealth, being a VC or angel). Motivations are deceiving - use good friends to help you discover why you want to do something. Status chasing is often a hidden reason, even from ourselves. There's much more efficient ways to chase status. Most people are very poor at optimizing their choices to get status!

I thought I would like to be an investor but it turns out to be boring antisocial work.

Some friends I know who have become investors appear to like gambling - they're not people doing careful risk analysis. They're renting while betting a house worths of money - which seems to be working for them! Investing while having a mortgage is risky debt leveraged investment in New Zealand (but perhaps sensible in the US). One friend lied to investors and is in jail for it: learn the value of time & freedom.