It's ok Cyndi, I've been doing it for 19 years now. (Nah, my characters get **** nowhere. Only recently have I started to do what I've wanted to, but it didn't take too long. Just... A year and a half... :D
Cyndikate, use an archetype that nobody else does and you get a shitload of power and money.
(Say, metalsmith, or armorer, or map-maker).
If you're RPing an Assassin, or a Bounty Hunter, or a Mage, you'll just be one out of many, but a more practical role... that's where the money's in ;)