Nashville is quietly one of the best cities in America to be a cocktail waitress, and Valentina, 26, from East Nashville, figured that out before the rest of the internet did. She works a honky-tonk-adjacent upscale bar on Broadway that catches bachelorette parties like a net catches fish — every single weekend, waves of women who have been pre-approved to spend whatever it takes. Valentina made $98,000 last year, which she's quick to point out is more than the finance bro from Memphis who tried to explain tipping culture to her in September. (He tipped 12%. She remembers.) She's already maxing out her Roth IRA and has a financial advisor, which is more than most people with twice her education can say. She's got a side business too — more on that in a second, because it's unhinged in the best way.