I admin lemmy.ml for 0 Biden/Putler/Xi bux per month. I got into it by doing a little posting, until the admins asked me if I wanted to waste even more of my free time, which I foolishly did.
Please keep Wikipedia up to date while you’re at it. Thanks.
I do both freelance graphic design and historic window restoration on the side. I did them both before my current full time design job, and do them in my spare time. I’m lucky that my current job considers 32 hours full time, so I have Fridays to do side work.
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You would recommend trades as a second/side job? Seems like it’d be a bit taxing physically and not flexible on scheduling – I could be wrong.
can i ask how old is considered too old for that? just something i was considering too
Yes asking for a friend.
It’s hard to get an apprenticeship to become one in Australia after your mid twenties. I’ve heard it’s because your pay has to be a fair bit higher than the kids just out of school, so they’d rather train a teenager.
Apprenticeships are damn near impossible to find in the US, period. Usually people go to trade schools.
Not currently, but I did a few sides jobs in the last ten years.
I am a Linux systems administrator. Before I did full contract work, I did part time contract work (alongside my full time salary job) for a general contractor as a piecemeal basis. A job here, 20 hour support there. Some jobs I made $300, some $3000. It was sporadic and came in waves. I got this from a former contract job who recommended me when they folded.
I also did writing gigs. I optioned a few scripts and sold a few short stories. That’s still ongoing, but I haven’t sold anything for a few years.
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I live in a area that’s prone to severe weather, so i’ll run around and clean up peoples yards after a big storm. you’ll be surprised at how much people will pay to have a couple of branches and sticks to clean up, After a good storm I could make about $500.
And to finish answering your question I did this so I could buy a new alternator for my car. It just kinda stuck with me and I like having a little extra cash in my pocket.
Quite clever!
Not “this economy” but 20 years ago, I was unemployed and took a part time job running a computer lab at night at a for profit college.
When I got a regular day job, I kept the lab job for extra money.
So I worked IT from 8 to 5, then the computer lab from 6 to 10, Mon-Thur. Normal job on Fri. Off Sat/Sun.
