Side Biz

[Atla]

if your not hurting for money, a side gig to me has to be worth at least double what im making at my real job. im not giving up my weekends and nights to make a little above minimum wage. i just dont need the money that bad

I plan on my side gig of writing to eventually be a new career.

Sure, making roughly 90 bucks a month on one book doesn't seem like much... especially considering the amount of effort and hours that went into research, world building, writing, editing, and the learning curve of writing/producing/publishing and not sucking at it.

But I'm smoke checking most newbies who maybe sell a dozen books to their friends and then their book dies. I've got steady income coming from my first book, and the second appears to be doing very well also.

I love the Supply Chain (That's the field I work in as a raw materials buyer/planner). But I love the independence, freedom, creativity, and challenge of being a writer. It ain't easy and it ain't paid for itself yet. But I plan on trying to make a career out of it.

Not that you are wrong on your statement. You really aren't. I make a lot of money at my real job. Enough that it's going to be a major challenge to make that much as a writer. Heck, I probably make more than 90% of writers out there from my day job. So it's a big hurdle to leap. But a fellas gotta dream, right?

 

[Cherokeekid88]

Just trying to think through all of this and figure out if there is something that I could do that would be worth my while. My wife is having a hard time at her job right now after being there for 11 years and I honestly think she is just burned out, so her wheels are turning. I do love modding knives, although I am not set up to do any technical work on scales or blades. I also used to love detailing my car, but when I tried to make money off it, it became less fun and more like a job that I HAD to get done, so I gave that up after spending numerous weekends outside all day, well because all I would get was big trucks and SUV's that no one else wanted to detail.

 

[Will Carter]

I've got a vinyl cutting setup I'm looking to sell. Don't really have a use for it anymore with no race car stuff. It's a 50" cutter and probably $500 worth of vinyl. Probably another $50 in installation tools. A couple more fresh blades. It's a US Cutter SC2. You probably want to by the new software (I used to use Sure Cuts Alot) If I can find the cd to the old software you can have that too. - All for $500.

Seems like plenty of people make stickers on the facebook for some cash.

 

[UTfball68]

I came across this article and thought it was pretty interesting. Don’t excel at one job for maybe a 5% raise or a long term promotion. Instead, double down on being a mediocre employee and double your salary. As long as you meet requirements, who cares, and if you don’t…you still have another job to fall back on.

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[RatLabGuy]

I came across this article and thought it was pretty interesting. Don’t excel at one job for maybe a 5% raise or a long term promotion. Instead, double down on being a mediocre employee and double your salary. As long as you meet requirements, who cares, and if you don’t…you still have another job to fall back on.

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This is the "secret" a lot of State and Fed employees figured out a long time ago. It's pretty much encouraged by having an annual raise system that is only tangentially related to your performance.

 

[awheelterd]

This is the "secret" a lot of State and Fed employees figured out a long time ago. It's pretty much encouraged by having an annual raise system that is only tangentially related to your performance.

A lot of my fireman buddies do similar. They only really work 3 days a week and have part time jobs on the side. Some work day shifts at small volunteer depts who are short daytime volunteers or they cut grass. One dude started and runs his own home security company. He installs his own systems and has another company do the monitoring. He makes probably triple his firedept. salary running the security business, but still does firefighting for the benefits and fun.