recommend a good side business?

[bobbysamd]

Good choice

When I'm not flying, or reading on this addicting site I throw boxes for DHL. Those uppity FedEx basta ds wouldn't hire me. Works out nice cause it's night and 2nd and 3rd shifts when normal people sleep.

. . . and, who knows? Your job could put you in contact with people who could help you get a flying job with DHL.

 

[Beertini]

Those uppity FedEx basta ds wouldn't hire me.

Username-

You will have to forgive me for visualizing....
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SCENE: Interview room. Applicant speaking with HR department...

USERNAME: Are you uppisty FedEx basta?!s going to give me a job, or what?

FEDEX HR GUY: Ummm, have you tried DHL?

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Just kidding!

Beertini

 

[AcroChik]

I trade biotech stocks for my own account...

...not someting I recommend for casual investors...

and do editorial work for a financial markets research and analysis providor that sells their product to hedge funds and private investors.

The income allows me to supplement my CFI diet of ramen with the occassional slice of pizza.

 

[AcroChik]

Continuation Of Post, Above

Not sure how I messed up and didn't post the entire thing..., the rest goes like this:

I got my job, which is, essentially, assisting in the researching and writing of analytic reports in the investment field, via the internet. Though the woman who owns the business is just across the Hudson in New Jersey, we've never met.

Because I can do it from home in otherwise free time, it fits easly with my instructing schedule and is a valuable supplement to my rather slender CFI income.

There are a lot of highly skilled pilots and other aviation professionals who post on this forum. I'm sure there are professional newsletters and other sorts of publications that need editorial, fact-checking, technical and writing work done to make their products better, more accurate, more competitive, etc.

For people who enjoy tracking down facts and writing about what interests them, this could be a pretty good income opportunity.

I got the job by emailing to the publisher a very short cover letter, sample of my work and a resume (all as non-executable files - which are often deleted). It was that simple. If I can do it, you can do it.