Side Jobs

[400ACapt]

Just wanted to know if anyone had any ideas for some good side jobs while not flying. Also, if anyone knew of a website that listed jobs that you could bid on and complete from home? They would post the job and you would bid on how much you would complete the job for. If you won the bid they would send you the material to complete it and you would send it back when finished. Thanks for the input.

 

[Jmmccutc]

try Home Depot...they hire part time work that is pretty flexible arround your exisitng job schedule...how about part time flight instructing? or waiting tables? day trading? medical research? donate plasma? sperm bank? there are so many out there, but in all seriousness my buddy drives a limo in his spare time...get his normal pay and some pretty good tips too...

 

[i'mbatman]

i just got my real estate license but have yet to make a penny

 

[400ACapt]

Appreciate the reply. I am actually looking for something on the computer that i can also do if im on the road in a hotel. I have looked into Autocad and if anyone has any experience in it and wheter or not you could do this from home the info would be helpful!

 

[qmaster3]

i just got my real estate license but have yet to make a penny

It takes time bro.

 

[TIGV]

So does suicide via cigarettes and beer but I'm doing my best !!!!

 

[Goose Egg]

You should sell Mary Kay. No, seriously...

-Goose

 

[qmaster3]

So does suicide via cigarettes and beer but I'm doing my best !!!!

If you're a pilot how can you afford that?

 

[wmuflyguy]

I worked at Best Buy for a short period....I wouldnt recomend it. They didnt like the fact that it wasnt my full-time job (even though i was part-time). And having 4 levels of management (and 1 to 5+ managers at each level) telling you how you offered the service plan was wrong or that because you walked into work 15 minutes early and walked at a normal speed to get your cash drawer you have a bad attitude.

You have to bleed Best Buy Blue to work there and enjoy it...Awesome discount...low pay...dealing with a retail managers...wasn't a job for me.

 

[Kream926]

You have to bleed Best Buy Blue to work there and enjoy it...Awesome discount...low pay...dealing with a retail managers...wasn't a job for me.

he aint kiddin people

 

[garf12]

Appreciate the reply. I am actually looking for something on the computer that i can also do if im on the road in a hotel. I have looked into Autocad and if anyone has any experience in it and wheter or not you could do this from home the info would be helpful!

Autocad is pretty tough if you havent had any training it also requires some pretty pricey graphic tablets for your mouse and such. I am currently a system administrator for an enginerring/realestate company and I have played with it a bit, and wow its tough.

 

[TIGV]

I don't eat. How else ?

If you're a pilot how can you afford that?

I am a Pilot...I fly night freight in the most dangerous piece of kerosene burning sh!t known to man...6.5 hours a night.......It pays enough for my slow suicide and then some lol, actually not a bad check and not a bad schedule, lots of flying tho', not to hijack the thread but I build custom computer systems and do computer repairs during the day and weekends on the side, makes a little extra cash but right now its just a hobby

 

[NuGuy]

You have to bleed Best Buy Blue to work there and enjoy it...Awesome discount...low pay...dealing with a retail managers...wasn't a job for me.

Judging from my experience with their staff there, it isn't a job for most normal, intelligent, well trained people, either.

BB is only good if you know EXACTLY what you want, and I mean exactly, right down to the manufacturers part number, and even then if you don't have the patience to order it from the web. Asking anyone at BB for help with selection is....well, simile fails me...its like asking someone who knows absolutely nothing about what they are selling for advice.

There is a local chain of audio/video stores in town here...they actually have a clue, and I am more than willing to pay their %15 or so premimum for intelligent staff. They can actually tell you what equipment plays well with others, and their advice sometimes actually turns out to be correct.

Of course, this is all my opinion, I could be, and am frequently, completely wrong...

Nu

 

[urflyingme?!]

Partypoker.com
IF YOU DARE
$10/1 tournaments are cool there

 

[garf12]

Judging from my experience with their staff there, it isn't a job for most normal, intelligent, well trained people, either.

BB is only good if you know EXACTLY what you want, and I mean exactly, right down to the manufacturers part number, and even then if you don't have the patience to order it from the web. Asking anyone at BB for help with selection is....well, simile fails me...its like asking someone who knows absolutely nothing about what they are selling for advice.

There is a local chain of audio/video stores in town here...they actually have a clue, and I am more than willing to pay their %15 or so premimum for intelligent staff. They can actually tell you what equipment plays well with others, and their advice sometimes actually turns out to be correct.

Of course, this is all my opinion, I could be, and am frequently, completely wrong...

Nu

I actually have to disagree. I have bought 3 computers there this week, and I found that everyone there really knew what they were talking about especially the "geek squad." One of the computers I bought is being used as a file server and they did some pretty complicated modifications to it for me no problem.

I do have to say that I got sick of them pushing all the extras like service plans, anti-virus, surge protectors, spyware sweapers. I finally just had to say if you dont STFU about all this I'm going to walk out right now and call DELL.

 

[El Bucho]

I've been doing part time work as a dildo model. They make a mold of my package and then make the dildo's out of it. Not a bad gig, pays pretty well, and it doesn't keep me away from home.

 

[wmuflyguy]

I actually have to disagree. I have bought 3 computers there this week, and I found that everyone there really knew what they were talking about especially the "geek squad." One of the computers I bought is being used as a file server and they did some pretty complicated modifications to it for me no problem.

I do believe the geek squad was an independant company that Best Buy bought and integrated into there store. They do have specialized training. The sales people do not. I usually know what i want before i go in there, and do my own research. There prices are all right and it isnt the worst place to shop

I had a friend who worked in home theater and he routinely had to go over and cover the computer department due to staffing issues(people not showing up to work). Most employees learn from playing with the products in there department.

 

[UGAflyer]

I'm planning on going the real estate route...but haven't finished college yet so it will be a little while.

 

[urflyingme?!]

Has anyone invested in a franchise?

 

[qmaster3]

Has anyone invested in a franchise?

I looked at Texaco Lube, after seeing some numbers from one of their shops.



I LIKE!!

 

[mattpilot]

Partypoker.com
IF YOU DARE
$10/1 tournaments are cool there

I'd recommend Pokerroom.com -

Its better when it comes time to pay out. Also, you can start with less cash.

 

[VNugget]

www.cryobankdonors.com

 

[avbug]

I do additional flying jobs on the side, or seasonally, or by leave of absence (occasionally not by choice), and some consulting, and occasional flight instructing. I turn wrenches, sometimes a great deal, lately not a lot.

Times past I've done a lot of side jobs in addition to flying. Always turned wrenches on the side. I've swept supermarket floors, worked as an armed and unarmed gaurd, delivered flowers, packed parachutes, substitute taught high school, telemarketed (I hate telemarketing and telemarketers, and years later still feel the need to repent for having done it) and whatever else I could find. I cleaned a cineplex for a time, and was actually making more money doing janitorial in theatres than I was flying at the time. Plus all the popcorn I could eat. (Which was more than I was eating based on my flying wages back then).

Buy and sell on ebay. Make log furniture. Write for a magazine or newspaper. Juggle on street corners and put down a hat. Become an expert whitness in court cases. Get a specialty flight rating and instruct (there are only a handfull of gyroplane instructors who have the FAA waiver for experimentals...wide open market there). Learn to hate and become a paid speaker on the Ku Klux Klan lecture circuit. Lots of choices out there, some better than others. Find something that suits you and go with it. Put an add in the local paper offering to do oil changes at folks homes...you do it right in their driveway. You'll have more business than you can handle, on your own terms and time. Your only limit is your own creativity.

 

[Flywrite]

Just wanted to know if anyone had any ideas for some good side jobs while not flying. Also, if anyone knew of a website that listed jobs that you could bid on and complete from home? They would post the job and you would bid on how much you would complete the job for. If you won the bid they would send you the material to complete it and you would send it back when finished. Thanks for the input.

Try this...
http://elance.com/

Good Luck!

 

[400ACapt]

bump!

 

[semperfido]

Just wanted to know if anyone had any ideas for some good side jobs while not flying. Also, if anyone knew of a website that listed jobs that you could bid on and complete from home? They would post the job and you would bid on how much you would complete the job for. If you won the bid they would send you the material to complete it and you would send it back when finished. Thanks for the input.

open a specialty coffee/sandwich shop

 

[comander]

I just recently payed like 35 dollars to get lists of companies that whant your opinions, filling surveys.From home .With a computer

I have already filled like 50 but still not one cent in my pocket.

 

[DashTrash400]

Any chance of flying part-time for a past employer? Before Horizon, I flew for Ameriflight, & left on good terms...so when I got bored on reserve & needed some spare cash I went back & am now doing part-time-on-call work for them on my days off from Horizon. Of course this requires that you're not regularly bumping against flight time limits, & make sure the rest works out, & your current employer is ok with it. But, the flying is a lot funner than you'll remember it being back when you were dreaming of that elusive airline job... <g>