part-time work ideas

[PhillyB]

so grad school and a kid have turned out to be very expensive enterprises when combined together, especially in conjunction with financial goals that add up to more than just breaking even every month. i've got a really ambitious budget that involves putting away a substantial amount per month. and for various reasons that's simply not getting done. some of it's frivolous spending, some of it's unavoidable bills (our new insurance is absolute garbage and two quick doctors visits landed us $300 in out-of-pocket medical expenses just like that.)

 

i've been debating picking up some part-time work on the side to try to plug up some of the holes and cover expenses that keep popping up. anybody have thoughts on flexible options? i've tossed around everything from contracting with uber to seeing if i can land a gig bartending in charlotte a night or two a week when i'm down there, or getting on a lunch shift somewhere.

 

i've been slowly re-watching breaking bad too, so i'm also open to doing shady stuff.

[Panthro]

I have taken uber many times and you'd be surprised by the people who are driving. 

 

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I was talking to the guy driving us home from the airport and he does it a couple nights a week because he son is on atraveling baseball team and needs the extra money.

 

If you want bartending...talk to roaring riot

[toldozer]

I'm thinking about uber too. What year is your car. Needs to be 05 or newer

[PhillyB]

2009 mini cooper clubman. slick ride, if the app lets you see what your options for car type it might work in my favor

[Panthro]

2009 mini cooper clubman. slick ride, if the app lets you see what your options for car type it might work in my favor

 

The app does not but you can also get regular clients.

 

I have the choice between Uberx (reg car) UberXL (suv)and Uber Black (black car). Based on the location of the customer it gets routed to the closest car. They can accept or reject it and then it rolls over to the next closest and so on. (dont reject too many)

[toldozer]

No one is going to want to get in the back of a mini. No offense. It may even have to be a sedan to qualify

[Panthro]

My neighbor drives a prius for uber. Never been in a mini but the prius has a surprising amount of room

[PhillyB]

No one is going to want to get in the back of a mini. No offense. It may even have to be a sedan to qualify

 

quite possibly, i'll have to do the research and see. it's a clubman, not the regular, so it's got an extra foot and a half of room, which makes a massive difference in legroom and storage capacity.

 

edit: uber requires four-door cars, mine is 2… so that's out

[Mother Grabber]

teaching adult night classes is a good way to make some extree cash. I know people who post classes on meetup. skills based stuff is easy to get 10 or so people.

[PhillyB]

teaching adult night classes is a good way to make some extree cash. I know people who post classes on meetup. skills based stuff is easy to get 10 or so people.

 

what kind of stuff?

[Kevin Greene]

Why is your new insurance "absolute garbage"?

[toldozer]

I'm sure it's thanks to the aca although he won't admit it

[PhillyB]

Why is your new insurance "absolute garbage"?

 

to be honest i'm not even sure… my wife recently went to part-time at work because she's in grad school too, and it completely changed the insurance options. we pay for it monthly now instead of having it drafted from her paycheck through work. i haven't checked all the details, i just know the premiums are ungodly.

[PhillyB]

I'm sure it's thanks to the aca although he won't admit it

 

i'm not a fan of the ACA as a whole (and i appreciate parts of it.) i just don't think it's socialism, which at the end of the day seems to be philosophical knock on it.