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Is there any average-skill, reliable way that people can make an income during a down turn like this? I'm thinking outside of the internet-set like istockphoto

by aresant 17y ago

Is there any average-skill, reliable way that people can make an income during a down turn like this? I'm thinking outside of the internet-set like istockphoto / writing articles / etc. Tangible, GDP positive tasks. Farming?

rms 17y ago
This is not really tangible or necessarily GDP positive, but it does really pay $15/hour while you work from home. I know that 99.99% of work from home jobs are a scam, but this is indeed real, my brother has been doing it for three months now and has gotten several paychecks. They are hiring in most non-UK countries. The job is rating the relevance of results for specified search engine queries. http://www.lionbridge.com/lionbridge/en-us/company/web-site/internet-assessors.htm http://www.lionbridge.com/lionbridge/en-us/company/web-site/...
_delirium 17y ago
Cottage industry, possibly? Farming is difficult to pull off at more than subsistence levels without significant machinery, even if you're targeting the relatively high value hand-picked/local/organic market. A lot of the obvious cottage industries also decline during a downturn, like miscellaneous arts and crafts, but I've run across people making decent livings from textile work that they sell on ebay. For smallish amounts of money, one step up the farming chain to baking is fairly profitable. However it gets complicated fast if you want to make a full income doing it, because there's all sorts of health regulations for being a baker or confectioner that pretty much prevent you from doing it out of your home kitchen. Can probably get away with ignoring them if you're selling cookies and bread to <50 friends and friends-of-friends.
- aresant 17y ago
  That's an interesting idea. Locally I've seen a variety of people springing up offering to do meal services (eg they'll cook for you and your family, as well as their own).
protomyth 17y ago
Had a buddy who became a certified electrician. It helped him during the tough times. Also know a couple of people who do some carpentry (furniture, mostly).
marshallp 17y ago
Machine Vision / Video Analytics - getting computers to see in factory and security surveilance is always a growing industry. Requires collecting data and using a machine learning algorithm, and selling skills.

by aresant 17y ago

rms 17y ago

This is not really tangible or necessarily GDP positive, but it does really pay $15/hour while you work from home. I know that 99.99% of work from home jobs are a scam, but this is indeed real, my brother has been doing it for three months now and has gotten several paychecks. They are hiring in most non-UK countries. The job is rating the relevance of results for specified search engine queries. http://www.lionbridge.com/lionbridge/en-us/company/web-site/internet-assessors.htm http://www.lionbridge.com/lionbridge/en-us/company/web-site/...

_delirium 17y ago

Cottage industry, possibly? Farming is difficult to pull off at more than subsistence levels without significant machinery, even if you're targeting the relatively high value hand-picked/local/organic market. A lot of the obvious cottage industries also decline during a downturn, like miscellaneous arts and crafts, but I've run across people making decent livings from textile work that they sell on ebay. For smallish amounts of money, one step up the farming chain to baking is fairly profitable. However it gets complicated fast if you want to make a full income doing it, because there's all sorts of health regulations for being a baker or confectioner that pretty much prevent you from doing it out of your home kitchen. Can probably get away with ignoring them if you're selling cookies and bread to <50 friends and friends-of-friends.

aresant 17y ago
That's an interesting idea. Locally I've seen a variety of people springing up offering to do meal services (eg they'll cook for you and your family, as well as their own).

protomyth 17y ago

Had a buddy who became a certified electrician. It helped him during the tough times. Also know a couple of people who do some carpentry (furniture, mostly).

marshallp 17y ago

Machine Vision / Video Analytics - getting computers to see in factory and security surveilance is always a growing industry. Requires collecting data and using a machine learning algorithm, and selling skills.