Several of the Uber/Lyft drivers I've talked to are actually former small business owners; they owned bakeries and pizza shops, and are now retiring from that b

Several of the Uber/Lyft drivers I've talked to are actually former small business owners; they owned bakeries and pizza shops, and are now retiring from that by driving for Uber or Lyft, which over much better and more flexible hours than having to work 12 to 16 hour days that they do running their former businesses. Others are people with seasonal or part time work; they work in real estate or as relationship therapists, but use driving for Uber and Lyft to cover for the times when they're less busy. Some more are people who are just bored during the day, and want to give people rides. A few are college students, trying to make ends meet as they pay their way through school. And a few more are doing this full time; some are former cabbies, who find they get a lot more business this way, some are people who never would have been cabbies, but are able to find some income from Uber or Lyft.