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Man, I hear a lot of horror stories about working at Walgreens and the like on Reddit, even among pharmacists I guess that just going there part time as part o

by VRay 5y ago

Man, I hear a lot of horror stories about working at Walgreens and the like on Reddit, even among pharmacists I guess that just going there part time as part of a bigger plan will be a lot lower-stress than trying to make a living off it, but that still sounds like a bad idea You might be better off working as an engineer for a year and then saving 3-4 years' worth of minimum wage money instead I had a friend who really regretted using his savings to try and bootstrap businesses though, since he was still working at Amazon in his 60s

adventured 5y ago
If a person has enough experience at contracting to lean on that reliably, or enough skill to earn ~$80k-$100k per year (to build enough savings quickly for a good runway), then it's definitely not the ideal route to pull a part-time $15/hr type job (it'd be a waste of time). And it only works well for younger people without a family, as it'll involve 70-80 hours of work per week (at least in the beginning). It's a poor(er) person's scenario. It's what I might do if I were 19-21 years old again. Back then, circa 1999-2001, I did a lot of web development contracting to fund building things I wanted to build with the rest of my time. It was a quite unreliable path though, as some months were flush and others were bleak. Poor people in that scenario usually don't have degrees from nice universities, they often can't easily get good engineering jobs early on. And if they have an aversion to working for other people/companies, as I always have, then that complicates the context further (CVS & Co are mostly drone jobs; POS, scan bar codes, greet customers, bag items, stock shelves, repeat; and it might help reduce development burnout, as it gets you away from code and out of the house). If you're young'ish, poor'ish and without a ton of experience, it provides a highly workable avenue to go after building a thing you want to build, self-funded, while cutting out the need for early outside capital (the need to give up a piece of your soul to the sharks).
- VRay 5y ago
  It worked out well for the guy who made Stardew Valley, I have to admit!

by VRay 5y ago

adventured 5y ago

If a person has enough experience at contracting to lean on that reliably, or enough skill to earn ~$80k-$100k per year (to build enough savings quickly for a good runway), then it's definitely not the ideal route to pull a part-time $15/hr type job (it'd be a waste of time). And it only works well for younger people without a family, as it'll involve 70-80 hours of work per week (at least in the beginning). It's a poor(er) person's scenario. It's what I might do if I were 19-21 years old again. Back then, circa 1999-2001, I did a lot of web development contracting to fund building things I wanted to build with the rest of my time. It was a quite unreliable path though, as some months were flush and others were bleak. Poor people in that scenario usually don't have degrees from nice universities, they often can't easily get good engineering jobs early on. And if they have an aversion to working for other people/companies, as I always have, then that complicates the context further (CVS & Co are mostly drone jobs; POS, scan bar codes, greet customers, bag items, stock shelves, repeat; and it might help reduce development burnout, as it gets you away from code and out of the house). If you're young'ish, poor'ish and without a ton of experience, it provides a highly workable avenue to go after building a thing you want to build, self-funded, while cutting out the need for early outside capital (the need to give up a piece of your soul to the sharks).

VRay 5y ago
It worked out well for the guy who made Stardew Valley, I have to admit!