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Ask HN: How to make money while looking for a job?

• latexr 2y ago
  Opportunities will depend on where you live, your experience, and your age. Maybe the solution is to get a temporary job outside your area of expertise. For example, in certain cities retail stores hire more people during Christmas season to deal with the increased workload. That’s by definition a temporary job, and even two months of it may land you enough to meaningfully contribute to the household finances for a while. Another option would be to lift some of the burden from your wife outside of her work. Searching for a job doesn’t take all day every day, so in the dead time maybe you could do the laundry, clean the house, cook, walk the dog, take kids to school, whatever is relevant to your situation¹. Crucially, have you spoken to your wife about it? Do you want to contribute to the household finances because you feel you have to, or was this discussed between you two? Perhaps there’s another way she’d prefer you contribute that is more meaningful than money. ¹ I don’t mean to imply you do none of that and she does all of it. I don’t know your situation. I’m merely suggesting a reflection on what you could do more.
  • gessha 2y ago
    I'm considering the temp retail associate route because the NYC metropolitan area has plenty of positions. > Crucially, have you spoken to your wife about it? Yeah, we've had this conversation. Money thankfully is not too heavy on our minds but it could be better. I'm already doing the housework and picking up other obligations. The reason why I asked this question is more because I find meaning in doing and not doing makes me feel empty. My expertise requires compute which I don't have access to and I feel like I'm spinning in circles. Sitting at home and applying to another batch of companies that won't look at my resume even with referrals feels demotivational.