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If you can stomach it, the seafood canning and fishing industry in Alaska will usually (IDK what the situation is this year) hire anyone off the street, work th
by mothballed 3mo ago
If you can stomach it, the seafood canning and fishing industry in Alaska will usually (IDK what the situation is this year) hire anyone off the street, work them 16 hours a day for several months, and give them "free housing." You'll get dumped back in Seattle in several months with at least $10k in your pocket.
Edit: genuinely perplexed on the response. This saved my ass one winter when I had nothing for rent.
- t-writescode 3mo agoI thought the fishing industry paid … way more than 10k / 3 months. Color me surprised o.O
- satvikpendem 3mo agoThat's net after housing, perhaps a good deal depending on what your rent would've been otherwise.
- ponector 3mo agoIt is a seasonal low skilled work. How much should it pay? Overall it is comparable to a seasonal farm work: mostly done by immigrants
- insane_dreamer 3mo agomy brother did that 20 years ago; I didn't realize it was still a thing today
- hawgWyld 3mo ago[flagged]
- kristianp 3mo agoSurely it's not actually 16 hours a day, that would leave maybe 6 hours for sleep after other needs are taken care of.
- _DeadFred_ 3mo agoPeople who have been aged out of tech aren't going to be able to physically pull off 16 hour days in Alaska.
- lenkite 3mo agoIf you are working 16 hours a day, you won't even go to your "free housing", you will sleep next to your workplace on a mat and then try and finish toilet/bath in office restroom in 1hour, so you can at-least get some restful hours of sleep before the next day.