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SprewellSleeve



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Unusual Jobs That Pay Well?
#26490712 - 02/17/20 07:40 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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What are jobs in your area that are unusual that pay well?
Working high up on the the George Washington Bridge would be crazy, but if you're comfortable with it, you'd get paid well.
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Hobbit GDF
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I worked on oil rig in Pennsylvania. Made 1200 a week. That was through a temp service.
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BayerPhi
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Re: Unusual Jobs That Pay Well? [Re: Hobbit GDF]
#26490721 - 02/17/20 07:45 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Panhandling
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psi
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Re: Unusual Jobs That Pay Well? [Re: BayerPhi]
#26490785 - 02/17/20 08:32 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Unfortunately I only have experience with unusual jobs that don't pay well.
The weirdest job I've had was sitting by photocopiers at various schools and making records about what everyone copied. I never met the people who hired me either.
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Re: Unusual Jobs That Pay Well? [Re: psi]
#26490796 - 02/17/20 08:38 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Lophosaurus
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Being an electrician can be pretty unusual at times and it pays really well, especially if you are good.
Sometimes I think about getting a job driving one of our Subway trains. It pays really well and is probably super easy. I think the trains are pretty much automated and run themselves now. I could just do it on the weekends and sit back and play Nintendo Switch. Once in a while I would announce the stops and remind people not to make poopies on the train seats.
I invented a new job earlier. It is fishing with magnets which is already pretty popular for lakes and streams. My twist would be to magnet fish in the ghetto storm drains and sewers. I would find murder guns, knifes, and other metal contraband to sell to the police or resell on the streets.
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Re: Unusual Jobs That Pay Well? [Re: Lophosaurus]
#26490879 - 02/17/20 09:56 PM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Good luck
One of my old jobs was to go around and just pick up rocks , to pile them up
It made me super sad , was just thinking what am I doing picking up these stupid rocks
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zenarrow
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watermelon mon said: Good luck
One of my old jobs was to go around and just pick up rocks , to pile them up
It made me super sad , was just thinking what am I doing picking up these stupid rocks 
Did you build the pyramids?
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rope access technicians can get paid a lot for risky jobs but to get to the cool jobs you need to have a few years of experience
it's a pretty fun job too (if you're not scared of heights )
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Re: Unusual Jobs That Pay Well? [Re: Hobbit GDF]
#26491154 - 02/18/20 04:55 AM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Hobbit GDF said: I worked on oil rig in Pennsylvania. Made 1200 a week. That was through a temp service.
I'm in PA, link me that temp service!
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Re: Unusual Jobs That Pay Well? [Re: trees] 1
#26491159 - 02/18/20 05:01 AM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Cleaning out portapoties with the honey wagon can get you like $60/hr if you don't mind breathing through your mouth. Even more if you buy your own truck.
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Re: Unusual Jobs That Pay Well? [Re: Lophosaurus] 3
#26491161 - 02/18/20 05:08 AM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Lophosarus said: Sometimes I think about getting a job driving one of our Subway trains.
I could just do it on the weekends and sit back and play Nintendo Switch.
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Re: Unusual Jobs That Pay Well? [Re: Amanita86] 2
#26491453 - 02/18/20 09:44 AM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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English classes in non-english speaking countries, I met an Aussie who immigrated that was making almost as much as I was as a jr. software security engineer  
Apparently you can get a flight, food, accommodations and a decent salary teaching English in Korea.
Tree planters in Canada apparently make great cash, but it's grueling work.
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Re: Unusual Jobs That Pay Well? [Re: ninja cat 09]
#26491472 - 02/18/20 09:52 AM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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I caught word that those english lessons can be done online so you never even have to leave your house. I can’t remember where I heard it but I remember the money they were making made me really wish I could speak some sort of asian. Apparently you just ‘facetime’ with whoever and then bill them by the hour or however you figure it.
That seems like a good gig.
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Re: Unusual Jobs That Pay Well? [Re: ninja cat 09]
#26491488 - 02/18/20 09:59 AM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Quote:
zenarrow said:
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watermelon mon said: Good luck
One of my old jobs was to go around and just pick up rocks , to pile them up
It made me super sad , was just thinking what am I doing picking up these stupid rocks 
Did you build the pyramids?
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christopera
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We have some guys working in Chicago running a type of concrete demolition equipment and they get $95 an hour, and the job is 50 hour weeks. So before taxes you're looking at $4500 a week.
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Re: Unusual Jobs That Pay Well? [Re: christopera]
#26491585 - 02/18/20 11:06 AM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Technically yeah, but factor in the required insurance, the permits, the maintenance costs, the cost of the machine, the payroll, the everything. So it's lot like a cool $4500 in profit every week. Which is doable in some other trades.
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ninja cat 09
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Re: Unusual Jobs That Pay Well? [Re: Amanita86]
#26491590 - 02/18/20 11:10 AM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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Amanita86 said: I caught word that those english lessons can be done online so you never even have to leave your house. I can’t remember where I heard it but I remember the money they were making made me really wish I could speak some sort of asian. Apparently you just ‘facetime’ with whoever and then bill them by the hour or however you figure it.
That seems like a good gig.
Hope it holds true with Spanish speaking people, it'd be dope to be able to work at home. Then again, I've never taught English, so I wouldn't know where to start!
Spanish/Japanese translators make a killing here, starting at 30k Mxn a month.
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Re: Unusual Jobs That Pay Well? [Re: trees]
#26491594 - 02/18/20 11:14 AM (3 years, 11 months ago) |
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trees said: Technically yeah, but factor in the required insurance, the permits, the maintenance costs, the cost of the machine, the payroll, the everything. So it's lot like a cool $4500 in profit every week. Which is doable in some other trades.
You're confused. The guys who are working there literally earn $95 an hour and work 50 hour weeks. None of that other shit applies to them, because they are employees, not the business owners.
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