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Quote: Original post by caseyd
So, I am asking other developers, what would you do (legally) in the next 9 months to make $5000?

$5000 in 9 months = $140 per week.

You can fill that with **ANY** part time job.


Take any honorable job that you can find. If you think any honorable work is somehow "below" you, you really need to grow up.

Yup. To add onto that, if you consider taxes, you'd need around $9/hr @ 20 hours/week to get $140/week take home pay. That's just a little more than starting pay as a gas station attendant, so there are really plenty of part time jobs out there. 10 years ago, I made $11.01/hr as a grocery store cashier, and that was on the low end of their pay-scale. There were automatic raises and pay-scale shifts, so I'm sure the going rate is even higher now. It wasn't the greatest job (stupid/angry customers), but there was time to screw around, and I did have some fun there.

Another thing to look at is big companies that use contractors for office work and call centers. They'll contract work to companies like Spherion, Manpower, SourceOne, and others. Pay can vary widely, but around here, I've seen basic non-technical call center work starting around $12-13/hr, with not much skill or experience required. Long term, being a contractor can really suck, depending on the circumstances, but if you just want to pick up an easy side job it could make a lot of sense.

Quote: Original post by allright
in my opinion ,first you should forget money ,then you will get more money.

Funny, but true. This also tends to apply to women.

Quote: Original post by Sirisian
Adding to the above comment I want to point out that:
273 days in 9 months * 3 meals a day * 0.15 cent ramen = 122.85 USD excluding water costs and electricity to run a microwave. However calculating that in you're still probably below 150 USD. Now lets say you ate 2 dollar meals normally you're looking at a savings of 1500 USD. Not bad especially if you have health insurance.

Ramen is crazy cheap and actually tastes good. The problems are that 3 ramen packets a day isn't enough to sustain most people, and even if it were, you'd still have very poor nutrition.

>>$5000 in 9 months

Well thats less than minimum wage here in nz + possibly everywhere else in the western world apart from some states in the US, just checked here in nz (a poor western country) the minimum wage is higher than the maximum minimum wage in any US state. WTF! how does that work, wheres the outcry (rhetorical)

thus solution
beep beep beep

move + get a job

$5000 is really nothing, you can for example save that by stopping to smoke (if you do smoke) or by omitting the two afterwork beers (if you drink them).
Or buy staple food etc. from one of those "no name" companies available in every major supermarket which are none worse than "name" products for many things (not for all things, though... have to watch). These are often up to 50% cheaper for the exact same thing.

Or, if you're like many friends of mine, you could save that by using a conventional phone instead of a cell phone. I know people who pay upwards of 300 euros ($450) per month on, well, bluntly said, unnecessary cell phone calls. And some of them have kids with their own cells too, and they've already learned that as well... 'tis beyond me :-)

Quote: Original post by zedz
Well thats less than minimum wage here in nz + possibly everywhere else in the western world apart from some states in the US, just checked here in nz (a poor western country) the minimum wage is higher than the maximum minimum wage in any US state. WTF! how does that work, wheres the outcry (rhetorical)

The minimum wage is mainly to prevent abuses in unskilled labor and entry-level work. It is extremely rare to find jobs that pay the minimum wage.

Minimum wage is not meant to be a living wage, but the minimum amount to be paid to the lowliest workers doing the most basic jobs.

Locally there are "now hiring" signs on several fast food buildings nearby that are paying several dollars more than the minimum wage.

There are job listings at the local school district for janitors working just 15 hours per week (3 per day), and they come close to the $5000 in 9 months requirement.

there are a lot of research chemicals that aren't scheduled yet. you can order them off the internet but you may end up on a dea watch list so you have to keep track of what the status is.

freelance computer work can help with extra monies. any good with malware removal? you can find contract jobs on a hundred websites. i had an telecommuting web development job that i worked from like 8pm-2am worked out great for me.

you could buy cars from an auction for cheap and flip them.

depending on your area you may be able to find a job as a machine operator in a machine shop there are always a few places that will hire without asking any questions.

donate sperm. or blood. or plasma. or participate in pharmaceutical drug trials.

second job as a janitor, server, maintenance guy, mechanic, receptionist, data entry, telemarketer? many telemarketing companies here in washington will start you at $10 an hour and may not fire you for a month or two.

dumpster diving is illegal but in many areas enforcement is sparse. it depends on your county and the business.

you could beg on craigslist. sometimes that works if you post pictures of a girl and provide a paypal account.

oh and there are websites that are geared toward freelance development where you bid on jobs. you usually can't compete with the prices guys in third world countries bid but sometimes you can get lucky.