Do You Work From Home?

@trickiwoo (2702)
United States
October 20, 2008 4:46pm CST
I'm 22 years old and I have no idea what kind of career I want to have. I know I'm still very young and don't need to find a career right away. But at the same time, I feel like I should at least be in school or moving towards something. Ideally I'd like to have a career where I work from home. I am very self-motivated and can sit down and get a lot of work done. I really work best on my own time. I know that medical transcription is a great career for working at home, and I've looked into it. I'm not yet fully sure if that's what I'd like to do, but it is an option. So I'm wondering, do you work from home? Do you know someone who does? Do you know of any legitimate careers that are great for working at home? If you do work from home, what do you do? How did you get started in your career? Any advice or information would be very helpful!
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16 responses
@leicyn (96)
• Philippines
21 Oct 08
H trickiwoo, im also a home buddy person, right now,i can say that im working at home. i got not much but enough to save money. There's alot of things to be successful. First, you must ask your self what you really want to do. your plan and start from there. Honestly, even i want to explore myself outside , i can't so i choose to stay home and keep busy on the net. you can also try http://www.platinumlounge.com/user/register?referrer=leicyn try it. you can also earn from it. Have a great day.
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@trickiwoo (2702)
• United States
21 Oct 08
Thanks for the link! I checked out the site, but couldn't really figure it out. How does it work? How do you make money from it?
@valeria1 (2721)
• United States
3 Nov 08
Hi Trikciwoo! I work as guide in ChaCha and I make great money having fun by answering queries. It you are interested add me as your friend and I will pm you the info about it. Good Luck!
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• Philippines
21 Oct 08
Hi, I do work from home. it's fun! you can do some household chores while doing your job. here is the site, that i think might help you find online job. check out this website: http://www.getafreelancer.com
@maroseqf (3657)
• Philippines
21 Oct 08
let me give you a brief background about me. i am already 28 years old and i just got married last january. i've resigned from my job last march and after that, i discovered that i am pregnant. now i am already 36 weeks pregnant. well, i've gotten to work for almost years as an accountant (with four different companies) and i've learned alot from my experiences. i've matured through those years. now, i've got a homebased job since i cannot afford to work for a private company because of my condition. i guess here in the philippines, people at your age are already working since most of us graduate at the age of 20. with regard to working from home, i don't agree that you should try that. i think you should look for a more specific job. something related to your educational background or to your skills. it is better to work for a private company because you will learn new things.
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@kenchihi (121)
• Malaysia
21 Oct 08
Hello there! I don't work at home currently, I'm still a student. BUT, my father is working from home. At least, he calls his room 'his office'. In my father's case, he's working in a really small company. There is only 2 employees, him and some other person in a different state all together. He works as a sales engineer, basically he is doing a sort marketing/sales work. Though, he does leave house often to meet up with his customer to have a chat and a meal. Oh, let's not forget, he travels a lot, he needs to cover the whole country all by himself (actually, there is his other colleague in the other state). He keeps in contact with the main office in another country through web conferencing. Even the main office is made up of less than 10 person, but their revenue is really really huge. Though I personally believe its good to work in a office condition where you get to meet other people in person and also to be able to work together with others. It gives a better experience in life. Hope what I shared helps. Cheers.
@ionsquare (530)
• Singapore
21 Oct 08
I think the best place to start with if you want to work from home is by signing up for affiliate programs on the Internet. However, its better to find yourself a full time job first and supplement your income through online jobs. You can lead a stable financial life this way as there are a lot of scams online. Look up for some part- time course that interest you maybe.
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@sunshine4 (8703)
• United States
21 Oct 08
I have heard that medical transcription is a great way to make an income working from home. I would go crazy being on the computer all day typing. I work from home also. I run an inhome daycare. When the kids are napping, I spend time on ciao and some other sites to make a little extra money. The disadvantage of working from home is that you have to figure out your taxes and always end up owing. With my husbands job, we decided to have extra taken out to cover the income I am making so when it comes to tax time, we don't get hit so hard.
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• Philippines
21 Oct 08
Hi. You really still young, but if you start working now, you will gain success at a young age also. If you are looking for one, try opening the site http://www.hangelbel.net. There are many work from home opportunities available for you.
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@missbdoll (1165)
• Australia
21 Oct 08
I'm working from home at the moment.I used to be in the antique buisness.Now I sell online on Ebay and othe online auction site.I think one of the best things is you can choose your own hours.The down side I guess sometimes you can feel a bit isolated.
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@nitesh512 (153)
• Nepal
21 Oct 08
Yes i try to but i haven't made much. Its very hard working of the internet. there are many scams which you have to be carefully of. I am sti8ll searching for that magic formula for earning money.
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• United States
21 Oct 08
I am 23 and I do work from home. I've had plenty of jobs outside of this place, but after having my daughter, I had to stay home and take care of things. There are a lot of legitimate WAH (work at home) jobs. So what do I do? I'm a music promoter. Underground musicians contact me if they need a little extra boost in getting their music heard. I do everything from fliers to contacting radio stations and things like that. It's a pretty good job- except when you meet arrogant people. But, that comes with any job. The best advice I could give to you is just do your research. See what other people are talking about. Go to other forums/boards and see which ones might work for you.
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• Philippines
21 Oct 08
Yes, I have been working from home for more than a year now. I work as a Virtual Assistant. You might want to check out Craiglist for job openings just please be very careful it is not a SCAM.
• China
21 Oct 08
im a student noe ,but i prefer to work outside after graduation. i like to meet people ,and the changing world makes me feel excitiing. maybe take a parttime job at home is good.
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@reddbone (48)
• United States
21 Oct 08
No, but I'm jst like you I have been searching for ways to work at home and I have came over some great opportunities that you can do working from the comfort of your own home and they are great one of them is clixsense.com all you have to do is upgrade and then your in the money.
@pyewacket (43903)
• United States
21 Oct 08
LOL--I'm 53 and I still am not sure what I want to be when I grow up... Right now I'm more busy with my writing of articles for various places, but I'm also still trying to build up a successful on-line photo business for myself. I was a successfully published photographer from 1980 to 1996 then "things" got in the way and had to stop my work. Only a few years ago I started to get back into the photo business but by then so much had changed, so it was like relearning the new way things work now to market one's photo work. A real inspiration was the book by Ron Engh, called sellphotos.com and if you're thinking along the same lines, since I know you're a photographer I really recommend this book to you. I do have a photo website but I'm hoping to upgrade myself to a better one that will allow me to sell my photos directly to "clients" on-line and where they can download the photo on the site itself.
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@yuna15 (2706)
• Philippines
21 Oct 08
I don't work from home but I plan to in the future after I retire from my call center job. A friend of mine works at home as a Virtual Receptionist. She reads and responds to e-mails as well as take phone calls. You must have a stable dsl or cable service to be able to join. If you want to find out more check out the site http://www.bestjobs.ph