What is Your REAL Job?

India
December 18, 2008 7:10pm CST
I was wondering what everyone here does other than the obvious, trying to make money on the net. My goal is to be a self-sufficient free lancer. Though that may be years ahead. I currently am pursuing my bachelors degree and hence I am not doing anything for a job. What do the rest of you do....for pay?
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21 responses
21 Dec 08
I have three jobs: I deal with people's claims for government benefits (though that ends in January due to illness... bah!), I'm a full-time carer for my partner and I write in a feeble attempt to become a freelance author! :)
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@suzzy3 (8342)
21 Dec 08
It is a shame you are finising your job ,but good health is worth so much more .Good luck with your writing.You will have more time now to develop your writing.
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@neozero (171)
• Malaysia
21 Dec 08
I m a firmware engineer working for a MNC. Looking for way to incresse my income in various methods hopefully online earning will help abit to add to my additional income will i find a really profitable business
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@suzzy3 (8342)
21 Dec 08
to be honest I have done quite well in a small way.I have earn't enough vouchers to buy all my six grandchildren birthday presents.Paid for several meals out.Almost got enough halfords vouchers for a bike rack for the car,brought my son downloads of music for his Ipod.Not a fortune but enough for nice extras for the family ,If you like releaved my husband of paying out for extras which is really handy and very nice too.Plus I can do this when I have freetime being a housewife it is really good to have something to do,and use my brain.Everybody on here are really nice.merry christmas.xxx
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@eshaan (6188)
• India
19 Dec 08
i am a home-maker full time....besides that i am working in commodities trading online, which i dfo at home from my computers, nowadays as market os very bad, i am busy in other activities like mylotting and other earning sites..
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• India
20 Dec 08
Can you tell me something more about commodity trading? Please share with us so that we too can join you and try to fight against the markets lowering.
@eshaan (6188)
• India
21 Dec 08
its just like share trading, but in this we do not invest in companies, we invest in items like gold, copper , silver, zinc, crudeoil...etc etc, you can also trade in agro items and spices like cardomom, chillies, even gur etc, there are two markets, MCX(Mumbai) and NCDEX(Delhi) just like we have BSE and NSE for shares of companies. Nowadays as the rates are lowering, many deals are on hold, and much money is blocked in different trades, waiting for the rates to go up, so that we can sell them at good profits.If you have some extra money which you can block for long term, its good time tp purchase, but as the market is going lower and lower, can't say to what extent it can go....
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@mykmari_08 (2464)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
Hi, friend. I'm already married for more than five years now and we do have one daughter for a child. Aside from our daughter's future education, paying off all our outstanding obligations is one of the reasons why I had to earn extra bucks online. I have been working as a financial analyst in a local bank for more than 4 years now but I still find it difficult to make ends meet. My spouse has a job, too, but it is quite unstable. Further, they don't obtain any benefits like loan availments from government agencies, or pension from premiums contributed. In addition, their pay is also below the minimum wage dictated by our national law. Anyway, just for additional information, I have been in the local workforce for more than a decade now. But I'm afraid that by the end of the first quarter of next year, I will be one of the employees who will be displaced from our jobs because the company is in the process of dissolution, even before the global economic crisis set in. Like you, I also wanted to become a self-sufficient free lancer. Admittedly, my first love is writing. In fact, I have written some short stories and short romance novels already. However, I still haven't tried to have them published. But when I came to know of mylot community, I felt like it was an answer to my prayers somehow. Happy holidays!
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@warrior_777 (1392)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
Like you I'm still studying and trying to pursue my bachelor degree and hoping to have a good job in the future. I don't have any job now but I'm trying to earn money online to help for my school expenses. What I'm really looking was a real online job but I can't find any legit one. But I'm here at mylot and I received my first payment last September and I am working for my second payment now. Good luck to your study.. Happy mylotting..
• Philippines
21 Dec 08
I'm interested PM me more information. Do they accept International member? Have you been paid by that site? Thanks..
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• China
19 Dec 08
I am a wholesaler,dealing with sports shoes ,clothing.I also work on internet, cuz we have our shoppping site. i go to mylot just want to learn English and hope to make some friends. :) but i am happy that i get the money at the same time.
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• India
20 Dec 08
I would have loved to living in your vicinity. I am quite a regular buyer of sports shoes and t-shirts. So what is your site?
• China
23 Dec 08
May i put my site here? i think the administrator will move it. lol. let me add you as friend, then tell you the site.i think you will like our pretty price.:)
@metschica25 (5399)
• United States
19 Dec 08
Hello , Well I am studying to be a teacher , and have done student teaching before . short on money now and taking break now . i write , and have a small beauty dtore on ebay , and i am a home nurse for my aunt .
1 person likes this
@cooiky (548)
• China
23 Dec 08
i still do not have a job . now i am trying to find a job as i am a student now and i will graduate next year.
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@sandymay16 (1617)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
hi, my real job is out there with people in rural communities helping them help themselves interms of environment, food security, values, etc. I haven't logged in to mylot for some time because I'm assigned in a community where there is no internet, and I only get to check emails and so on once a month whenever I go to town, so I'm on vacation and catching up with mylotting to enjoy a stress free environment. Good luck in your studies.
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• India
20 Dec 08
So is that a kind of social service?
• United States
19 Dec 08
I am a mother, lover, and friend. I do freelancing online and I do a few online businesses online as well. I love being online, I have learned some many things online in the past year I could not tell you everything I have learned. So my job is being online, everyday. It may seem like a lot but I like it. I have always loved learning new stuff and being online has given me the chance to be who and what I want to be. If anyone has any questions pm me or send me a friend request I share stuff that I do online and you can make money without spending a dime! Happy mylotting.
• India
20 Dec 08
Do so many things at a time, you surely are a multitasking person.
@suzzy3 (8342)
21 Dec 08
I don't earn any money as I am a housewife.I really enjoy looking after my family and grandchildren when asked.My husband drives an HGV lorry for a supermarket and does quiet well out of it.I do work on here in my spare time,I used to be a cook ,but got fed up with it and we decided it would be better for all of us if I retired early,but I am so busy at home,I never get bored and bit fed up sometimes.If that happens I visit a friend and have a coffee for a change.merry christmas,good luck with your studies,xxx.
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@rcfranz (180)
• Philippines
19 Dec 08
i am an online english teacher in korean conp. for a liveng....my lotting somehow is an additional,if ever...
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• India
20 Dec 08
I would like to know more about this online teaching. I mean how you conduct your class and what is the payment structure like. Please share with us.
• India
19 Dec 08
Hi friend.. i have completed my studies quite sometime ago. i am serving in an organization for more than 10 years and my job involves a mix of finance and administration. my job is transferable too. earlier i enjoyed the new place and new faces. but now i find transfer difficult due to many points including kids education. found mylot while searching the net... and joined the sites referred by you today to have some extra money with which i can buy new devices for computer, a good mobile etc. happy mylotting
• India
20 Dec 08
Thanks for joining sites under me. I hope you really make big money through all of them. WEll can i know which sites you have joined under me and if you are missing some particular nice site then I'll tell you about it as well. have a nice day.
@tlaquan (177)
• United States
19 Dec 08
Im a certified nurse aide and i love being on the internet in my spare time the kids and i argue over the comp lol
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• India
20 Dec 08
You like arguing....hmmmmm. I thought we on mylot, discuss and not argue....are you a bit fighting in nature. Just out of curiosity!
@winterose (39887)
• Canada
19 Dec 08
my real job is the being a freelance writer, I am disabled and I make all my money on the net, I write stories and get paid for it and I have written two books as well.
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@checapricorn (16061)
• United States
19 Dec 08
[i]Hi cool, I am a full time mylotter..LOL! I am not working this time! So, I am trying to make some sideline online! [/i]
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• United States
19 Dec 08
I'm a singer/songwriter currently pursuing a A.A.S. in Sound Technology so I'm kind of in the same boat. I want to get into music production and sound design after college, but I'm trying to get a part time job tutoring/mentoring inner city high school students in Algebra and English and college preparation. Keep your fingers crossed for me fellow mylotters. Right now I'm relying on the our government.
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@messageme (2821)
• United States
19 Dec 08
Saddly I don't do anything for pay. I stay at home. Currently I have been searching for a job, but not with much luck. I don't have much experience in anything except jobs that don't pay very much at all. I have been to college, but it didn't do me any good because even for an office job you still need experience. Well how am I going to get that unless someone gives me a chance.
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@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
19 Dec 08
My real job is working as a busser at a mexican restaurant called La Senorita's. The job sucks really bad because I rarely get scheduled and the job is more of a joke then a job. It sucks only getting scheduled for like three hours every other week or sometimes not even that. I'm not expecting to get that much saving done with a job like this one.
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@vipinl (802)
• India
19 Dec 08
I am an IT student, was doing a part-time in call center before but now left that so looking for online earning opportunities in the free time....lol
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