Side Jobs
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I was wondering what type of jobs engineers are working on outside of there main career. Engineers are very smart and versitile people, how have others used this to make a little extra money on the side?
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He started off fairly small and built up his assets. In the end he was spending 2 days engineering and 3 days on his portfolio.
csd
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I see some of my former students now on the job as supervisors.
old field guy
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The money varies. Sometimes it's really good. My best is around $450 in 6 hours. But mostly it's just over the base rate of $17/hr. Another good thing about bartending is that it takes very little thinking, just stamina and a strong back for lifting kegs or crates of glassware. It's a welcome change from my day job.
I used to do some painting work (faux finishing and trompe de l-oeil), but that stuff required planning and shopping for materials. Also, there are always deadlines and unreasonable clients, so I stopped doing it. Too much pressure and too many wealthy mansion owners who think nothing of making you redo something several times over no matter how many times you quote the labor laws to them.
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Chris
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Sometimes I only open my mouth to swap feet...
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I have my smartserve (allows me to bartend), but I don't actually serve anywhere. I'd rather be on the other side of the bar
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One of my former co-workers taught mechanics of materials at a local university. Another one taught elasticity. I checked into this, though, and the hourly rate wouldn't be competitive with consulting.
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Hey Scotty,
There's little chance I could muscle a keg alone, at least not a full one. I've managed a partly full one though. It usually takes 2-3 of us girls to get a keg into an ice tub. We now use line coolers, so there's less lifting involved. I think that's because we can't get the male bartnders to help.
It's amazing the number of male bartenders out there claiming to have a bad back. They don't like to tap them either (because it might be messy).
I think the standard keg here is about 15-16 gallons, maybe 150 pounds. Yeah I wish all gigs paid $75/hour on average, but they don't. I've learned that hosted bars usually mean fewer tips. Weddings are the worst. Many a night I've gone home with NO tips.
The $450 in 6 hours was an Irish-Catholic school reunion where we were short-handed and they ran out of tickets for the bar, so people would throw 20's at us to pour them double scotches, and then they would just wander off because we weren't set up to give change. After awhile they didn't care, or were too drunk to remember the change.
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I have side projects but they are very similar to my current job, albeit with some drawing and FEA work.
I would be loathe to do much more, as I sail 1 day a week in winter, and 1.5 days a week in summer.
Cheers
Greg Locock
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I work mostly with independant local theatre and bands, and its a good thing I have a career, I charge appropriately. I also hold the house soundguy position at The Old Miami bar in Detroit.
I get to apply engineering in a completely different way than I do as a metallurgical engineer. As an outlet for when I have to compromise at work, I'm my own boss at this. The work to put together a large musical w/ full rock band and 7 singers is paid for by opening night smiles, or maybe second night cheers.
I have a simple philosophy about live sound:
"I do what I do for this one time, for this one audience, and for this one group. Thats what counts."
nick e
Lyve Productions
Detroit MI 48201
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Oh, and free latte this and that.
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