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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: For free.
I do a lot of work for my son's weekend Chinese school (website design/development/maintenance, database administration, etc.). I want to do it for free, but they insist on paying me minimum wage. 
My articles and software tools
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a) You don't get paid properly for your first job.
b) You don't know what to do with that strange empty time called "leisure".
c) Your supplemental job is fun. The money is only a nice side effect.
d) ...
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I don't expect too much, all I want is your vote for Halbsichtigkeit.
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A job does not necesarily mean salary. 
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I would not call an honorary post a "job". ![Rose | [Rose]](https://codeproject.global.ssl.fastly.net/script/Forums/Images/rose.gif)
It's more like a very useful hobby.
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I don't expect too much, all I want is your vote for Halbsichtigkeit.
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e) Want to retire early (55).
We made the buttons on the screen look so good you'll want to lick them. Steve Jobs
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f) I haven't learn't how to say NO
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When I was an employee, I ended up getting pretty bored with the maintenance side of things, waiting for the next project (which could often be a year). Partly this was the nature of the companies I worked for--small, get a product out, recoup the money, see how the customers like it, provide tech support and minor feature upgrades, wait until the next big project comes down the pike. Very dull, and in the meantime, the rest of the world is moving into other areas. DOS to Windows. C to C++. C++ to C#. MFC to .NET. Things like that.
So, I would do side jobs either for myself (non-paying) to keep up, or better yet, small jobs that would get my feet wet with some other technology.
I really like diversity in technology. As a consultant, I'm more content, though there are times when contracts get pretty grunty too (which of course may be a sign--not necessarily though--that the project may be coming to a close soon).
As it is, there are still a gazillion things I don't know anything about.  But hey, that's what CP is for! 
Marc
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Some people believe what the bible says. Literally. At least [with Wikipedia] you have the chance to correct the wiki -- Jörgen Sigvardsson
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a)I could really use the extra money at the moment.
d)I started out back in the nineties as a web designer, and got into coding as I went along. These days half of my main job is administrative. I find doing web design as a side job to be a nice creative outlet.
Words fade as the meanings change, but somehow, it don't bother me.
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Corinna John wrote: Why do you need more than one job?
To increase income + to try out other technologies.
Regards,
Nish
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Yes, right !! It's an additional income but sometimes it's a good way to test platforms or to be updated !!!
Best,
Marc.
... she said you are the perfect stranger she said baby let's keep it like this... Dire Straits
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Corinna John wrote: strange empty time called "leisure".
What is this leisure time you speak of? 
I'd love to help, but unfortunatley I have prior commitments monitoring the length of my grass. :Andrew Bleakley:
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S Douglas wrote: What is this leisure time you speak of?
To some, this is the moment when you hope time will stop. I can be also the moment when you think time is so slow.
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Answer is so simple, why you need to ask such a question. On other parts of the world, developers are not lucky to earn too much for a simple job as in USA. 
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ocdogan wrote: Answer is so simple, why you need to ask
I ask because there might be several reasons. If you had read the replies, you would have seen that people actually have different reasons for doing side work.
ocdogan wrote: as in USA
I don't know how much you earn in the USA, because I've never worked there.
From a few newspaper article I know that in the USA many people need two jobs to make a living. I aked here to get first hand reports rather than journalist's talk, because where I live one job usually is enough.
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Corinna John wrote: From a few newspaper article I know that in the USA many people need two jobs to make a living
From my experience, this is true. Though in general I think Americans are also poor at saving money. It is very tempting to buy things on credit. Many fall into that trap and then have to do the two/three job thing to dig themselves out.
I do lots of side work, but not because I need to; I just like doing it. The extra cash is just a nice bonus.
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Corinna John wrote: From a few newspaper article I know that in the USA many people need two jobs to make a living.
I am not sure about places where the rent/housing costs are rediculous but where I live (Pittsburgh PA) a software developer can live well on a single job I guess unless you are the only bread winner and you have 6 or more kids...
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...Word of Mouth. Watch out when I really start advertising! 
- S
50 cups of coffee and you know it's on!
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