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lathriel-I received my college diploma in the mail the other day, and oddly enough my first reaction was to feel a bit proud. Despite all my hatred of institutionalized learning, and all the bureaucracy that UB put me through, I did finish with a decent GPA without hardly trying, aside from making time. Hoorah! However, my close second reaction was "Would I regret it if I burned this?" haha.
-I put myself out there on Craigslist as a freelance proofreader/editor a little while back. I do have years of experience, though unpaid and not technically professional. Words are my vocation, and ever since I was young I've had a natural talent for English, even in the technical department. I'm charging the industry minimum, given that I'm entry-level as a professional- $10/500 words. I hadn't really expected to get anyone asking for my service, but at the moment I'm waiting on a signed contract to come in the mail for me to edit a novella! That's $500! Hellooooo income! He also wants to pay me to write his query letter for him :D I gave him a hella industry discount on that, just because I want to make sure I don't scare off a good customer- it's usually a minimum of $120 for such a service, but I'm charging $75. Woot!
-Also on the income front, I have a temp job! A very, very temporary job, lol, but a job nonetheless. One of the HR peeps Laura's boss referred me to has been very kind to stay in contact with me even though they typically do IT staffing, and today called offering me a job doing data entry for Bryant and Stratton. The job will probably only last about 5 days, and it only pays $9/hour, but I'm not complaining! That's a good $300 in the bank. Ok, I'm complaining a little because I'm going to be missing out on some quality Jared time. But I guess I have to be responsible ;P
-Also also on the income front, my parents are starting a new business online that they want help with, so I might actually be getting a full time job working for them. This isn't a hand-out as I initially suspected, but a real job holding down the fort in shipping, customer service, web updates, etc. I'll even be commissioned to make a few instructional videos for them :) So, if it all works out, I should be starting there in a few weeks.
Life is getting better every day! :D
-I put myself out there on Craigslist as a freelance proofreader/editor a little while back. I do have years of experience, though unpaid and not technically professional. Words are my vocation, and ever since I was young I've had a natural talent for English, even in the technical department. I'm charging the industry minimum, given that I'm entry-level as a professional- $10/500 words. I hadn't really expected to get anyone asking for my service, but at the moment I'm waiting on a signed contract to come in the mail for me to edit a novella! That's $500! Hellooooo income! He also wants to pay me to write his query letter for him :D I gave him a hella industry discount on that, just because I want to make sure I don't scare off a good customer- it's usually a minimum of $120 for such a service, but I'm charging $75. Woot!
-Also on the income front, I have a temp job! A very, very temporary job, lol, but a job nonetheless. One of the HR peeps Laura's boss referred me to has been very kind to stay in contact with me even though they typically do IT staffing, and today called offering me a job doing data entry for Bryant and Stratton. The job will probably only last about 5 days, and it only pays $9/hour, but I'm not complaining! That's a good $300 in the bank. Ok, I'm complaining a little because I'm going to be missing out on some quality Jared time. But I guess I have to be responsible ;P
-Also also on the income front, my parents are starting a new business online that they want help with, so I might actually be getting a full time job working for them. This isn't a hand-out as I initially suspected, but a real job holding down the fort in shipping, customer service, web updates, etc. I'll even be commissioned to make a few instructional videos for them :) So, if it all works out, I should be starting there in a few weeks.
Life is getting better every day! :D
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