What's a good job to pay bills with while trying to make it as an artist?
I recently left my last job in engineering, after several years of doing this I have no intention of getting another job in engineering since it requires me to devote a lot of my time in and out of work to absorbing and learning new practices. Constantly being immersed in that didn't leave time to work on art long enough for it to take off as my full-time job. My ideal is to make $2400 a month without having to invest more than 40 hours a week, I can work most jobs with technical requirements because of my background.
I'm considering working as a pizza deliveryman since it pays modestly well for the time involved, allows me to listen to e-books on the job for learning, and won't mentally drain me when I go home to work on art. It also gets me out of the house (unlike online jobs). Working as a bar-back also seems pretty nice.
Others recommended transcribing (not very stable since it's on-call), dogwalking (I will be too exhausted when I go home to work on art), house-sitting (more difficult to find work since I am male), waiting tables (extremely stressful and need to be on feet for entire day), or customer support call-centers (does not pay very well).
>>18074381
Teaching - if your state allows "visiting artists" without teaching qualifications
Consulting - some tech companies would rather pay you $100 an hour for short-term projects than have you an employee with health plan, pension, etc.
>>18074391
>Teaching - if your state allows "visiting artists" without teaching qualifications
I forgot to mention I also considered tutoring (or working as a teaching assistant at a nearby college) for drawing. However, job availability for that is very inconsistent.
>Consulting - some tech companies would rather pay you $100 an hour for short-term projects than have you an employee with health plan, pension, etc.
What is the actual work that you do when you are "consulting"? Are you actually just working as an engineer but on a very disposable short-term project?
>engineering to pizza delivery
what the hell dude.
do consulting or teaching or something, don't be stupid.
>>18074401
Consulting - Yes. I know someone who was let go by a company in a general staff reduction and then immediately taken on again as an outside contractor doing the exact same thing. And when one project ended they found work for him on another.
Furry porn commissions.
>>18074381
You could get a job at a bank. Many bak jobs only do 30 hours a week and pay about $15+ and also commission.