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A few of my friends are struggling to get a job. They are in their mid-lives and the country they live in is particularly difficult to find a job at a certain age. Also, when some recovery was being noticed after the 2008 - 2012 crisis, COVID struck hard on an economy with a strong tourism sector. Meanwhile, I made some choices that landed me an stable and reasonably paid job that also leaves enough time to do other stuff that generates income or reduces my costs if I wish to do so.

What is the situation in your country and for yourself? Would you be able to land additional work for example working with crypto, selling stuff on-line, youtubing or something else?

It is my country that the incumbent president says gratuates should learn how to provide for themselves with learning of skilled works, the government are not ready to provide employment, even if they are ready, they do not yet know how to provide enough job for citizens. When education just started in my country, people that went to school did not look for job, it was jobs that were looking for them, but the case is now different, most gratuates in my country now do not get employed, or do not have option than to be underemployed. Could you imagine  the minimum wage in my country is less than $75 monthly, less than $18 weekly for someone that left his home and resume work at 8 am and worked till 4 pm in the evening. Even some states are still complaining they can not meet that amount.

It always just paining me that some people do not just find themselves online and live a life they do not want offline as online works is far better than many jobs in my country. Yet, online jobs are better because you will have enough time for yourself, most of the work makes you feel bossy even if you are not the boss, unlike a boss controlling employees in the office. One thing I also still notice is that working online making someone to think smarter and also finding ways to more establish yourself. But yet, a lot of opportunities have evolved after the creation of Bitcoin that gives job opportunities to people.

We are already required to take overtimes and take some other admin stuff that we usually don't handle given that we work in the more science-y part of the company.

It's kinda hard knowing that our company already laid off a lot of admin workers and distributed their workloads to us mere handlers of samples and whatnot. The increase in pay is already very minimal in proportion to what workload was added, but I can't really complain much given that I still have a stable job despite being our country struck hard by the pandemic.

I still keep some other things on the side for my additional income even if I don't really need it. I never know when I would be the next in line to be asked to leave. The medical industry is one of the top performing industries currently in this pandemic, but even us who handle bulk of the testing of samples here in the country is still in a very precarious position given the shortness of budget and economic difficulties of the country. Add to that the growing pains of corruption.

I wouldn't be able to do any of the above--and personally I detest most professional Youtubers, as I think they're just phonies who think they're "influencers".  I'm not sure what working with crypto means exactly, but if you're talking about starting up things like ICO-related projects or some other development, I don't have the technical knowledge to do that kind of work.

But yes, if I needed another job right now I'm sure I could find something easily.  Right now in the US, I think most people would rather stay home and collect government money than work for a living, which means that job vacancies are in abundance. 

I couldn't imagine that in the US, but in other countries where the cost of living is much less, sure.  But I don't know what country you're referring to, so a situation like that could be a complete disaster for most people.  And if you're making $75/month, I bet signature campaigns look very attractive and it's no wonder so many people have found this forum (which is both good and bad).

I used to do labor work, installing floors. Which isn't the type of work people usually enjoy. Hopefully I could find employment doing something similar if worse came to worse.

Strange things appear to be occurring in labor markets in the USA. Jobs are being lost at a record pace. Employees are blaming management and corporate execs for it. While the media blames employees. Everyone is pointing the finger at everyone else. There doesn't seem to be a clear consensus of what the cause and effect is. Many businesses admit they are understaffed while many unemployed applying for jobs are unable to find work. Its a parody of healthcare providers claiming they are overflowing to capacity with COVID-19 patients with one breath. While firing nurses and staff for refusing the COVID vaccine with the next.

Semiconductor shortages, HDD manufacturers saying warranties are void if the hardware is used to mine chia coin and now we have gigabyte exploding power units. There are so many strange things happening everywhere its hard to keep track.

I have a few sidelines which might be expanded into providing full time income. But TBH I wouldn't know until I tried. Hope everyone is doing well out there.

I think the situation is almost the same in my country. People struggling to make money and they do many things to survive the hard situations. Some friends have positive Covid-19 and make us donate something to them and make sure that they can still survive and make their hearts stronger day by day.

It is a difficult situation for every people in all countries, but if we can try hard to survive and still help each other, I believe this pandemic will be over soon. We can help the government by following their suggestion and make their job is not too difficult and together, we will have a better situation than this.

I am grateful that I can still make money to survive and help some friends who needed. I wish I can still do more for them because I know how it feels to be in their position.

I always make use of Wikipedia, 'list of countries by minimum wage' to check each countries minimum wage which I think is frequently updated if there is any changes in the minimum wage in any of the country listed. You can check Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Nigeria and many African countries, it will be easy to know how poor they are in Africa. It will surprise many people to know that a signature campaign on this forum pays more than minimum wage jobs in those countries, the hope many people from such countries have are online jobs, it may not be signature campaign, signature campaign may also just be as an extra income, but some people might be left with no option than even the signature campaign, some are just gathering some amount to start a legit business of their own. That is why citizens from such poor countries want to travel out to US (their main target), Canada and Australia.

Due to pandemic I have stop working since the company temporarily close for operation. I do online selling now and doing trading. There are many online jobs that we can apply with but these doesn't guarantee in long term so having back ups or side hustle will help to survive and paid our bills. We’re still lucky that we know crypto that we can trade or have jobs related in it.

I'm always looking for something else to complement my income, but it's not that easy. The problematic countries like mine are the majority and at same time they are the most populated ones, so of course there won't be enough jobs' spots for everyone. I'm constantly thinking about new ideas on what to search online to find opportunities, however without much success, because there are many people on the same situation.

There are plenty of youtubers teaching others to earn money online, but besides views they just want referrals for their personal accounts and the shared methods offer scarce spots, making most of their content useless. Outside the internet there isn't much to do, because the local economy is broken and it would be a big risk to start a business these days. Also, the local society already has its mafias who help their own members only. If you are an independent person who doesn't belong to groups, opportunities just won't be disponible in your area.

On the other hand I think I can't complain at all, because at least I've found a precious opportunity on this forum and in bitcoin. I'm really thankful for this.

Agreed, I'm working two jobs and two side hustles right now, and it makes me wonder how long these jobs will last because I'm pretty sure I'll be doing them until I'm fired or they go down, but my family's future is also in jeopardy because I don't know what I'll do if these jobs disappear. I had also lost my job prior to applying for this job, and it has been extremely difficult since the pandemic. I hope everything is going well for  you and that get accepted in your dream jobs.

Personally, I'm okay with taking on some side hustles but definitely not any further major commitments at this point.

I think that COVID has really diveded us into two categories that form quite the dichotomy. One is the hospitality/tourism industry that is struggling big time due to lockdowns, and the other is the overworked population that are WFH.

I've heard horror stories of WFH from my friends working in financial services - they seem to be stretched beyond imagination already.

Yes. As long as you still can manage to take a mother job, it wouldn't be a problem. The pandemic is really putting us all in a bad position, I was just thinking of moving out of the city and live in a campaign site near the beach where I can actually cash a fishing line myself to save some money and at the same time work online.

My offline job however isn't something I can negotiate with. All I can do is just follow the rules, wear a mask to continue while there's few option.

In my country, it is not advisable to completely depend on earnings from one job because there are price control body here or the one we have is no longer functioning, so you can see the prices of commodities in the market or the price of services changing very quickly and abnormally.

So if you don't seek out ways to diversify and increase your income, you might soon find out that your income is not enough to support your ever increasing expenditure, and the government here is not helping issues.

You can take additional work, or start a side hustle, whichever one it is, you just have to ensure that it doesn't take up completely your free time and disrupt your peace.

I live in a country where most working people are looking for a source of income outside their regular salaries. This is because regular salaries for ordinary workers cannot support a decent family life, especially if only one of the spouses are employed and they have children.

They have no choice if they want to improve their quality of life but to find alternative sources of income. Selling stuff, whether online or offline, is one way to augment income. Others are also freelancing. Some others are doing extra short jobs when they get home from work.

Personally, I'm doing well with my limited income because I have yet to build a family. But I know that once I have a family, I, too would be compelled to look for more ways to earn.

YouTube career is taking the next step especially after the covid even truck drivers started vlogging and travel vlogs, cooking or doing stupid scripted pranks, etc so the opportunity is vast and we need that courage to step into it by overcoming all our fear.

Hard to find a job than getting fired. As much as possible having 2-3 jobs today is fine. I know some of them right now, a friend Eddie works as a janitor in the nearby hospital also works as a trash collector in the building where I live as a trash collector for 3days a week.  I talk to him from time to time whenever he comes, we chat sometimes and just smoke a cigarette outside. He is fine with what he earns as it pays the bills.

Not sure if I'd last but I'd start with developing my art skills and if possible, together with some video editing and blender stuff. Those have been my passion and I've started developing in them slowly, just that it's taking so much time to learn, especially since I'm trying to learn what, 2-3 types. I'm currently trying my hand out on various beer money jobs that I got from reddit plus some NFT games, but honestly, if my skills were actually a LOT better, I'd be willing to take commissions and stuff since it helps me both in developing and learning as well as earning money.

I have been working full-time for the majority of my life, but I have made time for additional work to fund my Crypto activities and these activities have funded Crypto profits of more than 800% of my initial investment.

People do not understand the impact that a small investment (Say $10 to $30 per week) into Crypto currencies, can have over time. Those small investments that are funded from "additional" work, can yield massive returns in the future. (It can also drop to zero, but you have to manage that risk, by taking profits to cover your initial investment ...when the opportunity are there to do it)  ;)

I can say that I'm a workaholic, or I simply dont know how to spend free time and I'm living a boring life. If I someone asks me to do something extra at work, I would love to do it. Maybe this is a result that my work tasks are quite routine, or I've been working in same company on same position for years.

While at home, I even caught myself thinking about what should I do next or what should I do now to get some extra money. I'm must say that I'm not living on an edge from salary to salary; I can afford lots of things. I just often think about what should I do now, that will in future help me to get some passive income or that will help me to do things easier and quicker. Instead or while watching movie or tv-series, I do parallel tasks like from Micro Earnings (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?board=212.0) or easy get paid for completing micro tasks (yandex toloka (https://yandex.com/support/toloka/) for example).

I would love to do extra work, but I have some limits. I will do tasks if I can do them comfort conditions. I would not go work night shifts as a parking guard for example.

Unfortunately, from a position (geographical and financial), I am forced to take sporadic additional jobs, sometimes in crypto, sometimes outside of it, but there is always something going around. And it's not because I want to, it's just the way it is. But, crypto made it easier to get some additional income. But, who knows how long that will last.

Oh hell yeah! I am already focused on making mutliple income sources and that is actaully needed. Considering the covid situation the world's changing very very fast and you never know when your employer will dump you in life point. Though I am in life science field, and have less fear of loosing the job then also I consider myself scared and keep doing multiple things.

I am working on my pencil artwork all the time, I am also working blog site which I am willing to launch real soon. Just focusing on adwords for now and signature campaign is the life saver too. So yeah, I am given more job then yes, I am ready to do it. Thats indeed needed!

Not really. I have got a job and I think I could say I have two side hustles by playing poker and by writing here for signature campains. Apart from that I have to live.

To get a second job would mean to have absolutely no time for me and/or have to give up side hustles, which I would only do if I was very well paid because poker and writing here do not pay me as if it were a second full-time job but I do those activities comfortably from my computer, and with freedom of schedule. I can write/play poker more or less depending on how I am feeling, if I have a more busy social life that week etc.

My preferred kind of side works/jobs are those that won't prevent me from doing what I've been called to do by my CREATOR. I actually prefer to be self employed, doing things I'm most passionate about. So the love for the work comes first before income, and I prefer to focus more on those I'm talented in.

* I should be able to do the works anywhere considering that I may not be staying one place for too long. Once a work meets the criteria, I'd probably do it.   

Those side hustles that you've mentioned can be done almost by anyone that has enough money and time, I think the answer for most is unanimously yes, they will take extra work if required. No point being squeamish over the side hustle if you know that you're going to make more money. Careful choosing a side job though, make sure that it's worth your time.

I believe that the situation in the world is more or less similar in terms of work and making money. In larger countries, the situation may be a little better, but in general, many people, especially young people, need a good job, or at least additional work. Personally, I previously worked in different jobs and eventually switched to remote work. To some extent, this is better than I had before, but as before, there is no stability. In simple words, if you want to make money all the time, you need to work hard. In general, nothing has changed, but new opportunities have appeared for me and I am now using them.

Due to the pandemic, having a regular job has become a blessing and not a burden for many. Some would consider theirselves as fortunate since they still have a job that helps the suffice their family's needs while some are struggling to find one as their past job's company closes down due to bankruptcy. Nowadays, it is all about finding any possible means to earn money and having an additional work will also give you some advantage. In my case, I have a regular job yet I still pursue investing in crypto and some other jobs that is profitable because no one knows what the future holds, I want to secure it as much as possible.

My country do not even have age range that unemployment is affected, the unemployment is affecting every one. Covid19 pandemic now make the whole situation worst. For now crypto work and youtubing is the easiest way to earn a living for the youth in my country in which Bitcointalk.org is the major reliable crypto platform most of us are earning a living.  I am ready to take additional work.

You are responding like the type that has no passion for cryptocurrency, like it was chance and hard times that pushed in for it. Actually most traders find it that way like you but have moved more inside of it to embrace it by learning more of it. If you don't have passion for trading, you will run up for copy trading.

Of course, anyone wants additional works or an extra income especially today that theres still a pandemic. If we are given a chance or oppurtunity I will certainly grab it. Online selling is an open oppurtunity but not everyone can do it. This pandemic leads me back again in crypto or joining some campaign because it was also a chance to earn even you are just at home.

The situation in my country because of this pandemic is still implementing social distancing and working from home. but not as tight as it used to be. many people are already outside the environment, but the use of masks still has to be done or there is a penalty that must be paid. it seems that currently what is still difficult is the people that should work among the crowd because their job are less than before and many thing are done by digital platform.

With many of my friends, during the work from home started everyone has actually being give couple of hours of extra work. So in that sense their travelling time is actually now being utilized in the extra work being handed to them. And after that assuming household work is also needs to be done etc which may not land much time too many as kids are also at home.

I would like to utilize if any extra time left to do some of the new stuff which I love doing and due to lack of time not being able to do.

I think there's always a job for people who want to work! Of course, sometimes people need to be satisfied with some "not so nice" jobs and lower salaries at the beginning before they advance! And that's the problem, many people don't wish to make that sacrifice, they wish for a nice job and a nice salary right from the start, and in many cases, they don't think about what they can offer, they think only about what they can get!

Here I talk about people from the middle and lower classes! The people I mostly hang out with and talk with, so my opinion is based on my experience! I am in crypto for +6 years, I don't think there's a single day I didn't check charts, my trading orders, this forum, and many other crypto-related things I am involved with! I have a steady job with +11 years of working experience (day/night 12h shifts), and from time to time I work for some of my friends who have some firms, usually driving products for them when they need an extra worker or some of their workers are on holidays!

So there's always work for people who really want to work and learn! Because every work requires some learning, some adjustments (physical or physical), and some jobs require even extra! Who is ready to make some sacrifices, those who are ready to adapt and change if necessary will always be able to find a good job!

This condition is almost the same because all of our countries are hit by the same disaster as the Covid 19 pandemic that destroyed our economy and we must be able to adapt to new jobs such as working from home online. Some of those who cannot have internet are forced to be unemployed and return to their respective villages without any direction of livelihood as if they have been taken away, what should they do to support their needs when their children and wives are starving.

I don't have the skills to manage people around the house and plan to spend as much as I can to raise crypto every month to be able to create a simple job. namely working 15 to 20 men and 20 women to produce snacks and then distributing them to the nearest stalls. From there they started to earn again, it's not as big as when they worked outside the city, but they are still grateful and until now we are still doing it as best we can.

The role of the government at this time seems to no longer pay attention to the economy of its people, even when I asked for a donation from the government in the economic field, it was very difficult to get permits and financial assistance.
how annoying they used to be begging voices from us but we were just thrown away like we didn't know each other. For us, there is no definition of property, but only for officials, we who beg are called trash.
Do any of you understand how annoying this situation is, the economy in our country has never recovered and improved, but bankers are increasingly spreading to homes offering loans.

we never feel free on our own feet. The essence of freedom is just a dream.

Unfortunately, our country is struggling because of the pandemic. Lots of employees have lost their job especially now that we're still quarantined for more than a year. Work from home set up is the most common choice of workers to be safe from the virus. If I would be given a chance, I would still grab an opportunity to have additional work as long as it would be a work-from-home set up too.

The COVID-19 pandemic has weakened the world economy, expanding the expansion not only to explain the world of health, but also to other sectors.

The inhibition of economic activity automatically makes business actors perform efficiency to reduce losses. As a result, many workers are laid off or even laid off.

not only that, restrictions on community activities affect business activities which then have an impact on the economy.

so the best solution is to find another job as an alternative by utilizing internet facilities, such as plunging into the crypto world, becoming a blog and youtube creator, or other affordable things.

Ofcourse. Those without jobs can start by solving problems around them or providing solutions to problems around them, and probably start by asking people for donations, I believe good people will donate if they they did a good job. Don't worry too much about making money from your products and services, just do them first, make sure they safe/good and give those who can afford them to test/try and pay later if they are satisfied with your products/services. If they don't pay and you deserved to be paid, you will be paid by the CREATOR in other ways (if you believe). *It's more blessed to give than to receive*... People need faith

There are many unemployed in my country of different ages. It is not easy to get a steady job that can generate monthly income due to the lack of available job vacancies. It's no secret that someone who wants to work in government has to prepare some money just to make it easier for him to get a job, but I don't know if this is also true in all regions of my country, but at least I can see it in my area. Very silly

In 2021 I see something different from teenager to adult when it come to making money. They are increasingly interested in making money online, be it selling product, service and so on. I have also noticed that there is increasing interest in investing of all ages and this is another option for a small part of the population to make money, but it can help them.

Something very different is happening in my country and it is very sad. There is no work to be done and the only option for ordinary people in rural areas is agriculture.

I think the situation is difficult everywhere but there are sectors of the economy that have been hit really hard and the tourism sector is one of them, I think that what we need to do is that if someone loses their job and they cannot find another one then they need to create their own opportunities and create a small business that employ themselves, in my case I do have some spare time that I could use to try to boost my personal economy but fortunately at the time I do not need to do so.

This is a good topic, and something that might really hit home here before long. Things at work have been a bit hard of late, and I'm not sure if I'll have work come the end of the year.  I thought since so many jobs were open, being that people are doing better making unemployment money vs getting a job, that there would be a lot of opportunity out there.  I am finding that isn't necessarily the case for what I do.  Wishing everyone the best, times are heard, no two ways about it.

Can't blame some of those Youtubers. It is not just those truck drivers actually. I had seen a lot of sudden burst of Family Vlogs happening for the same reason, I suppose. It just kind of concerning that they are risking their privacy just to earn quick back from monetization from Youtube.

In Facebook, I could also say the same. Even my colleagues just started launching their own Facebook Page dedicated to some random gaming livestream, though I am not fan of livestreaming that much.

My country is in a pretty bad state to say the least, there is a very high rate of unemployment over here and then if one is lucky enough to find a job, then they are either underpayed or they are not payed at all, cause salaries are always being owed over here resulting in numerous strike actions, people would not mind to do an extra job over here, but they hardly have the time, establishments use their workers till there is nothing left in them, making it almost impossible for them to find an extra source of income.

Having said that, citizens of my country are fascinated with additional ways of making an extra income especially when it comes to something they can do online, crypto is a really "hot" subject over here and I'm elated quite a lot of the young population are interested in it, our government is very corrupt, thus the citizens are more or less left to solve many problems themselves that's why crypto being a decentralized network is popular here.

In my country there are numerous job options, you just have to be good at least at something. I’ve never had a problem with finding a job, only the opposite. At a certain time I got too many job and collaboration offers and they all seemed interesting, so I took the offered opportunities and have been working at as many as 4 jobs simultaneously!! Of course, I was exhausted, so eventually, I sticked only with the 2 most preferable options.

I don’t know how can it be a problem to find a job and I’m from a developing country, I hardly think in many countries the situation is different. An interesting job - yes, might be a problem. Well paid - also have to search well. But any job - knock yourself out. I often found that people who say “I can’t find a job” don’t really have a problem like that. By these words they mean (but don’t say out loud) “I want a job where I wouldn’t have to work a lot and at the same time I’d get a high salary”. Well, that might be a problem.

I’m not saying that’s always the case, but from my experience, that’s pretty common.

Not really, even if it pays good. I mean, I would do it for a while, but I know I would end up quitting soon because I get burned out very easily. Already have a shit tons of stuffs going on. Wouldn't want more.
You should tell your friends to try doing something. Maybe sell their skills or services online? There are various platforms where you can do that. If they are good, I am sure they will get hired.

Yeah.. playing poker isn't a job unless you are some kind of a professional poker player... but will it still be considered as a job even if you are one? Maybe it is, maybe it is not. Got to see if they get paid for playing lol. Better to consider poker as a form of entertainment though.

In my country, people are working for so many hours. It is more than the normal weekly working hours (like 40 hours in a week). Of course, not all people are working for this many hours but there are too many people like this. Because more than 40% of the people in my country work with minimum wage. And employers act like they are slaves of them. They want them to work for inhuman hours and they don't even want to pay their overtime wage.

This is really sad and I hope that it will change someday and my country will become one of the developed countries.

What you say happens a lot in third world countries where the majority of the population has very little income. Therefore they have to work hard
to be able to make more money, usually by increasing their working hours. This only makes people look like slaves to big companies, which are
owners of big companies whose lives are getting more prosperous. I also live in a Southeast Asian country which is indeed a third world country,
but I refuse to work for a company. Because the income I get, does not match the hours I work. I prefer to sell goods online, in various market places
in my country.

This is totally the saddest part of human lives where we need to grind more to earn more money and have a decent life but don't take to much stress on your work since you need to treat yourself sometimes to ease the stress and still became healthy eventhough we have lots of time burned on weekdays. But also actually we can get out on modern day slavery if we work hard and find better solution there are so many options available in the world and its up for us on which of them we will gonna pick up or if we will make a move to try and test those possible options.

In my country the job opportunities are many, the bad thing is the payment, because they offer you a little more than 4USD, but with arrangements and if you are lucky they can give you a little more combining it with benefits such as 1/4 of markets or something for the style. The people that are emerging is because they have previously made investments in traditional businesses, be they medicine or food.

For some, the youngest get a good investment to play in AXIE, Tibia, among other games, university professionals do not find it useful to study, because there are no well-paid jobs, those who play can dedicate themselves to other things, such as having a business, or do anything that generates money, business in my country is a swing, it is the one that takes the best opportunity to take advantage of it and while it is possible.

what could be the job that you are in right now ? you can teach your friends about it if you care for them .
 it wasnt only your friends that are strugling to get a job but majority of the population are experiencing the same , thats because of covid 19  .
 for now it can be easier to find a carreer online more than offline and working online is made more possible because of cryptocurrencies or blockchains  .

That has also been the case in my country, getting a job has been a really difficult thing. Even fresh graduates no longer put hope in their certificates, once they graduate most of them look forward to starting their businesses and not waiting for the government to give them jobs, and while most of them who have no ideas on how they will start a business ends up in a pretty condition.

And just like you have pointed, the coronavirus pandemic made everything worse, it seemed like it turned the country upside down, a country that was already trying hard not to fall. A lot of people lost their jobs because of this, so imagine how bad this is.

First of all, thanks for asking. Not everyone does this kind of idea to ask other people how they are doing or what their situation is.
It's really bad. Thankfully, I also have the skills to make some money online in a legal way and then there are savings.
My only problem is I don't want to take anything from those savings which are in Bitcoin and Ethereum. I want it to rot for the future.
Now, I am seeking other ideas to make more money. I have a lot of spare time but just cannot find what I want to do for that excess time.

I guess I am still one of the lucky individuals but I also feel for those who don't.
We just don't have the capability or enough resources to help them which is the sad part.

I believe everyone needs another job aside from investing and trading. Investing can bring a high amount of profits but still having a stable income aside from investing can help you mentally to make sure if you will get N dollars per month and this will help you to do not have any stress about incomes, taxes, bills, rents, and food prices. If you ask me I would say that I do have another remote job paying me good per month to pay the bills and that's why I won't have any problem even if I get nothing from investing.

Well, my goodness in our country it is still very difficult to find a job, in addition after the pandemic, of course, the solution is easy to solve. There is a reduction in the workforce because companies do not want to hire them with large expenses during a pandemic where factories operate less than foreign parties.

The existence of technology, crypto trading, being an online shop seller, and various other investments may help young people, but not for those who are over 50 years old, they are more into the daily trading sector. The lack of attention from the government that provides comprehensive assistance makes us more unstable in controlling the macroeconomy.

Finally, those who are clueless will find it very difficult to control the situation after the pandemic.

the situation in my country is very stressful and the city center has a pretty high death rate, they completely ban people from the streets and now there are a lot of unemployed people including me, but I got a job plow online games to earn money like axie. extra income in addition I also became a youtuber, currently my income is quite stable, how about you?

If I am able to yes, extra money in this world made by the capitalist is always a weelcome thing for me, better not starve to death or you end up with nothing in the end because you don't want extra work even if you're available. I love making money, all the things that I've bought is a symbol that I am grateful that I am making money.

You will get additional work, as long as you look for it seriously, like being in this forum is not just discussing. At least some income can be obtained from it. So you have extra money when the economic conditions are unstable in every country. Then your other income is working as a transportation driver, that's very cool, even though there are still passenger limits which are currently a new rule to prevent virus transmission. Even though it is detrimental to the driver, for the safety of all parties you can definitely solve it.

At this point, the most important part is how much free time you have after the work. If it is not much, then there is no way that I can do an additional job. Otherwise, it depends on the money I'm going to earn while doing the additional work. If it isn't worth it, then there is no point in just consuming ourselves to earn just a little more.

It is not really about the nation you are living in, it is about the skills you have. There are some coders in the world who are working freelance on many many different projects at the same time and making a great amount of money as well.

I would understand that it would be quite impossible for many people to do that because we lack the skills, but for example I could technically find other jobs to do as a freelancer myself (writer), however I just do not have the time for it so I do not even look for them, I am barely keeping up with the current work let alone get another one, but technically speaking for someone else it is possible to find 3-4 different jobs. So what this means is, in this day and age, do not learn a skill that can't be turn into digital work, it just doesn't make sense at all. Find a job where you can do remotely from your PC and get real good at it and build a great resume and portfolio to show others and get jobs.

With the digital age right now, all jobs will always be connected online so if we have skills that are in demand online, i think we should grab it by now. The pandemic will still continue so if possible, we should learn multi tasking so we can also generate profits from a lot of sources.

I think landing in 3-4 jobs will only be possible if you have enough time to do them and you have all the good resources needed to make your job be profitable. If not, better focus on the one that gives you stable income that can cater to all your family's needs.

We have to face the real situation that this pandemic makes people become hungry to find a good job that is why some professionals just drop their pride and take any vacant job just for the sake to have income. If we can find an extra job that was a great opportunity for you, many are still hopeless to get one and you have a chance already if that only I can carry it over and perform the task well, I should not hesitate to take it.
We need to be practical this time and we don't need to be chossy otherwise, we live nothing or to live on the sidewalk asking something.

Most countries right faced such struggles because of pandemic, also for my country the situation didn't went well due to health crisis. Taking an additional work related to cryptocurrency is a great alternative in order to begin a new journey of life. Right now I am looking forward to submit an early retirement on my current job, then proceed to cryptocurrency future plans. I am planning to focus with it, most specially there's a freedom to choose that leads us to our comfort zone.

For me, as newly graduate civil engineer, the opportunities are infinite. Luckily this sector is not heavily affected by pandemic specially the rural areas project. I personally prefer rural areas to work right now rather than urban due to this pandemic. Less contact to possible covid infected ones.

In my Country, Covid19 also affect us greatly. Many people working from Cities are now jobless and returning now to their individual hometown. While still jobless for months, of course people nowadays are fond of technologies and researching for type of online generated income, like online selling etc. and now crypto is very popular just because of Axie Infinity. Many people of our country enter the world of crypto but only know axie infinity and nothing else, correct me if im wrong. But still Axie and other NFT games are of great help to my fellow countrymen, and for the managers of NFTs and bounty campaign here, Thanks for sharing ideas and creating the projects. More knowledge to share thanks.

And my Answer for Would you be able to take an additional work if required?
Of Course, as long as I can, Because I really need it.

Imagine i've been working as an HR Staff for the past 3 years, I've been assign by Payroll system of 200 employees, Data Entry and Information System and other remittances, but still not promoted roughly getting salary of 120 dollar a month. My god imagine that, its because I need it so I grab the opportunity. Can't even travel to find Job because of pandemic. That's how sad life is. Now I'm just reading and learning more about Crypto's here at bitcointalk, my account has been created way back 2017 and I just log in here time to time, I'm back in learning Because I need it. So Would you be able to take an additional work if required? Yes yes yes   :) :)

Due to the impact of the epidemic, my company has been affected. In order to save costs, we work from home. Salary bonuses are affected. For a little more income, I will make some desserts for sale. I am happy to find something to do besides work.

Recently, the cryptocurrency market has improved, and it has also allowed me to make money.

Well, if it's a side hustle, it's probably not going to take a long time to work on, probably it's around 2 or 3 hours so I don't think it's not as disruptive as it is. Only time I consider not taking a side job is if it takes a lot of time that it competes with my main job.

Yes, I agree to do something additional if required cause I was faced with this problem. lots of people facing This problem as like me so I am always ready to do additional work this could period.

My country is in the red zone when there is a serious covid19 epidemic today, people are confused and afraid.  All shops, cafes, services... are sealed according to government directives.  Thousands of people worry about hunger, myself included.  I have a full-time job for a telecommunications service company with a sales and service support position.  But everything seems to be frozen, unable to deploy regular services.  Corporations require employees to work from home and support wages to maintain employment.  Maybe a little luck is left with me.  But it can't last long and right now, 100% of businesses have almost deployed sales channels, promoting products and services online through social networking channels, facebook, ... In fact,  all forms of active organization put forth by the government, 2,000 soldiers.  prepare to resupply and move to red support zone.  The situation is really difficult.  As you can see, I am trying to build a balanced trajectory of time here, with any form (bounty/airdrop) to maintain income or consumption levels for individuals and families.  .

The unemployment rate is high in most of the developing and underdeveloped countries and it's like educated pupils are also not getting any job even after higher qualifications also and they are sitting idle due to this.Unemployment gives rise to criminal activities as youth is not working and they neee funds or money to survive and what can do for the same? Their minds get diverted to odd and illicit activities like robbery,murder and some other.The poverty is also one of the reason as to support family they need to work but jobs are not available.The government are not doing much to improve this and every time they make false promises to win the elections and once they get in power they will make policies that will benefit them.But if you say doing some sort of odd stuff then most people are not talented enough to make YouTube videos or set up their own business and need job to fulfill their needs.Bitcoin is still not acceptable here so they need fiat but what will be the source for the same.

Even before the pandemic began, I used to work at home as a virtual assistant, data entry jobs and other online gigs out there. However, I am not the type of guy who is just simply relying on one income source only. I am hungry for more as long I could balance both work, family and rest, and I am not satisfied and contented yet of my income despite that I’m kinda happy.

For now I am working on a couple of companies doing ambassador stuff, sponsored Youtube videos or interviews, and also investing and playing various play-to-earn blockchain NFT games.

Right now, I am in a position where I cannot find time for doing anything else after my regular job and signature campaign. All my times are enough for my family life and for these two. I was in plan to join my friend's team who are all making decent money from stocks and forex trading but due to lack of time, I am just focusing on what suit me after my day job. I am comfortable to write in this forum in my free time which makes me unable to find more free time to do anything else.

Due to lack of time, I am also looking for passive income generation but so far I find nothing suitable for my investment category and risk assessment. If bitcoin reaches some big value then I may invest some money in real estate which will be acting like my passive investment for one-time good returns.

Just as I rely on signature campaigns to meet the needs of myself and my little family because I can take the time and prioritize it to do this job the best I can to stay afloat.
and I have a side job with my wife which has only been running for about two months, my wife bakes cakes or other food to sell packaged via online and when someone places an order I deliver the order and there is still a delivery charge.
during the pandemic we have to be creative in order to make money and I am grateful and also happy to live it.

Well, in my country,  there is really no tangible plan by the government to create jobs for the youths. This inevitably means that youths have  to take it upon themselves to look for a way to make money and this means one has to, most of the time, work online or becomes an entrepreneur.
Personally, I prefer working online as this gives me enough time to do other relevant things necessary for my personal growth. I particularly participate in signature and bounty campaigns to help complement the income I make as a graphics and visual identity designer.

I am here ... as a bounty hunter is one of the activities carried out and may also be an additional source of economic income from bounty prizes. while the work that is busy every day is as a farmer seeing the age that is no longer suitable for companies and factories especially during this pandemic the government seems unwise to us farmers

Finding a job this time of pandemic in our country is very difficult but you can find different online works if you have skills. But if there is other online works suited for me, I will grab it because I need to earn more. Right now, I’m just focused on my day trade somehow helping with the family’s needs.

At this time of the pandemic, employment is a big struggle in our country now that the economy is really at its bottom and many industries are also affected. I would not mind taking an additional work, which I am doing right now, because it is really a priceless shot to have employment opportunities and to actually be able to grab it at this time. My mantra in life right now is to grab every opportunity there is possible to make money and sustain my needs.

Now I think that the situation has become very difficult for many countries in the world, even those that were very prosperous, I think that the pandemic has unleashed all these kinds of problems where unemployment has been a great denominator.

Many people not only do 1 job, they do many jobs, they leave very early and arrive very late from just working, in the case of people who are from countries like Venezuela and go to the USA, they work in at least 3 jobs, most of them They are from washing bathrooms, washing dishes, cleaning, and they really do not care about physical fatigue, and what they earn is only to support themselves, pay rent, meals, among others.

- Online connection is only for office workers and the number of such fields is also very limited, besides, during the pandemic period, many companies' activities have been blocked, contracts cannot be discussed and as a result, there is no work for the staff below. Some freelancers like designing and coding for programming have the upper hand but projects are rare these days and not everyone can be a professional who can work independently and from home, it's good to have a job that can be done from home but unfortunately the salary has been cut by a large part and much support is needed no matter how much

Our country is also in the middle of an economic crisis, a job crisis too. The number of unemployed resulted in many crimes. People in our country survive in their own way, still rarely rely on the internet to make money unless they know technology. Maybe most of them sell online. And a small number like us invest in the trading market looking for profit through crypto.

yes of course i took it.

We can see the current state of the world is uncertain, the economy is falling due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

But for now I do some additional work, such as; Become a freelance writer, photo and video editor and manage social media accounts.

If you already have a main job then it will be better if you leave that job for someone who is totally jobless. In my country, many people are jobless in this situation. So in this situation, I won't take another side job if I already have one. We should sacrifice some opportunity sometimes to help others in their dire situation. Everyone has their own mindset so it was just my opinion not to offend anyone.

i'm lucky to have a fairly stable business and also generate quite a bit of crypto.  Even here the conditions are quite difficult, everyone is struggling to live and trying to find a decent job, but those who are old have difficulty getting a job because many companies prefer fresh graduates.  i think this condition has taught me a lot that investment is very important.

It may vary for everyone based on their country and the kind of economy they live in. As for myself, I lost my job during the pandemic spread. It was more of a resign than being kicked from my job though. I was asked to do the same work I was doing earlier at insanely half the salary I used to get earlier. It was quite impossible for me because once you get a set salary you get habitual of spending it in a particular manner.

Thankfully I found another job and gladly enough, they provide me enough time such that I can do some creative things. I now work as a marketing manager for a few small brands locally which also generates decent revenue and all I need to do is guide the guys in the extra time.

As long as that opportunity comes and it's all good to my working ethics and schedule, I would be glad to accept it. But there are those opportunities that have to be declined because it will make you feel that you're out of place and won't make you happy.
If that's the case, if you think that it will make you unhappy better not grab that opportunity and just let someone take it.

In my country, Venezuela, people do anything to survive as the informal economy: They sell food, confectionery, vegetables, fruits, eggs, chicken and meats, everything looks like a mobile market due to the economic crisis we are experiencing and of course the Covid19.

Also people are starting their own business like selling clothes, shoes, handbags, a variety of things. As well as the confectionery, barbershop and hairdresser.
In relation to the tourism sector, it is a source of income that has also been devastated by Covid19 as has happened in other countries.

Tourism is heading towards national parks such as Morrocoy, Los Roques Archipelago, Mochima, Canaima, which are the four great parks visited by tourists.

For my part, I do remote work doing social media marketing for a crypto platform.

Investments & Savings, I would add.

I have gone through some of the worst times of my life in the last 2 years where I have seen families broken, young people suiciding and even some kids begging on roads for food. It was heart-wrenching and impossible to express in words. It has although made me very strong internally because I feel like I have seen the worst things in life and nothing can really go worst from here.

One must save money whenever and however they can. If you feel you have a safe job and good savings, think about it and save more. Save some more and again do the same. Bad times will take away all those savings like nothing and you won't even realize.

In this world, of course, we can get many opportunities in whatever situation is going on, as long as we are willing to try and keep moving.

The cryptocurrency, is an opportunity that is already feasible and its popularity is increasing, why not? Of course people who are more advanced will come here and some take this as an additional job.

Even though in my country it is not completely legal, but it still allows selling it to local currency, well.. there are still many things that can be done of course with the internet today, and there are many opportunities in cryptocurrencies such as being able to invest, trade, mine, work in campaigns, etc., this can still be done and of course it is still a driver of the financial/income side, even if only at home.

And there should be no shame in doing it and admitting it. I have a few friends who actually do some small jobs and earn money but for some reason they feel so bad about it that they hide it from everyone else apart from the close ones.

I feel no work is small enough to feel ashamed about or bad enough to discard as long as you are comfortable enough to do it.

During the crisis, one thing I seriously learned is that one shall never rely on a single source of income. No matter how much you earn from that source, keep a keen eye on alternatives.

That's my only condition too, long as it doesn't interfere with my free time and I make money that's worth my time spending on that extra work, I would gladly accept, I mean who doesn't want to get paid more, it's actually good that we're going to make more money since this is a capitalist world we live in.

Anyone that has a job should try and get more  things at hand not just depending on a single job, maybe a salary job that could die off if another wave of covid-19 comes into play based on the recent complains we have being seeing and hearing on television on how covid-19 cases is increasing without a go measure to handle the spread.

Covid-19 had really showed us on how to double our quest to do more job hunting or investing in different field to reduce the risk of becoming broke if any pandemic eventually happens again or any factors that can affect our rate of survive during penury resurgence.

What happens is that the economic recovery is going to be very slow, we are still facing the pandemic as there is a third or even a fourth wave in many countries around the world and people are not spending money as they did before as they do not have as much and they are saving it in the case they need it, this is slowing down the economy even more and people do anything in order to bring money to feed their families, it is sad reality but this is happening all over the world as we speak.

The situation is difficult in all countries and even my country due to the Corona epidemic, which destroyed the economy and made people retire at home without work, but fortunately I am with you here working in this forum as a promoter and I have my YouTube channel and my blog, Working online takes time, and we all have enough time to get started. My advice is to start working on what you are good at.

I believe this is the case with the constant risk of diminishing manpower plus the lack of solid observation of employees. Especially in the customer service sector, where most of my friends work at, it has been stated that most of them take in chores and tasks that would otherwise require an administrator or a higher-up to initiate just so they can cut off the middleman to save some time and serve more customers in the process. They still have a boss but they pretty much do the same stuff for I would assume a lower pay rate. And that alone is the reason why I believe I wouldn't enjoy it. cryptocurrency is but a portion of what can really be done in this pandemic setting, although I would say most of the alternatives is starting to get a little saturated as well. Then again this could very well be the reason why more people are much more accepting of Bitcoin and cryptocurrency in general during this pandemic setting.

I do crypto work .
I do it work.

I can find more work than I can handle.

I will be building some mining rigs and selling them this week.

pick up some $$ doing  it.

I will always take additional work If I'm given an opportunity to work a side hustle.
One of the most on-demand work from home in my country is online tutor. Where you will teach children from countries that doesn't prioritize English lessons in public schools.
I have tried applying a couple of times with 2 different companies, but failed to pass their series of test and interviews. What makes it hard is the number of applicants that makes it a tight competition of who's going to get the job.

Not many people are confident with the use of YT vlogging.
I admire those people who can accept all kinds of bashing, comments or any posts from the viewers.
This venture is not for me, you are right, better cultivate the skills and talents where you are good at.
And not follow the others just for the sake you thought they are earning good money.
Because if it is not for you, you will only fail. So better look for opportunities that suit your skills.

If necessary, I will definitely do extra work.
If I can, I don't want to do extra work.
I want to spend more time with my family and children. I prefer to travel and make friends.
Cryptocurrency is now a side business of mine. I have now become a habit of investing in cryptocurrencies. I rarely take one thing as a habit. I am willing to consider cryptocurrency as my habit.

It is impossible to do extra work if you want to but I think if you do more work than you need, it puts a lot of pressure on the brain and the mood becomes irritable. You have to do a certain amount of work and there should be entertainment in between the work this will make the work much easier to work in crypto you have to learn to control your mind. Under pressure business will be at risk that's why you have to learn to work in the midst of entertainment.

In my country until now the government still encourages everyone to work from home, so even though the situation is difficult with the pandemic, but for now I personally can still work to earn an income with online based jobs, one of which is trading in the crypto market and besides my crypto too managing an online store business.

You can do extra work, there are some people are doing 2 8-hour jobs just so they can make more money to make it easy for their responsibility to live and to have a good future and have enough money to do just fine. Also, it's not like all extra work takes a lot of time, some of the extra works that I know only has 2 hours and a decent pay so it's not all that bad.

For the current situation of the world? I wouldn't mind to take multiple jobs right now as my current workplace is having skeletal work force due to Covid-19 and while I cannot rely my job to earn decent amount well I will take what opportunity will come to me as long as that one is not illegal. I'm sure other has the same mindset to since its really hard to get a good pay cuts now so we can expect that many people are now doing multiple jobs just to provide food to their family.

Here in our country, the situation is very challenging given the pandemic situation we are in. We still haven't bounced back. In fact, we are still stuck inside our homes. I can't recall how many times our government have imposed lockdowns to "contain the virus", yet they always fail because the number of cases reported and recorded each day don't lie. The covid-19 cases here in our country continues to go higher despite the lockdowns and vaccinations. It's very unfortunate for us that we are being led by bunch of incompetent officials.

Right now, I have cryptocurrency as another source of income.  I am fortunate enough to have enough funds to invest in nft games that have become a trend last year and this year. It serves as another stream of income for me to buy the things I need and the things I want. This also serves as my entertainment during this awful situation we are in. If I want to, I can still find additional work, but I have so much on my plate right now that I have to focus on, so I might not entertain the idea of finding another one. I can say I am privileged enough and I am very thankful for it that's why I'm making the most of it despite having dull days.

Most of these tasks can't be done part-time. Selling stuff and all takes a lot of time and effort, at least during the initial few months. And in case you can't respond to the queries on time, or not able to ship the products without delay, then the business will suffer. Making videos in YouTube is another such profession. If you are not making videos on a regular basis, then the subscribers will desert you. And this is not an easy job. Making a 10 minute video takes 2-3 days of effort, in filming, editing.etc.

My business suffered last year because of covid and the lockdown in my country. Businesses were put on halt only business that thrived was those in food business, groceries e.t.c..People were more concerned about food to eat than buying clothes.
It was around last year December I became active on bitcointalk and I can tell you, my life has changed since then. I discovered I can make money utilising the growing crypto industry. I started OTC trading, buying and selling bitcoins and I can say I'm doing well.

I'm also in my mid-lives, and I'm a fresh graduate. I decided to cancel my plans due to lockdown, we had so many seasons of community quarantine, and I have no idea when this will end. I decided to look for a remote job cause I want to keep my family safe. It is also a challenge for me cause It would be a new environment if I chose on-site office work. Commuting is also a hassle due to restrictions. I'm currently balancing my time for my family, my learning, and my freelance work. As long as everyone's safe and we have no problem with food and bills, it's fine. We're all trying to keep our sanity in these trying times.

Me too, I don't have a lot of places to go to and I can adapt from a work from home set up given that the company provides me with enough money for the time I spend on them and at the same time they also subsidize the equipments needed for work. Maybe not another full time job but maybe another side hustle can work

the current situation in my country has started to rise and job vacancies have started to appear, only those who are hired are those who have been vaccinated, but those over the age of 50 must be willing to not be able to get a job here

I was lucky to earn extra money from crypto in this forum (joined a signature campaign that paid with bitcoin)
now we have to take advantage of every opportunity to make extra money because we don't know what difficulties are waiting for us in the future

This thing called job is not everyone calling, it may work for some while other will keep searching until they become fed up and will eventually give up but then it will be late. The time they were supposed to be productive, they have used it to search for job that wasn't for them.
I stay in a developing country where corruption has eaten every politician, the brain has been programmed by the political fathers on how to embezzle public fund and when the want to punish them, they used immunity of power to play the system, now tell me how will other countries invest in a lawless environment? The job here are limited and I'm working on been self employed, if bitcoin take me to moon today, I will migrate out of here to Finland hopefully  ;D

We must confront the reality that this pandemic causes individuals to become desperate for work, which is why some professionals are willing to put their pride aside and take any vacant job just to make ends meet. If we can locate an extra position, that would be a fantastic opportunity for you; many others are still looking for work, and you already have one if I can carry it over and do a good job.

That's true and if you hire a team to do the work on your behalf, you need to ensure that you are actually earning enough to afford all the staff. Initially, in any business, you will not make any money for few months which also hurts a lot. People often think part-time jobs are an easy and quick way of making money but I have done these part-time jobs and they are more exhausting than regular jobs because you don't get the same relaxation in these.

A lot of people consider trading as a part-time job but if you don't give enough time to your trading and learn enough every day, you will actually lose money to trading instead of earning from it.

With limited free time had left due to long hours in the office job or even the work at home can still make some side hustle if we are really in greed of money. Maybe some people could make it due to financial needs and sometimes they work 24 hours, I can't really imagine that but a few people did this.

But I'm not sure seeing good results from that, I mean, it was not the wisest thing to do as it was likely we are killing ourselves due to lack of rest. Maybe 2-3 jobs, with still have a few hours to relax that seems okay.

this is the most possible thing and not without reason because basically we can still use clothes even though the clothes are old, the most important thing is that they can still be used and feel comfortable when used and that is enough, different from the food and the food we eat. this is a basic need that must be present every day as a support for us to be able to live and compete in a harsh life.
In addition, the effects of the pandemic, which requires us to maintain a healthy diet, are also being felt by the community, so it is very possible that the food sector is still needed differently from clothing and others.
the anticipation might be like what you did, namely moving for a while it would be better because if you just stay in the clothing sector you are unlikely to last for a long time if you look at current conditions and crypto can be a pretty good choice because apart from information it is now easy found here there are also many people who share their knowledge for free all you need here is desire and tenacity.

I felt the virus was over and we are moving towards normality but after reading your post, it seems like not all the countries are out of the hole yet. In fact as I search now, some new strains are found in some countries which is really terrifying news. Economically we have been hit hard and I am not sure if there's any room for another hit on the economy.

I hope you and everyone has the strength to fight out these tough times and somehow come out of this low soon. Thankfully, I have been able to manage life quite nicely during all these pandemics and lockdowns because we had a lot of savings and fortunately, I am from an upper-middle-class family.

Crypto basically saved my life in this case, I could make a lot more money if I had the time or the talent for it, but I do have one job and it is really difficult to get more. People who work multiple jobs are saints, I do not know how they could focus so much on one job and then get into another job, it is really a difficult one because we are talking about something that is crazy difficult to handle, for me even one job is not easy to handle all by itself, and I know people who had 3 jobs at one point which is why it is quite awesome for them to handle it.

But, the main problem stands that we should be able to live with one job, we should be able to do all the things a regular people need, a good house (even if rent) a decent car, good meal, send kids to school, have what you need at house, pay hospital bills if you need to, basically live like a decent human being, and that is such a big task with one job these days.

Exactly. The basic commodities these days have become so expensive so if we are just paid with a minimum wage, it will not be enough to cater to all the expenses. Even landing into a stable job is still not a guarantee that you won't be out of budget. It's still good to have another source of income or sidelines so you can live comfortably without worries for finances.

I'm glad i entered into crypto which is definitely a life saver for me because it has even paid mostly of my bills and able to sustain all my family's needs for survival. I think the first basic thing that we should conquer these days is survival especially in this time of pandemic wherein a lot of workers have become jobless due to closing of companies who mostly declare bankruptcy. In this crazy time, crypto has even started to excel not just as an investment alone but also as a reserved currency to fiat. And it is even a good source of income today because its offering a lot of jobs to jobless people. 

I had already some problems on getting hired on a day job because of lacking credentials and criteria or qualification for a job and that's why I did really make myself to search online on what are the possible things that I could involved on as long I do able to make money and this is the time I do discover cryptocurrencies which it did really change the way in terms of financial capacity.

The things that I cant really buy in the past where im able to buy it now already which is im really thankful for this opportunity to come.Crypto isn't really just for utility but also for the
sense on making profits or income even though it isn't really that guaranteed but at least you could make while you still can.

Additional work is just depending on someones capacity because not all would really be that skillful or knowledgeable on lots of things.

If the payment or reward is good enough I can. I will not be taking an additional work for fun. There must be something rewarding about it first for me. Nobody likes to work for free.


Africa looks cursed to me from the things happening there and the pattern of government administrations run in those countries. Corruption is like highest in Africa among all continents of the world. Another thing is the timidness of citizens in those countries that make their leaders exploit them any how they want.

Coming from a country like mine, where corrupt practices is the other of the day and has eaten deep into the fabric of the system to the point that, it almost seems like there is almost nothing anyone could do about it, having a second job if you can find the time to work it is a no question. Not if you have a taste for some level of comfort and you need to prepare yourself ans family to the storms ahead that your not even aware of it to exists.
Living in a nation where the rise and fall of prices of commodities and the in vacation of its currencies is not synonymous or can't correlate,  you just need a second, third and even forth stre of income. Still looking out for a few myself, where to dig in for opportunities and reap the best of my investments or entrepreneurship.

It’s always good to have a side income source. A lot of times I have ran into a situation where the money I get from my main job is not enough to take my bills and then I have to start looking for money again to help me get through those kind of situations. So it’s really important to have that means of side income to help yourself.

For me, I have always had to do a lot of things, and just like you said about your country’s economy, it has been the same for where I live, the economy kind of got bad lately. So, I have been doing a lot of things lately apart from my main job to be able to sustain myself and have a better life. It’s not always easy, it’s all about hard work.

No one in the world we're living in will survive (pay bills, shopping, take care of the kid's expenses and themselves) with just a single job even the Billionaire we're seeing today are into two more businesses which fetch them money.
This is what I came to understand lately and doing some research to make things work for me.

I would definitely take up another job. In the country I reside in, the economy is failing, unemployment is worse than ever before, employees are at the mercy of their employers. Those who got jobs endure the working because in the blink of an eye they can be laid off for not just cause be replaced by another person. They literally work to live because that's all they got. Those who have skills are at an advantage because they can do two or three jobs and get to decide how, when and where they want to work.

It seems that in the UK now there is a labour shortage - not for all jobs, but for those that were usually taken by the Eastern Europeans and the Polish. With BREXIT, you need to have a Visa to work in the UK, so many people who took seasonal jobs without any friction now are in their countries while UK farmers and hospitality business owners are having to raise the prices to pay for the increased salaries for retaining the workers.

There were comments of "foreigners taking up English jobs"... it seems that the English never wanted those jobs anyway.

Thats why its really important for you to be that versatile or learning up multiple skills at once because it is some sort of back up if your been fired or laid off on a job on where you could at least see
yourself to have some chance in terms of qualifications due to the skills you do possess which would really be an advantage into someone who does have several skills compared into having one.
It is really hard to have some income nowadays.Lots had lost their jobs and we do need to find another source of income for us to survive.Sad reality that people who do have the skills
will really mostly benefit out.

If the additional work doesn't take as much time as my primary job, then I would think of accepting it seriously. But there is another condition here also. The additional work should pay a good amount to convince me to do it. Otherwise, I wouldn't want to waste my time and deplete my energy. Because allocating as much time as possible to myself is also very important to me.

Sometimes we tend to forget that we are working too hard that we are already destroying our health. it should be our first priority and it's normal that everyone will look for an opportunity to increase their income, but let us not forget that we work to live, not live to work.

Well this is much normal especially if we want to give a better  life to our family for sure we will sacrifice our body just to earn money and live decent life which we can pay all our bills,debts or other personal needs. But we should remember that eventhough we have goals that's why we work hard still we still need to rest 1 whole day in a week so that we can recharge as well spend our quality time to our family so that we can get the stress and tiredness for the whole week of work.

My country's situation since the pandemic for almost 2 years has been very difficult, many companies have closed and laid off employees, I was also affected by Covid so I had to stop working, now I sell food in a shop in front of my house which is close to the market, maybe I have to be tired from selling food. when not a customer then I fill it with online. My current additional income is from crypto such as investing crypto and also being a bounty hunter.

Yes, if it's paying well and it's not going to burn me out and it's just a side hustle then probably I can do it. I mean, who doesn't need money, in this world where our wants and needs can be fulfilled by cash sometimes or most of the time, an extra money in your pocket won't hurt you that much.

having only 1 income can't meet the needs of our family every day...

my main job is online seller but since there are so many competitors my sales have dropped drastically, making extra money from this forum is the best thing for me. if I don't know bitcoin and this forum for sure I will try to make money very hard outside.

Extra work? Yes, that's what we need so far.

The pandemic continues to escalate in my area which is currently designated a Red Zone by the local government. Very unstable economic condition require us to have additional jobs where online is one of the choice. Actually I have a real job as one of the employees, it is a job that I can't leave. So far my trading and activity on forums has helped me financially during the pandemic although I never considered this a job. I'm also learning about YouTube where I'm still learning to edit and prepare content according to my interests, this seems like a good choice for me. I don't know when this pandemic will end, leaving many of us financially miserable if we don't have the skills to make money.