Re: Switching careers?
Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 6:17 pm
how much time would you hope to work in a month to earn that $350? is it 100% necessary that you work online? where are you based? is the $350 "for survival"? You don't need to give the answers to anyone except yourself - but I'm inviting you, if you haven't already done so, to consider those answers in the context of you actual _needs_ (remaining solvent in the short-medium term?) rather than your _desires_ (animating to address you needs?).
and the reason is to help you make a comparison between:
> the average hourly rate you might get from animation gigs net of time / expenses for such as getting yourself noticed in the market and technology costs;
> opportunities and rewards for other options for working from home that you'd find tolerable - some of which may need internet (e.g. social media moderators) and others which might not (e.g. envelope stuffing);
> the typical wage where you are that you might get for a job you could _tolerate_ (as distinct from enjoy), after deducting time/costs of turning up (recognising that, given your insistence on "online", you might have special personal / family / geographic / ... circumstances regarding mobility that would need to be properly addressed to your satisfaction before you'd consider working away from home)
and if you've already done all that - then please accept my apologies for not adding anything to this conversation...
and the reason is to help you make a comparison between:
> the average hourly rate you might get from animation gigs net of time / expenses for such as getting yourself noticed in the market and technology costs;
> opportunities and rewards for other options for working from home that you'd find tolerable - some of which may need internet (e.g. social media moderators) and others which might not (e.g. envelope stuffing);
> the typical wage where you are that you might get for a job you could _tolerate_ (as distinct from enjoy), after deducting time/costs of turning up (recognising that, given your insistence on "online", you might have special personal / family / geographic / ... circumstances regarding mobility that would need to be properly addressed to your satisfaction before you'd consider working away from home)
and if you've already done all that - then please accept my apologies for not adding anything to this conversation...