Jobs you can do with a laptop and internet connection?
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Can anyone suggest any jobs that are possible with nothing more than a laptop and an internet connection? Basically jobs that would enable the employee to be located anywhere they want, even travelling around if they so wish. Obviously things that don't require physical presence in an office, face-to-face contact with customers/suppliers or handling of physical goods.
dave_s13 said:
Retail day trading.
You cannot lose.
As it happens I've been spread betting for over ten years. I consider myself lucky to have broken even over that time. If I thought for one minute that I could make a reliable living from retail trading I'd be sat on a yacht in the Bahamas and I wouldn't have started this thread!You cannot lose.
Commissioned based sales are usually a work from home deal.... if you have an extensive and reliable client list or can generate your own leads, you will do very well.
Or something that is very time consuming and not particularly essential but needs to be done - i.e. website accuracy etc.
Or something that is very time consuming and not particularly essential but needs to be done - i.e. website accuracy etc.
MitchT said:
As it happens I've been spread betting for over ten years. I consider myself lucky to have broken even over that time. If I thought for one minute that I could make a reliable living from retail trading I'd be sat on a yacht in the Bahamas and I wouldn't have started this thread!
You're obviously not doing it right.If you were you'd definitely have a C63 and dozens of pairs of trainers, no problem whatsoever.
PorkInsider said:
MitchT said:
As it happens I've been spread betting for over ten years. I consider myself lucky to have broken even over that time. If I thought for one minute that I could make a reliable living from retail trading I'd be sat on a yacht in the Bahamas and I wouldn't have started this thread!
You're obviously not doing it right.If you were you'd definitely have a C63 and dozens of pairs of trainers, no problem whatsoever.
I just do it cos it makes me feel fulfilled and happy...I make no money though.
If you can sell, and if you can break into the circle, selling private health insurance. Friend of mine started doing this a few years ago, it does seem that you "need to know someone" as well as passing the training/assessment piece, but he appears now to making very significant money. Has to occasionally go out to meet prospective new business but is home most of the time. In fact both he & his wife work on this, it pays both of them (very well, as mentioned).
Xaero said:
The vast majority of jobs that require a computer can be done at home, it's just a matter of negotiating it with your employer or being able to get the clients if you're self employed.
Absolutely this.Those of you who are office based (myself included) - do you really need to be there, all day every day? Could you not work just as effectively if you had your desk/computer/phone etc at home? Even if you just went in once a week.
Think about all the hundreds of thousands of people sitting in traffic queues every single morning and evening, for no good reason.
Think about the improvement in your quality of life without a commute, and that we could almost wipe out 'rush hour' at a stroke.
It would be apparent very quickly when the work isn't done, if anyone was spending all their time chasing themselves round the house, so I don't see the HR dept's 'hard to monitor attendance' angle in that respect, but then I'm a firm believer in working effectively vs 'presenteeism'.
I have just negotiated working some 50miles closer to home, having done 60miles each way for over 6 years. I've been categorically assured that it is no barrier to my career progression.
TBH Its only the fact that I'm on a 750ms ping satellite connection that won't work with the VPN that home isn't an option.
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