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Anyone know any cushy careers? I thought owning a small business meant you can work for yourself and thus only work 3 hours a day or so giving orders to employees, but I do not know if this is true. Does anyone else know?
Artist.
You splash a bunch of colors on plywood, you call the mishmash art, and sell it at Sotheby’s to some art collector or to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for tens of millions of dollars.
Another possibility is to become a food tester. Or get a government job. You can sleep on the government’s dime and your union will insure you never worry about being fired.
There are such positions, but they were already filled.
Doctor, if you can get a scholarship or someone else to pay for your medical school.
Then become a SAHM and work 8 hours a week. (I know someone who does this.)
Or a cleaning lady. They really rake it in. $20/hour, 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, plus bonuses, comes out to 40k a year and it’s off the books.
I think it depends on what you consider “work” and what you are willing to do to put yourself in that position.
For example, you could make money off investments without much active and continued effort, but you would need to get that money in the first place, and that would require work.
You could work for the government or a non-profit or in middle management, but you would generally need to be at your workplace during business hours, although you would not be working.
You could try insurance fraud. Even if you get caught, you are also going to have a bed, and food, and medical care. But you might have to work on license plates.
Artists don’t earn much. And they are always misunderstood.
rebyidd23, many of your posts are art!
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Define “best”. Highest income, least stress, most enjoyable work, fewest hours, most flexible hours, most secure income. If you are paid to do anything you would do anyways even if unpaid (sit and learn all day, stay at home with children, etc.), that’s probably the best deal since the job requires no time (you would be doing it anyways) and the income is pure profit.
That word is often used by people who lack adjectives to describe my paintings, of which there are 1 1/2.
The highest paying jobs with the least work that I can think of are lottery winner and heir. See if you can sign up for one of those.
As someone once said, the only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Owning a small business could have you working a couple hours a day. Keep in mind YOU have to start it and that takes time, unless you have tons of money and can pay people to do everything for you. Assuming the business will be successful you have at least a couple years maybe months of serious work.
Or start a pyramid scheme.
It is possible to own your own business and only work a few hours a day (or week! see The Four Hour Workweek), but on average, most small-business owners or self-employed people work long hours. That said, many are highly satisfied with their work.
Regardless of the particular job, government jobs tend to be 9-5, 40 hr/week jobs. Federal government has the best benefits, followed by state, followed by city, maybe followed by county. It is rare to get fired from such jobs. But the pay is not so high, and only increases slightly over the years, unless you take a management position.
Health care professions such as pharmacists, physician assistants and nurse practitioners are paid well, but I’m not sure about their hours — it depends on the jobs, I’m sure. They take several years of post-college study. Nurses tend to work long (12 hours) shifts.
If you know a trade, such as plumbing or carpentry, then you can often be self-employed and work when you want (though it’s hard to turn down any offers you get). This can leave time for Torah study and family.
Here goes a serious answer to your question:
First of all, what are you good at? People will pay you top dollar for your marketable skill. It may take some time to develop your skill, and in that time frame you will have to put in extra time and effort. Once you have established yourself in your field, you can make your own hours and prices.
Now, you need to decide.Do you want to start off in a low paying job and work your way up? Do you want to get a college degree? Take a course (graphics, sheitel macher etc.)? There isn’t a guarantee that with training you will be able to get a job quicker, but you are doing your ‘hishtadlus’.
Good luck!
The answer to this question is a fact and not an opinion.
ACTUARY
You work no hours. You are off every day to study for your tests. You make much more money than anyone else. You get raises and bonuses every day. They pay for all of your testing material and tests and they pay you full time basically to not work. Anyone who doesn’t become an actuary (like myself) is a either stupid or uninformed. Why don’t they teach you this in highschool and college? The worst profession is what I do.
ACCOUNTING
You work crazy hours and don’t get paid.
Torah613, $20 an hour? Not where I live (sorry, not saying where).
“owning a small business meant you can work for yourself and thus only work 3 hours a day”
Most small business owners I know work more like 13 hours a day.
If you live in NYC (for some reason), you can become a LIRR employee. Otherwise living out of town (Eastern seaboard, Chicago, West Coast) is half the battle for getting a less stressful job, and you need less money to start with.
BoruchSchwartz – My understanding is that the actuary tests are crazy hard, and if you fail too many times then you get fired, and have to start a new profession. Sounds like a luckless job to me.
gavra- thank you for telling me that. That is the first bad thing I have heard about being an actuary. Now I understand a little better why people don’t consider it the best route to go with parnassa. Maybe now it’s not THE best but it’s still top 3.
Of course most people who are actuaries are very bright and therefore do not fail the tests
“The answer to this question is a fact and not an opinion.
ACTUARY”
I don’t think it can be a fact, but its a probability 🙂
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I hear computer science jobs are very good. It pays well, there are a ton of open positions (nowadays everything needs computer science and it will only go up), it doesn’t take long to learn it/get degree(and you can learn a lot of it by yourself), and there are emerald good flexible hours
Emerald good?
BoruchSchwartz – It seems to me that you’ve never met an actuary, because every single one of your statements about them was incorrect in some way. It sounds like you got caught in the hype of all the “Actuary is the best job in America” articles, of which there are plenty, but never did any actual research into the profession. You’re missing some basic, vital information. I’d recommend doing some googling to learn about the profession.
Also, most accountants get paid very well – I’m not sure why you aren’t. Maybe it’s time to look for a new job?
Mod in the CR? Work from home at your own pace.
The pay isn’t great.
…and worth every penny.
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