Not going to lie - I use me some Uber all the time. It's great. I used to drive Uber/ Lyft in NY NY, of all places... I'd stream "Taxicab Confession" to the tune of $350 mon sub fees, to offset all the liabilities you' re saddled with... insurance, Licensing fees, Registration fees, Sales Taxes (Fed., State & City), repairs, oil changes, gas etc. ...sometimes came home with $0.65 for my efforts that week of 12 hr days...
I mean what's not to like? You drive, people give you money all day long. Make some paper boo boo. Call it a day.
But, there are a few downsides when it comes to using Uber/ Lyft as a side gig:
1. It's not exactly a scalable side gig. You used to make $30/ hr now it's about 9.98... Uber takes a bigger cut nowadays... Better off work'g for Walmart... word!
2. You're still basically working for Uber/ Lyft, not yourself...
3. Sometimes you'll have to pick three ultra-annoying drunk dudes up from the Houston Rockets vs. Spurs (Knicks, Nets or B'klyn) game or three girls from the gentlemen's at oh dark 30, who keep laughing about stuff that just is not funny at all in hindsight. One surmisezes, mustta been the magic mushrooms ingested earlier... And don't get the two together, makes for GR8 streaming but there's a big cleanup afterwards, especially if you were like me driving a limo picked up at police auctions for a song and going to/fro tunnels to Jersey or over the bridge to B'klyn or Queens ;,););,).
(I'm so, so sorry Uber/ Lyft driver guy & gal. ...He probably got fired for streaming, you know privacy & security issues.)
Anyway...
... the point is that I just think there are other really great side gigs out there...
Uber/ Lyft just happens to be one of the first ones that people think about...
But here's the deal:
There are butt-tons of awesome side gigs out there for you to choose from if you want to make more money, on the down low.
Over the last few years running M$$M, I've probably seen all of them.
When I put together lists of side gigs to distribute out to the fam (aka you), I typically look for ones that are:
- scalable
- pay well
- fun work
- not too competitive etc.
So today, because I'm really feeling generous on this fine Friday...Monday timeframe...
... and because this is my actual real-life job. I just send emails and make up cool nick names for myself because why not? It's wild. What a weird life I live.
Anyway:
I present to you this list of boujee side gigs.
You're welcome.
- Johnny
P.S. - Story time: my assistant is on vacation and I barely even know how to look at my emails without her help. I currently have 606 emails sitting in my inbox. I'm not even sure how I got to this point in my life. I'm actually drowning in emails. I mean if you want to send a really pleasant email saying something nice, I'll read that. But if you want to send an angry one or something (which happens from time to time), please wait till like Monday. Or never. Either way.
P.P.S - Have a nice Friday ... Monday and rest of week, go get 'em...
:)
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Date: Fri, Aug 9, 2019 at 12:47 PM
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