EdofBorg t1_j9t2lfn wrote on February 24, 2023 at 10:36 AM

Badly paid? I average better than overtime pay from my primary job on side gigs and I don't have people who can barely change a light bulb let alone do safe construction and repairs telling me how to do it. I also work in increments. I break a job down into multiple goals. Each time I achieve the next goal I get paid or I don't do the next goal. Cuts down on scammers getting free work.

AholeBrock t1_j9u4nb0 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 4:04 PM

Right? I mod controllers for fun and started selling them on ebay so I could mod more... I have to wait for stuff to sell, but I've been able to to pull about 20-30$ an hour on labor after selling a few. Which, considering I also have fun doing it, is awesome pay for the time. OP sounds like they are critiquing someone with a terrible side hustle.

pufballcat OP t1_j9trxd6 wrote on February 24, 2023 at 2:39 PM

> break a job down into multiple goals. Each time I achieve the next goal I get paid or I don't do the next go

That sounds very sensible. How might it work in practise?

EdofBorg t1_j9wj5wf wrote on February 25, 2023 at 1:44 AM

For instance I did a job last summer actually repairing someone else's shit work. We had a land hurricane here 2 years ago and it tore this guy's rail off his deck, the stairs were separated and never attached to begin with, it needed posts underneath because of unsupported spans, a couple basement windows, etc. I broke it down with deck first including attaching stair unit, then rail which was some hollow composition crap which they had already bought and actually over bought since over half the original was still good, and then windows. Each is a different skill set and they had already blown money on the losers who built the deck before the storm tore their shit work down. Out of a sympathy I did $400, $300, $200. They bought materials.

I have people who have people and sometimes ask if I will do the work because bigger companies can't either be trusted and mark up parts like 200-300%. If it's a bunch of different jobs I just break it down by specialty.