Jobs with flexible hours?

[Z]

Work from home? Seasonal/less work in winter? Web design? IT?

Any experience/ideas?

[backcountry1pr]

male escort...

[iscariot]

male escort...

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[schuss]

Work from home? Seasonal/less work in winter? Web design? IT?

Any experience/ideas?

I'm working from home now, but it takes a workplace that trusts you to do so (generally). Either that or look into construction or consulting, as both normally have 4 day weeks or 1 month on, 1 month off type schedules.

[snowswine]

My deal is petty good if skiing a ton of days is important (If you even come here that's a no-brainer). I work as a chef at Country clubs, Yacht clubs (currently CC) during the warm months and take the whole winter off and ski everyday. This year I'm changing it up and going to Tahoe for 5 months. Sometimes I snag some pm part time no brainer work for a little extra cash as long as it doesn't fuck with my ski time. This year I'm taking off completely I think, South Lake is cheap enough.

I will say that summer for me can be a total full-on shitshow sufferfest. I will often work 30+days straight without a day off and 80+hour weeks for about four months. It's mentally and physically draining work with zero free time. It is a huge sacrifice that is less appealing as each year goes on. For now It's cool because I just got done with all the hard stuff and life is returning to normal.

What are your financial needs? Do you have mouths to feed? A mortgage?

[Shredhead]

Snowswine:

Did you go to culinary school?

Do you speak Spanish and do you feel that it is necessary in your line of work?

[snowswine]

Yeah I went but it can be done working under the right chefs and making the right moves with no school. School helps you actually get the interview.

I speak kitchen Spanish, Portuguese. I honestly try to learn to communicate and usually they will too. I can communicate decent enough. Important people have always spoke good english-just how its worked out. I currently only have two Brazillians in the back-they are both insanely hard workers, willing to work much longer hours than the rest of the staff. They are warriors. Fluent Spanish would be huge though.

[snowswine]

Dope farmer.

Ski town kids need their fix.

Yep. This is some serious food for thought.....

[mtnbikerskierchick]

Z- consider jobs where you work as a contractor vs. where you work for one specific company. Downfall- you don't get benefits, etc. But, on the upside, your hours are generally more flexible. You are correct about IT and web design being more flexible- especially web design. There are tons of online classes you can take for those. You'll look more qualified with a certification of sorts, but it's not necessary. Also, consider computer graphics / graphics design. On a totally opposite end of the spectrum- our school custodians do get benefits, arrive to work at 3 and leave at 11:30 - a skiers dream job, really.

[BDKeg]

go get some experience/training in .NET/web type work, the field is hot right now and isn't going away. I've been working in it for 5 years now and it pretty much rocks. Really nice pay, full telecommute, full benefits, flexible hours. When I get work done I go ski/bike, ect, no sitting in an office for at least 8 hours a day.

[Chugachjed]

go get some experience/training in .NET/web type work, the field is hot right now and isn't going away. I've been working in it for 5 years now and it pretty much rocks. Really nice pay, full telecommute, full benefits, flexible hours. When I get work done I go ski/bike, ect, no sitting in an office for at least 8 hours a day.

What sort of training/experience are we talking about? I'm about to graduate with a degree in History so once I'm done I'll need to learn how to do something to make money, besides fishing/hunting/delivering pizza.
To Z nurses make good money and around here at least get lots of time off. Paramedics/firefighters work 12 days a month here.

[Garth Bimble]

Medical Coder...

Doesn't slow down in the winter but you can work from home, set your own hours and good coders make good $$$.

There's a new classification system being implemented in Oct 2013. That may be an opportunity for new coders to get into the field, and some companies may pay to train new coders as there may be a shortage.

[Conundrum]

Sales. It doesn't really matter what you are selling. You just need a boss or company who only cares about your goal. Some sales guys I know can hit their sales goals only working a few months a year, some can do it working 20 hours per week, some build their clientele into fun things like taking them skiing and biking, some work their asses off to make a lot of money. Another cool aspect is that when you want a raise, sell more.

I personally try to schedule my meetings in fun towns so my company pays travel and I bunch them up a couple days a week and do paperwork and answer emails at night/weekends so I can get more midweek time in for fun.

The downside to these jobs is you can't miss your goal or you're fired and it can be stressful working on commission only.


Also check out medical/fire fields. Those folks have some great schedules.

[Rideski]

Sales. It doesn't really matter what you are selling. You just need a boss or company who only cares about your goal. Some sales guys I know can hit their sales goals only working a few months a year, some can do it working 20 hours per week, some build their clientele into fun things like taking them skiing and biking, some work their asses off to make a lot of money. Another cool aspect is that when you want a raise, sell more.

I personally try to schedule my meetings in fun towns so my company pays travel and I bunch them up a couple days a week and do paperwork and answer emails at night/weekends so I can get more midweek time in for fun.

The downside to these jobs is you can't miss your goal or you're fired and it can be stressful working on commission only.

This. I know a really cool boss (me) that would pay generous commission for someone to generate business in various ski towns and or cities. Although I do pay a small incentive based on leads reported; you might not dig the (primarily) commission based compensation. It has its perks, work whenever you want for the most part which is the title of the thread. Some people love it some people hate it.

See http://fobp.bigcartel.com/product/la...-calendar-2012 for a sample of my work.

Contact:
http://TridentPrintMarketing.com/

[grskier]

This. I know a really cool boss (me) that would pay generous commission for someone to generate business in various ski towns and or cities. Although I do pay a small incentive based on leads reported; you might not dig the (primarily) commission based compensation. It has its perks, work whenever you want for the most part which is the title of the thread. Some people love it some people hate it.

See http://fobp.bigcartel.com/product/la...-calendar-2012 for a sample of my work.

Contact:
http://TridentPrintMarketing.com/

Tell me more, I'm thinking of picking up something PT in the spring to generate some extra cash to put away as we're starting to talk kid.. and that shit adds up.

[Rideski]

Thanks for the interest. Why wait till Spring?

I've been doing marketing and print collateral for a long time. BolderBoulder has been a client for 12 years now. I've been doing all of their calendars, posters, finishers certificates, entry forms, the envelopes they go in, fine art prints, etc, etc.

Pinner gave me a huge opportunity with FOBP's calendar which turned out completely awesome; definitely looking to convert that into opportunities to break into the elusive snow sports industry. Looking to do various equipment / clothing catalogs, posters, banners, brochures, etc, etc. Marketing plans, business development concepts, copy writing, etc.

Point of contact is usually the marketing director, sometimes owner or president depending on size of company. Target companies usually do .5-50mil in gross annual revenue.

[Z]

go get some experience/training in .NET/web type work, the field is hot right now and isn't going away. I've been working in it for 5 years now and it pretty much rocks. Really nice pay, full telecommute, full benefits, flexible hours. When I get work done I go ski/bike, ect, no sitting in an office for at least 8 hours a day.

hmm...Tell me more? Got any good resources/info? Been teaching myself html/xhtml as a basis for something in this arena.

thanks for the suggestions all. I need a guidance counselor.

[marshalolson]

painting?

[Diamond Joe]

go get some experience/training in .NET/web type work, the field is hot right now and isn't going away. I've been working in it for 5 years now and it pretty much rocks. Really nice pay, full telecommute, full benefits, flexible hours. When I get work done I go ski/bike, ect, no sitting in an office for at least 8 hours a day.

+3 on more info. where to get training/what types of certifications are good?

also, to the medical coding guy; how do you get started in that? how do you get the training/experience to apply/break into the field? how many hours do you usually put in, and whats the pay like?

[Ski to Be]

Job at Morgan Stanley

[iscariot]

[Rockband]

Become a fine dining server for a while. I serve in a Steakhouse, work about 35hrs a week from 4-11pm ish. and average $25hr. While not the most fulfilling, and pay fluctuates, it does give some good cash. You can always do your day thing on the side until it really gets going too.
My hours are not very flexible but I have mornings/early afternoons off, and get to play during the week when all the other office schmucks are in their cubicles.
If you don't have any experience you might start as a busser/food runner, but as most restaurants have high turnaround you can usually move up quickly.