An interesting article that crossed my path today was about remote job stacking.

As the story unfolds, a 48-year-old from Texas started working as a network engineer at company A. In this full-time position, he made $117,500 a year and worked on-site.

Then he accepted a remote full-time job at company B with a salary of $120,000/year. He planned to quit company A, but a colleague convinced him to stay a little longer.

Since job A only demanded a few hours of work per day, he noticed he was able to juggle both jobs simultaneously.

By the time he accepted job C, another full-time remote position that paid $120,000 a year, jobs A and B only demanded five to eight hours of his attention per week.

So he decided to juggle all three jobs at once. His combined annual income was $344,000. Although the stress intense, he was able to

  • Pay off his debts
  • Pay off his mortgage
  • Save for his children’s education

The takeaway
Some morals of the story are

  1. Some people are creative in finding ways to fight inflation
  2. Sadly, money is often more important than morals
  3. When you’re good at your job, you require less time doing it. Therefore being paid by the hour doesn’t make sense
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Lifestyle