Thinking of "going pro". Part time job ideas?

Part time day care is always needed.

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I worked at a grocery store. Reduced prices on the main thing you need (food) make it as though you are working for more money. Also, they are open outside of "normal business hours" so you can have a work schedule conducive to training at ideal times of the day.

Another option would be to find a small rental complex that needs a live-in maintenance guy. These positions are normally rent free and you are never working more than a few hours a day - and only rarely can the work not wait a few hours until after you have finished your run...

I worked at a grocery store. Reduced prices on the main thing you need (food) make it as though you are working for more money. Also, they are open outside of "normal business hours" so you can have a work schedule conducive to training at ideal times of the day.

IT consulting is a good way to manage your hours and still make decent money. It will also keep you off your feet.

I had a friend who edited technical manuals. Money is better than retail jobs, but not amazing. You are given a deadline and work as much as you need to get the job done.

Wow thanks for the suggestions so far guys! I think my ideal setup would be a part time job at a grocery or shoe store (the point about discounted food is good) and then maybe a more flexible remote IT type job like Precious Boy mentioned. Are there any well-known companies that are typically hiring for remote IT work like editing tech manuals, etc.??

Also, what about something like SAT tutoring. I tend to see listings for that type of work on Craigslist a lot and it seems like a decent gig. Does anyone have any experience with that?

Substitute teaching.

mattress tester.

#2birds1stone

yes. can make a lot of money (hourly) once you have a couple success stories under your belt - think around $100/hr (at least that's what it was in NYC for private school kids). you yourself need to be able to take an SAT and score very highly to demonstrate that you are qualified. when i was in college i worked for a tiny company (run by a guy out of his apartment) tutoring a few subjects in particular and he had me take those SAT subject tests and hired me after he scored them and i'd gotten 800. you mainly need patience and to be able to work after-school hours. depending on how the parents are, you sometimes spend time chatting with them after sessions to talk about progress. you may need to invest in a couple of the big name review books, and have the students buy the same one when you work with them and use the practice tests. if you're smart enough to do it, this is the obvious choice.

The best job I ever had that allowed training was as a camp counselor at a soccer camp in the Sierra Nevadas. The kids had morning and evening soccer practice for two hours a whack. That is when I did my training. The rest of the time was stuff like helping them make up skits, swimming in the river, taking little one hour "hikes". New kids came up every week, so if you had a group you didn't really like, they weren't around that long anyway.

Room and board was free and I got a small weekly stipend. It was only a summer gig, but if you could figure out a way to do that for a large chunk of the year, you'd be set.

Gigolo / Escort

Work for yourself Seriously !!!!

I"m not kidding, become an entrepreneur !

You have IT training / experience, and a degree, which implies you can be taught, and you have ambition to train as a pro , those are all the qualities you need to make your own money!

So...

Start buying and selling stuff . Sales drive the entire US economy , dip into those waters!

I'm in college and do cell phones, smart phones , smart watches, and cars, and anything else I can get my hands on cheap enough that it has a good profit margin!

Phones I have learned enough about that I can buy cracked or locked phones and fix myself and resell usually doubling my money , but i have a couple people who can repair affordably for me if I need to go that route.

Cars, I have a dozen people I have met in the community one by one through careful search who do all I may need done , so if it needs a dent taken out or a tune up or and engine or detail , I have someone who does a nice job at a fair price .

I have learned the market , in my area , what sells and that is ALL I deal with. So if I apply what I know there is actually very little risk at all , and the return is great, way better than any part time job I could ever get ! I have the flexibility to stop when I need to train , or to rest , or when I just don't want to work today.

Give it some thought, if your half as bold about making money as you obviously are about your training, you'll be financially stable enough to actually get better and hit your goals !!!

It takes guts to do both !!!! Do you have any ?

Good Luck !

Letsrun.com great part time job if you are still training full time. Employee 1.1

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SAT tutoring sounds like a great move. That's another one that is outside of normal business hours (kids are at school during the day) and if you live in the right area then parents are willing to shell out money. You also get to make your own schedule if you do it independently.

I also think that would be more fulfilling that the other jobs mentioned - the running store work would be a bit more interesting than the others, though.

Let's get one thing straight: If you are needing to get a part-time job in order to support yourself, I don't think you can say you are "going pro." If you are making some money from running, you can call yourself "semi-pro". If you make no money from running it is a full-time hobby.

Not saying its a bad decision, that is just a pet peeve of mine. I was always annoyed by guys who trained full-time and said they were professional track athletes but made absolutely no or very little money from it. Good luck in achieving your goals and live with no regrets.

If you're "going pro," you might want to consider a job as a professional runner.

You know Pro BMXers (i think) work at the JITB in Flag.

This is what I did in the 80's. I worked part-time as a telecommunications sales contractor. Evening hours 5-8 and some weekends. I also coached at a D2 school. I made around 10K in prize money, next to nothing coaching and boat load selling. Being a starving artist is a tough way to live. But your only young once so follow your passion good luck!