Does Anyone Still Have a Day Job?

Yes i do...

I am a Heavy Equipment Operator for Local 150..

The benefits.. are outstanding

I work for Party Poker as a PPC Associate

I've worked for myself since 1999. Before that I designed websites for a local company. I had my own part-time business going when the company I worked for went out of business, so I just transitioned to full-time online.

Yes I am a software developer. I think many people here will still have a day job, since that is what you need until you are earning good money online, unless you can still live cheaply with relatives or off your spouse for example.

nope... read the yahoo headline news today? American workers job satisfaction at all time low.. must be the boss wants to get more done for less in an economy like this...

^ I learned from Dennis about 10 yrs ago now and then started my own business doing web design and computer repair for a good 5 yrs now I am ft online and it fluctuates as to what I bring in this past couple months it hasn't been much because I have been focussing on geting other projects going as well but it works if ya work it:d
-WD

I teach martial arts for a living which is a passion I love so I've absolutely no intention of quitting.

Got into internet marketing a few years ago through MLM when I was in a job I hated. So back then it was a 'way out'. Now I really enjoy it, learn a lot from it that can be applied to marketing my day job and helps supplement my income.

Goal is to equal my career income online to make things a bit more comfortable and maybe let my girlfriend quit her job.

WD, if you keep changing your picture we all going to figure out what you really look like one of these days!

I wish I didn't haha...

I'm a full time control systems engineer. Working the 9-5 is the best driving force to put the hours into marketing to one day be able to leave.

I still work full-time as an administrative assistant in downtown Chicago. I need the job to get the mortgage that I'll need to move my family to the country, so for the next few months, it stays.

But OH am I SO mentally checked-out when I'm at work. It's getting verrrrrry difficult to even get up to go in. I just keep thinking...couple more months...couple more months.

Last job I had was in 2000 or 2001, I forget. Just with my directories alone I am making more than I did with any job.

Lisa, it sounds like you're doing it the right way. Just don't bail on your job too early. Making money online is a lot less stressful when you don't need it.

I still do Tech. Support for a living. Luckily, I love my job! I love helping people. And the benefits can't be beat. : )

Unfortunately yes... do im for a few hours in the evening, and at work as time allows.

I have a corporate job as a webmaster for a big company. The money is great and the people are nice. I just don't like the commute and lack of freedom.

I drive an 18 wheeler for a local milk company in Erie, PA. My job was decent (the benefits are great and so is the pay) until we had a complete change in management philosophy and now I am working towards making IM my full time job in the next two years.

I look forward to not paying 40 to 60 dollars a week in gas commuting, LOL.

Thanks Dennis,
LOL
I figured my picture should like what I am a professional . big scruffy beard all gone lol
-WD

I do i work 55/60 hours each week as a chef. Money is crap and no benefits. Though i do like what i do.

Discovered(jan1st09) people actually make money from home online and gasped.
So after work and on my day off i try to learn as much from you guys here.
Would love to be able to make this my full time gig.
I could cook at home and everyone's happy..

I'm a futures and options trader in Chicago, IL. I am fresh out of college and love working in the markets so far, am just looking to make money in IM as supplemental income(and to retire by the age of 30).

IM will also help in my treck to become a millionaire if I don't retired by 30:rolleyes:

I also work with IM for my day job a lot of the time at work. I have started an educational website with opt-ins for free information and trading platforms...this helps tremendously with getting prospects for business.

Unfortunately yes. I'm a finance professional in Orlando, Florida. I've been trying to get full-time at IM for the last two years. I absolutely loathe my job and its my hate of my job that keeps me going with IM. Given the state of the economy and how many people don't have job, I know I should be grateful, but there are few things worse than waking up everyday to go to a job you hate. Life is just too short.

I do and I can not WAIT until the day I can offically "fire" my boss!

I've been doing this for a couple years and it seems that no matter what I try doesn't work the way "they" say it does, so I move on to other things.

Somethings bound to work sooner or later! (hopefully sooner!)

Dane

Not sure i could make it a day in corp america... i held one for 9 months after grad school when i was 23 and none since

Unless you have employees who make your existence obsolete, you still do have a day job. The only difference is that you are your own boss now (well your client is really).

I'm a paratrooper in the british army at the moment, but I'm fixing to be unemployed in a few months. Gonna give this lark a go!!

I'm a husband, father, and "handyman" around our house (one of the downsides of owning your own home). believe it or not, it takes up a lot of time!

I'm a middle school band director. My wife also teaches. I don't intend on quitting, but my wife would like to stop when we can start a family. My goal is to get out of debt and make enough so she can stay home when the time comes.

Disabled in a car wreck. Cannot work. Cannot use keyboard more than couple hours a day. Didn't really want to go the SSDI route. So... Eventuality this will pay the bills. (I think!) LOL.

Hello,
I am sending out my resume this week,for some reason most companies
that I work for only want me to stay about a year,they say I need to adjust
my attitude.
Lou

Day job? What does that mean... I would never want to work for someone else ever again...

Been full time online for about 1.5 years now.. and things are trucking along... can't complain.. and this year will be awesome... lots planned...

Good luck to all..

Yup. I'm a bus driver for the city of Ottawa, Canada. ATU local 279. Pay and benefits are good, but the politics and bureaucracy suck large. That and I just hate working for other people. LOL!

I'm a mother, house clearner and cook ... my job never ends. LOL

I work as a PK-8 school principal in the inner city. If that is not motivation I don't know what is.

Yes...

Work in accounting with a focus on tax.

Can't beat the excitement and stress from multiple tax seasons!

Yep. Not truly a day job. Work only around 20 hours a week in Customer Service for a large grocery company in Texas. It's all for the fun :]

--m4rx

Im in the US Navy, sooo no not really

I left the day job scene at the end of 2004 to take up internet marketing as a living, crust, business whatever you want to call it. Like some jobs / careers etc, internet marketing is more a lifestyle than anything else. The road has not been easy but it has been extremely rewarding in many ways. Taking the plunge and totally ditching the day job is not for everyone - and definitely not for the faint hearted even if you do think you have the financial backup to ride the storms. It's just the way I wanted to do it - all or nothing I suppose...The hardest part has been keeping a balance of life / family / business while working from home - it's a great journey though!

Tim Hortons...

I just love super early mornings and angry customers

I haven't worked for someone else since 1999 (self-employed, online based biz), except for a couple intervals where I helped out friends. I worked as a DJ at a bar for a few months, and also as a project manager for a short period at my friend's design company when he was swamped and under-staffed.

I prefer working from my home office, and it's awesome, but sometimes I miss the camaraderie of working with people in the "real world". Wouldn't trade it though.

Cheers
Jay

Couldn't tell to look at me. I am 5'3 and 128 lbs but all semi-truck driver, and not the little baby trucks either.

Six days a week and as close to a 14 hour day as they can legally work me. Recently I dislocated my knee so I have a little time on my hands.

I'm the General Manager of a strip club. I hate it. But the pay is phenomenal. I get a percentage.

I still have my daily job, simply because I like it, although I earn more money from IM.


david

IM Full Time plus University student. The University part is for my dad... to show him I can graduate with top standards. Only 2 years to go but I'm loving it.

Always had an imagination and passion for earning money, at 10 I sold drinks on my street and sweets + fizzy drinks at car-boot sales. Some car-boot sales I made between 50-100 quid, and we did them every week so I was making a good 400 odd quid in the car-boot season.

Later sold cigarettes to kids whos parents didn't allow them to smoke... I know it's bad but the idea was to make money, funny enough that made me 10-20 quid mon to fri for most of the year.

Between 14-16 I had 3 paper rounds I did every day and then from the age of 16-19 I entered the professional gaming arena, got contracted under a Esports Team and made 10-20 k per year depending on tournament winnings, got voted top 5 player in the world and best team in Europe + appearing in several live tv shows across different countries. Sponsorship from LG and Intel was a treat, free flights, hotel and free products

I knew big money was possible through the internet so from 19 to now 21, I've been in MLM, when I found it I fell inlove with the idea straight off, when the result = money I find anything enjoyable.

Have no choice still have to work. Well kind of, currently I am on parental leave until end of March. Maybe will not have to go back for too long. But still am looking to make my first dollar, so could be a while.

SpeedofMoney,
Hey where's my double, double I ordered it 10 seconds ago. Can't you be any faster?
I don't envy you, all the best in IM so you don't have to work there 2 much longer.

I work as a medic for our local children's hospital neonatal / pediatric critical care transport team. Our team treats and cares for critically ill infants and children that are being cared for at hospitals that are not equipped to handle such situations and we transport them to hospitals with more advanced level of care. I have been doing this job for eleven years and love every minute of it. The pay is not the greatest but emotional benefits are the best. Words can not express how it feels when you are able to help a patient in need or put a smile on a parents face. This is why I continue working 12+ hours x 4 days week. During the holidays I play Santa and fly in on the helicopter and bring Christmas to children that are not able to make it home for the holidays.. Gifts are donated by the community. One goal I have is to use IM profits to expand this offering by giving these children multiple gifts each. Currently we are only able to provide 1-2 small gifts to each child. I am looking forward to the day when we will need to have multiple helicopters flying in with bags and bags of gifts for these children.. Some are sick and will never make it home. At least I along with my co-workers can put a huge smile on their face on this special day..

Yes , I have a daytime / nighttime job and I love it... When the day comes where my online IM career takes off it will be GREAT. I will be able to bring my wife home from the workforce , and I will be able to fulfil my goals of doing wonderful deeds for my patients and their families and other entrepreneurs wanting to grow a successful business. I want to show my children that helping others will take them further in their lives than they will ever realize.

Thanks,
Jason

I have a full time job, a full time online business, and a full time offline business. I'm a busy boy but loving every minute of it!

Well, sort of ... I am a Realtor and work from home. I can set my hours sometimes
But the time involved in this market has me working for less than minimum wage

I also do consulting, which fills the economic gap ... but I am intrigued by internet marketing and love to learn ... and there is so much to this business ....

Are any of you full time marketers that do this alone ... still sane? As I master some new aspect of internet marketing, I often hear my voice .. and wonder who I am talking to P)

I still work part time as a veterinarian, because I love it. I think even if I was earning a fortune online, I'd still do a few hours a week in the clinic.

Yes i have a day job to write on jago news about mobile articles , its interested to write and read. blessings refused to use.

This is my first post, I am still working as a self-employed builder in the UK, but I am aiming for IM to be my main job, and hopefully with the help of people on this forum I will succeed.

Really good question! I never suggested that all Warriors Forum Members are full time marketers. Going through the posts I see many "fresh faces" who ask the questions which are not "high level". I believe this Forum is very good school for newbies and seasoned marketers as well.

Yes, i still have day job and i'm working as software developer. I'm planning to break free from the routine but this will take some time.

God yes. I manage a small kitchen in a dive bar in a college town...and it sucks. I make about $250 a week which works out to a measly 9 bucks an hour for dealing with drunk, obnoxious college kids, lazy employees and inventory management. I make slightly more than that online, but I guess I'm just waiting until I break into that second tier of online marketing before I quit my job.

I like the security (minuscule as it is) of the job, and the owner and I have become pretty good friends. The plan is to make enough money online to invest in my own offline brick and mortar business with him and combine that with my own online marketing income...hopefully this will be doable within the next year.

In fact, if I'm still in this same job a year from now I'll gladly pay a Warrior a few thousand bucks to kill me hahaha.

I work as a full time research analyst. I do SEO and a bit of internet marketing after i come back from work. I love what im doing as it keeps me busy and focused.

I do, but it is also tied into my IM business. I am a trade director for ITEX and own my own offline company Barter In Alberta.

I am also like a few others have said, a full time mother, wife, chef, housekeeper etc LOL.

Sylvia

I went full time with my offline home business 8 years ago and hated it. Kept going to the shop for somebody to talk to so after 2 months I got a full time job in a shop. Now I'm the number 3 in a small supermarket.

My business is now online and I plan to ease off with the day job and cut back my hours later this year. Can't see me giving it up completely because I would get bored if I wasn't working with others. The job is interesting, challenging and hard work.

Today was bad as half the staff didn't turn up because of the snow. I was running the shop and had to sort everything out. We ran out of bread and milk very quickly because people were panic buying, so the customers who came after were complaining. Salt and dishwasher salt became a distant memory once the snow started falling before Christmas, so more complaining. The shop floor was constantly wet and I was worried in case anybody slipped.

A massive delivery about 3 times bigger than normal arrived an hour before I was due to go home. The storeroom was packed, I had to put about a dozen delivery cages in the shop too and leave some out in the back yard. I ended up staying over 2 hours extra to help out. It was tiring but I came home satisfied that we had done well considering the problems.

Another Wednesday not too long ago we had an armed robbery at lunchtime when dozens of kids from the local school were in - I was running the shop then too. My luck I think, power cuts always seem to happen on my shifts or the freezers going down.

Despite all that I enjoy the job and the nice things that happen. Like the little boy who gives me a hug very time he comes in. The lady who scowled at everybody for months and last week I helped her pack her shopping and took it out to the taxi and got her chattng. Today as I was going she smiled and chatted voluntarily, that was one heck of a breakthrough.

I never know what is going to happen from one day to the next so I never get bored.

I hate day jobs. I consider it, modern day slavery. Bless those that love their day jobs.

full time internet marketer since 2006. Would not change it for the world.

I'm a full time college student. Wonderful day job

I'm still at my regular job, but I've only been involved in IM for a few months. I don't know what's wrong me, maybe I need personal coaching (if I could afford it) or something. I don't even seem to be able to give away free stuff (ebooks, etc) in order to start building a list. I have no clue where I'm going wrong and I'm so overloaded with information, sometimes I feel like my head is going to explode.

I was a welder, custom cars and such. As the recession took hold me and alot of my friends and co workers lost our jobs. I've been working online for about a year now and if I can have it my way it will be the only job I ever have again. I still love welding but more so as a hobby then means of supporting life

I'm sure lots and lots of people on here still have day jobs

I retired from "day jobs" at 21, way before I ever heard about IM. That was 4 years ago now.. I didn't really gel with being employed. Started my own business and haven't regretted it for a moment.

December 2008 my spouse made the jump too so we are now 100% self employed house. No day jobs here, thanks

Katie

I work full time as an Operations Manger in a UK door company. My partner in Graphics Genie works full time on our venture.

With all the experience here from various day jobs I would suspect one could post a question about almost anything on this forum and get a good answer.

I started my career as an RN and started doing pretty well online in about the same month, and now I do both. My day job is pretty nice, great pay and benefits, low stress work, security. Of course, I was needing either one to support myself in the other, but now they co-exist pretty well with my employees that help me online and I make more than my directors and some of the administration.

Sometimes I feel its unfortunate that I had to spend so much time, money, and effort to get myself into a career that only 6 months of building my online education and experience in reselling physical products from China has managed to surpass my actual income earned through my paid education. If only I had started when I was a teenager or something.

Wow, interesting to see that many different professions in this forum

I am a fulltime Flash & Flex developer for one of the largest (and best) sport betting companies. I love what i do but still i feel that soon is the time to move on to new challenges (like fulltime IM ) The only thing i am missing by working at home is that you are sitting "alone" on your own in front of your computer. But there are always pros and contras in any job, right ?

When you work for yourself, you have a dayjob. You Own the Job. Unless you outsource or delegate all of the work to others, while you go on 'vacation' then you are the employee and boss.

Have been 'retired' since 22. Just a good leader and organized people with better skills than me to do my work.

Yes, I am in the beginning stages of setting up Internet Marketing.
Mostly I am a Stay-at-home dad, but I get to deliver pizza a few hours a week for my sanity and pocket change.

I am currently unemployed and currently learning the roots of internet business. Spending tons of time and money to start making money online. Online business is the wave ofthe future, soon, when the air is so stagnant to even go outside to a shopping mall, people will shop online

My last full time job ended in early 2005.

I've never looked back since and will never go back to working for someone else.

Everyones circumstances are different. If you have a family to support and your only income is a day job then stick with it until your IM income is enough to support your dependants.

Riz

I don't make enough online yet to support my wife and I, so yes I do.

I still work for an auctioneering firm. Our online business is product oriented, and we keep reinvesting the money to get more products.

I'm fairly new to IM as an out-and-out career choice, although I've been doing variations on the theme for a few years. My "Day job", such as it is/was, has involved a lot of consulting for various enterprises, from an aussie makeup company that basically wanted a better return on it's (semi-)bl@ckh@t campaigns, right up to HM Home Office and the NHS, who wanted some muscle behind their supposed modernisation of information-sharing services, which was never going to materialise but kept the press happy for a few months in the off-season.
I'm pretty much jacking that in completely, if i don't get a good offer soonish that'd trump IM money (over £1000/day and i'm back with them, less and i'm not), so I'm hanging round this and about another 8 forums as a complete n00b (ish) to figure out how these things work.
I've got a bit of a plan involving selling homeopathic "medicine" (water) to the NHS, but way short of the necessary capital yet

Yes, for now.

I am a production manager at a uniform and accoutrements supplier of the emergency services.

We are on the cusp of some amazing breakthroughs with our personal finance basics blog and the new product we're rolling out though. I may not be working a day job for too long. If I can replace it with IM, imagine how much faster the blog with profit when I can invest 6-8 hours a day doing it.

I have been Full Time Internet Marketer since 2005. I never had a day job in my life.

Left my last job in Sept. 2007 as a sales manager to work on IM full time. It was a wild and bumpy ride all of 2008, but it cleared up and things got much better in 2009, and 2010 will definitely be my best 6 figure year yet!

Yes, I am a tax preparer for HR Block. Accounting is my real game but I am learning that right now in college.

I push carts at Wegmans supermarket.

Laugh all you want, I like being paid to work out like that. Beats paying for a gym membership by a mile.

I still have a job. I own my home inspection company. Even though I own the business, it still seams more like a job. Myrtle Beach Home Inspector (not a plug for my company, just a link to my site in case you're wondering what a home inspection is)

I've owned the company for 5 years. I've been doing IM for about a year now. However, only in the past six months have I made any money.

Still plugging along.

Lucky me!I am still home taking care of my 3 year old son.I work full time with marketing my sites when my kid is in the kindergarden.
Before i had my son i was employed in a God D... factory to build plogs for tractors.
How Cool is That?
I probably lifted around 15 tons of iron in my 8 hours workday.

I will never go back and i have found my passion with doing affiliate marketing and creating ebooks.

The last full time job I had was working from home as a technical adviser for sky broad band customers. I am now a stay at home carer for my partially disabled wife. This does mean I get more time online to try and make it in IM though.

Sort of? Right now I'm making very little money online, though I'm working on changing that again. My main line of work is as a classical musician, though. Pianist and composer, though I'm not sure if you want to call it a day job? It surely beats office work, in my opinion!

Sure do - consultancy. I don't like doing just one thing.....

I did have one until last week. Looks like I have to go online full time until I get another one.

Haven't had a "real job" since 2001.

I don't think I could work for anyone else now. Would likely tell them to stuff it when they told me to do something I didn't want to do.

No day job since 2006! When I think about it now, I can't imagine working for someone else.

I realize that is the normal way of life, but once you work for yourself it is VERY hard to think about going back! Setting your own schedule and not answering to a boss is really nice.

Just a couple of weeks ago, we had really bad ice here. My husband, jokingly, said I would have to leave early for work in the morning (due to slick roads). I laughed, and told him "Yeah, it's a long walk to that computer chair"!

I can tell anyone one this forum, give it your best effort, focus, and motivation, and you CAN do it

I have been laid off from doing civil engineering for a year now. I finally have tasted the IM life and I am sure I will not need to go back to full time work by tripling the efforts I have made just in the last 6 months.

Unfortunatley yes. My passion used to be computers and networking, but I have mastered all of that and now I am bored. IM is a new challenge for me and I wish I could do it full time, but I can't because I'm busy running an IT Department and I have a family with two kids. So, time is really short and I can't dedicate as much to IM as I want to, but I guess life could be worse...lol

I sweep and mop floors during the day right now but I used to work full time as a writer... before that I had a job in a bar band.. That was the only job I had where nobody seemed to mind that I was drinking on the job constantly.

Yeah, I'm currently unemployed also but that's really a misnomer since all I do is sit at my computer attempting to make IM actually produce money for me LOL and FINALLY I've found the "ticket"!!! (Clue: See my signature)

I worked as a marketing agent in a real estate company and also a broker that I can earn commission for every unit sold. But in the internet jobs, I do this part time.

Could you please define what a day job is? I hear people work bankers hours bartering hours for dollars .... if I am wrong please correct!

My wife and Kids (three boys 2-4-6) are the only people I work for...lol other than that IM baby. I hit the ground running and I am not turning back.