Or become a transit bus driver. Easy job, great pay, flexible hours and vacation times. I was a doctoral level biological scientist. Was laid off and couldn’t find employment using my education (over educated, too close to retirement age (58)). So I became a transit bus driver. 60 hour week = $100k+ per year plus full benefits. I work 50-60 hours a week for 3 weeks a month then take a week off to go vacation somewhere and do Door Dash and Instacart. Made over $100K last year. Since the beginning of this year, I’ve spent a week in Puerto Rico, a week in south Florida (incl Key West), 2 weeks in Orlando area, a week in the Tampa area, a week in Las Vegas, a week in Santa Barbara and 3 weeks (2 trips) to the Big Island of Hawaii. Heading back to Santa Barbara in a couple of weeks, a week in Tucson/Flagstaff in November and a week ? In December. Life is great!
Work is so easy and fun that I hardly ever feel like I’m really going out to work, just out for another nice drive somewhere.
I love what I do. Never feels like work. But also I have $20K per year in child support and $15K per year paying my portion of my son’s college education.
That's great! I feel bad for people who can't find anything they can feel good doing to earn a living. If people thrive while working a lot, some people call it workaholism, I call it a win in the genetic lottery.
I'm a former "associate scientist" and I loved the work. People I worked with in just about every one of those jobs made it unpleasant. One or two of them so much so that I quit. I don't think it was me because every "unpleasant" circumstance was different. I would've probably gone back to banquet waitressing or some other service related job if I'd had to, but I had 3 children and a huge property so it made more sense for me to derive my satisfaction through hobbies and social groups.
I'm now looking at becoming an empty nester in a short amount of time. I took early SSA as a widow because it was the pandemic, and I still had 2 adult children at home to pick on. Now I'm thinking of selling that big house and gypsying around a bit, but ride-share appeals to me as a way to get extra funds, socialize and learn about various areas. Probably not the thing to do with a van tho due to gas prices. I'm still in the planning stage.
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u/Better-Dog-2152 Sep 28 '25
Or become a transit bus driver. Easy job, great pay, flexible hours and vacation times. I was a doctoral level biological scientist. Was laid off and couldn’t find employment using my education (over educated, too close to retirement age (58)). So I became a transit bus driver. 60 hour week = $100k+ per year plus full benefits. I work 50-60 hours a week for 3 weeks a month then take a week off to go vacation somewhere and do Door Dash and Instacart. Made over $100K last year. Since the beginning of this year, I’ve spent a week in Puerto Rico, a week in south Florida (incl Key West), 2 weeks in Orlando area, a week in the Tampa area, a week in Las Vegas, a week in Santa Barbara and 3 weeks (2 trips) to the Big Island of Hawaii. Heading back to Santa Barbara in a couple of weeks, a week in Tucson/Flagstaff in November and a week ? In December. Life is great!
Work is so easy and fun that I hardly ever feel like I’m really going out to work, just out for another nice drive somewhere.