proggR Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 ... no not the website. I was wondering if anyone knows of any legitimate online jobs that aren't filling out surveys. If I could get paid for beta testing products or do online tech support or format excel files for databases. Anything I can do from my computer. I need to start looking for a job for just a few extra dollars each week but I really don't want to have to bus around or deal directly with people if I can avoid it. There's always the option of designing product or service online but that would take too long to get off the ground and I've been in a lazy funk lately as far as personal projects go. Or freelance web design maybe but again, I just want something mindless. If anyone has come across any decent online opportunities I'd really appreciate them. I'm expecting this thread will just get passed by but if not I'll be surprised and happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlumph Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Why would you want to do mindless computer work... copy/paste for hours you'll go crazy!! You could probably get a paper route. You wouldn't have to deal with people. Just a thought. Mindless work without having to deal with people... what is the world coming to? Haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 So you want a job where you get to sit around all day and not have to really do anything or think about anything. Those types of jobs only exist at the low and high end of the career spectrum. You can either be a bum sitting in front of a convenience store with a sign or a CEO. For the rest of us average Joes, we actually have to make an effort to earn money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcombs_31 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 For the rest of us average Joes, we actually have to make an effort to earn money. Sucks doesn't it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Sorry, I don't know of anything specific as I've never actually searched for a mindless job... Look for a Data Entry or Quality Assurance position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proggR Posted February 4, 2009 Author Share Posted February 4, 2009 Well in my mind tech support is kind of mindless. I did it for three years and had it down to a script. Even something like that. I really don't care what the job is or how much it pays as long as I can do it from my room online because I don't have a vehicle and riding the bus in this town sucks. If you know of any CEO positions available I'll take one of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.josh Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Sorry, don't know of any available CEO positions, but I do know a few convenience stores that don't have the bum-outside-the-door position filled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deadlyp99 Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Well I cant help the poster at all. He's looking for something he shouldn't be. Don't try to catch the leprechaun at the end of the rainbow, because even if you can catch him, the rainbow is endless you dig? lol The only real job I've had, was in highschool on weekends. I had stuff to do, but because I was taking like donations of doors, sinks, windows, etc, I didn't get many people coming. So I just sat with the dude from the goodwill truck all day and watched tv. Easiest job I think i'll ever have. 10.97/h. Can't beat that for doing next to nothing aside from changing out the movie playing on the tv. Most days I would only have 1 or 2 people come... in an 8 hour shift. To be honest it sucks having a job that requires you to do nothing all day when you have to be present. Because even though I was not doing anything productive... I still had to be there. Most jobs that require you to do very little, pay very little. You are best off creating plugins for scripts and selling those in communities about the scripts. I made about $400 bucks off of 3 plugins I made for AuroraGPT, a 'paid-to-click' script. Anti-cheat mostly... Being lazy on a computer, will not earn you anything. If you want a lazy job ask one of those dudes who wave signs in front of stores. That is the maximum lazyness that you can get without spending years working your way up to it, or without getting a good word put in. I had connections, thats how I got my lazy arse job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 I agree. Lazy jobs definitely suck. I was a computer lab assistant for my school almost 3 years ago. My job was to answer students' questions;if they ever had any to ask me, replace the paper in the printer when it was empty, and make sure the lab computers were working properly. In the entirety of that job, the printer went empty maybe once or twice a month, no one ever asked me a question unless it was directions to another room, and all the computers ran DeepFreeze, so the chances of them going out were pretty slim. I was paid $11 and hour for that job. I got an average of 25 hours a week and I got paid once a month with hardly any taxes taken out. I filled out my own timesheet. I was pretty much my own boss. But the job really made me feel empty inside. I slept most of the time when I wasn't doing homework. But, like the rest of you have said...I had to be there or else I'd risk loosing the job. I probably could have gotten away with skipping work completely and writing the hours down anyway, but I'm sure someone would have caught on. After the semester ended and summer began, I started a job with steel roofing. Having had no experience in it and only the carpentry instincts...I got $10/hr. Best job I ever had...if you take away the sunburns. I also did work cutting and laying tile. Again, it was much more fullfilling to know I completed a project rather than sit on my ass all day doing nothing at all and getting paid for it; as crazy retarded as that sounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
premiso Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 and all the computers ran DeepFreeze, so the chances of them going out were pretty slim. lol I remember my school used DeepFreeze. I was in a programming class and needed to "install" software. I watched my teacher type it in and memorized it. So yea, any computer I would use had Rainbow6 and MPlayer installed on it, so did my friends computers. It was fun playing games all class period! My teacher kept removing it once a week and could never figure out how it got put on there. She always suspected me but could never prove it. Ah the joys of the teen school years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corbin Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 My family had a little coffeeshop type thing for a little while until we sold it, and I worked there most days after school. The slow times were terrible, even when I had my laptop with me. So boring. I would much rather have a job where I'm busy constantly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zq29 Posted February 7, 2009 Share Posted February 7, 2009 Amazon Mechanical Turk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maq Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Amazon Mechanical Turk? Seems pretty mindless to me. Problem is that it's commission so you have to work harder for more money, but you do get to make your own hours... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shlumph Posted February 9, 2009 Share Posted February 9, 2009 Problem is that you have to work harder for more money Aint that a shame Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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