Jobs that are not 9-5

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Anonymous wrote:Sales. I worked 45 min today.

Tell me more. What degree did you get and how did you get to that point?

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Anonymous wrote:Sales. I worked 45 min today.

Tell me more. What degree did you get and how did you get to that point?

No degree.
I was in a distantly connected field. Reached out to a supplier that we had used a few times. I noticed that they did not have nationwide coverage. Asked if they would be interested in having someone work the mid Atlantic and south east for them. They were open to it. Flew to main office met with owner and COO. Told them what I would and wouldn’t do, my approach and asked if they were comfortable

You learn a product/line and you have conversations to about it. I don’t sell, I provide accurate, transparent and honest information. I don’t bash competition. I don’t really negotiate, I also set myself up so that I expectations and pricing are established very early. Then when they try to negotiate I can put it back on the customer, “You knew what the price was weeks/months ago. If that wasn’t in your budget you should have brought that up then and not wasted everyone’s time.” Then I end the conversation as quickly as possible.

I don’t care if you don’t want to buy from me. I have people that do, and my time is better spent with them. I take emotion out of it and just stick with facts.

My sales pipeline always reads $0. It is always $0 until the money is in my account.

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Big law associate. You can choose which of the 80 hours of the week you want to work!

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Anonymous wrote:Working for yourself. Writer. Professor. Consultant. You may need to work some hours between 9-5 but you have a lot of flexibility.

I'd argue that a consultant isn't all that flexible. You're beholden to the whims of your clients, including being available when they expect you to be - in person or otherwise. Plus, junior consultants don't get to chart their own course and need to earn their stripes through lots of hours usually spent colocated with either the client or colleagues.


OP is asking the wrong question. It should probably read "My son is okay working hard, but he wants to do it on his own schedule. What kind of jobs don't require set schedules?"

The answer to which totally depends on his level of experience and skill set. But in general, not many and vanishingly few for junior folks.

Not necessarily on his own schedule, just not a full 9-5 every single day of the week.

Well he will get Sat and Sunday off.

Teachers work 9-330pm, maybe he can be a gym teacher who phones it in?

He basically wants a part time career with benefits? Don’t we all?

The OP says he’s a hard worker, so phoning it in isn’t an option.

My school hours are 7:30-2:30. I’m at work 6-3:30 each day and I work most evenings. That’s usual for a lot of us. I don’t think teaching fits the bill here.

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Anonymous wrote:Sales. I worked 45 min today.

Tell me more. What degree did you get and how did you get to that point?

DP all’s well and good and end of quarter and he misses target. The only way this person is chilling is because s/he already landed quota for the quarter.

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Find a regular job, with a hybrid work schedule. There is plenty of flexibility if you are home 2-3 days a week.

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Anonymous wrote:Working for yourself. Writer. Professor. Consultant. You may need to work some hours between 9-5 but you have a lot of flexibility.

I'd argue that a consultant isn't all that flexible. You're beholden to the whims of your clients, including being available when they expect you to be - in person or otherwise. Plus, junior consultants don't get to chart their own course and need to earn their stripes through lots of hours usually spent colocated with either the client or colleagues.


OP is asking the wrong question. It should probably read "My son is okay working hard, but he wants to do it on his own schedule. What kind of jobs don't require set schedules?"

The answer to which totally depends on his level of experience and skill set. But in general, not many and vanishingly few for junior folks.

Not necessarily on his own schedule, just not a full 9-5 every single day of the week.

Well he will get Sat and Sunday off.

Teachers work 9-330pm, maybe he can be a gym teacher who phones it in?

He basically wants a part time career with benefits? Don’t we all?

No, he would be fine with a nursing type schedule, so on, then off, or working "all the time" but with flexibility. Just not a desk job that you do all week every week.

Can you say what you mean by "flexibility" = Do you mean that he wants to be able to choose when and how hard to work? Or that he wants to be doing a variety of things during the day? Or wants to be able to take his degree and skills and switch jobs every couple of years? Or do you just mean he doesn't want to be tied to a computer?

^ Let me add: I think it's great he's thinking about this, and that you are helping him figure out a good path. Just want to understand better what you are looking for/looking to avoid.

He doesn't want a sedentary job at a desk all day, would prefer having some control over his hours, or for time on and off. He's an excellent student, but hates school because he needs to sit all day, prefers physical activity, loves being busy, loves sports, is working as a waiter on weekends.

Landscape architect

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Anonymous wrote:Working for yourself. Writer. Professor. Consultant. You may need to work some hours between 9-5 but you have a lot of flexibility.

I'd argue that a consultant isn't all that flexible. You're beholden to the whims of your clients, including being available when they expect you to be - in person or otherwise. Plus, junior consultants don't get to chart their own course and need to earn their stripes through lots of hours usually spent colocated with either the client or colleagues.


OP is asking the wrong question. It should probably read "My son is okay working hard, but he wants to do it on his own schedule. What kind of jobs don't require set schedules?"

The answer to which totally depends on his level of experience and skill set. But in general, not many and vanishingly few for junior folks.

Not necessarily on his own schedule, just not a full 9-5 every single day of the week.

Well he will get Sat and Sunday off.

Teachers work 9-330pm, maybe he can be a gym teacher who phones it in?

He basically wants a part time career with benefits? Don’t we all?

No, he would be fine with a nursing type schedule, so on, then off, or working "all the time" but with flexibility. Just not a desk job that you do all week every week.

Can you say what you mean by "flexibility" = Do you mean that he wants to be able to choose when and how hard to work? Or that he wants to be doing a variety of things during the day? Or wants to be able to take his degree and skills and switch jobs every couple of years? Or do you just mean he doesn't want to be tied to a computer?

^ Let me add: I think it's great he's thinking about this, and that you are helping him figure out a good path. Just want to understand better what you are looking for/looking to avoid.

He doesn't want a sedentary job at a desk all day, would prefer having some control over his hours, or for time on and off. He's an excellent student, but hates school because he needs to sit all day, prefers physical activity, loves being busy, loves sports, is working as a waiter on weekends.

Landscape architect

This. Or start power washing and fence painting company. He’d clean up

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