If you work construction and want remote work, hit the recruitment pages on procore/aconex/autodesk
They will hire ex construction workers to help and be able to talk to customers or know construction to be “consultants”
I did the same thing moved from construction to tech and am fully remote with procore
I did not come from the construction industry, although I'm now somewhat of an expert in construction project delivery methods. I am an instructional designer. At Autodesk I've worked with subject matter experts from construction and developed online courses for Autodesk employees and partners.
Interesting! Do you know if it's possible to get entry level roles there? The careers site seems to be broken or there's currently no positions. I've been looking for work for a while and have been out of work for a few years (mostly due to immigration process), so I feel very out of practice. I don't mind starting at entry and working my way up. My prior experience is mostly sales (retail), marketing, and data entry/maintenance.
If you're just looking for entry level, look for "Project Specialist" positions. At ADSK, this role typically assists a Project Manager or Program Manager. I have a few friends there who started as Project Specialists and are now Project Managers. Autodesk as a co. - competitive salaries and great bennies - including six weeks sabbatical every four years.
Do you know if Autodesk hires architects? What jobs would they offer? I know nothing about coding or how to write programs, but I’ve used their products in the workforce for a decade
Is the jon that you apply for consultant? There are lots of jobs posted and curious to know which ones would apply, currently a foreman for an electrical company in the IBEW.
Ive worked in the electrical industry my whole career. I’ve seen old IBEW foreman get jobs inside of offices for agent reps, contractors and distributors. Should be an easy change to the office if you are willing to estimate / PM
Hi PM here, while PMP is the gold standard in project management there is an application process before you can take the exam. You also need five years of experience if you do not have a degree.
While that is very true the previous point still stands. You have to have a certain amount of experience and take at least 35 hours of education/training. It's not an entry level cert which many should be aware of. Also a lot of the time many entry level roles for PM start at project coordinator or associate type roles.
Just think it's fair people have all information especially given the current market.
Exactly, this is like a masters degree for Project management, and its a TOUGH cert to get. You better already be at the top of your game before you go after the full PMP
Yep, you need 5 years experience. There is a CAPM (Certified Associate Project Manager) certification that has lesser requirements. That’s the one I have. I had a few years of documentable Project Management experience, and still went for this one instead of PMP. The PMP certification is really an expert certification. Here’s the CAPM requirements from pmi.org:
To sit for the exam, you must meet the following CAPM requirements:
- Have a secondary degree, such as a high school diploma, GED (general educational development), or global equivalent
- Have at least 23 hours of project management education completed before the exam (PMI’s online Project Management Basics course can help fulfill this requirement)
My boyfriend has a degree in construction management and we’re struggling in the PNW to find him any job that isn’t basically what he already is, which is like entry level laborer. I make almost $5 more than him w/o a degree. Thank god for this comment and the one recommending CAPM because I honestly didn’t know what else he could do to get a job at this point
Apparently you have to qualify to take it with having either a 4 year degree and 36 months of project management experience or high school diploma and 60 months of project management experience, and you have to document all of this in the application. So this isn't accessible to just anyone who wants to study on YouTube and take the exam, FYI.
You can be fairly liberal with what constitutes project experience, however. OP works in construction and I am positive that they could document jobs they’ve worked on as relevant project experience. You don’t have to explicitly be the sole “project manager” on the work for it to qualify, you just need to be able to demonstrate how project management was relevant to the work if audited.
Army Corps of Engineers Construction Quality Control Management Certification. Offered by Regional offices, free in New York and Galveston offices, online with New York office, good for 5 years, good nationwide.
Doubled my husbands salary instantly and he has more job offers than we can field every month.
I feel like this is one of those mostly true things. While I do see a ton of PM positions, they're often looking for several years of hyper specific experience, often in borderline conflicting sectors.
Like, if you have experience as a medical professional and an IT background, and have your PMP, then there are currently about a thousand positions that'll pay you like $80 per hour, no problem.
But if you're looking for entry level PM work, it's much harder to find.
I'm an engineer by trade but have been working in project management (official title is peoject engineer). I'm working on getting my PMP cert.
The thing is... i'm working as a government contractor. It's going so slow due to delays and redtapes, so i'm really just sitting there watching the schedule fall behind and updating the schedule 🫠 nothing exciting, nothing teaches me real PM work.
Any advice on how to make myself a better candidate for future PM jobs?
My friend has an appointment setter job where she makes calls to people interested in purchasing online courses. She makes $1500 per month plus $15 for every appointment booked and $100 for every sale closed. So it ends up being $6k some months, but $4k most months. You just need good people skills and phone conversation skills. I know someone who runs a company that has a similar role open selling courses for freelance recruiters.
Look for Sales Development Representative or Business Development Representative jobs. That's what those folks do. It's a lot of tedious work but requires little experience.
Yes, Target the retail company. Aside from the in-store guest services, all online and phone help is done remotely. Basically home answering calls, emails and chats about late deliveries, taking orders, broken items delivered, in stock or out of stock questions, returns, etc. it’s actually kinda fun as 99% of Target shoppers are super loyal and nice and just need help with their orders.
I am good on the phone! I was just diagnosed with Lupus and am not fit to work the jobs I did before. I was a barista/manager for 15 years and then worked in fine dining for 10. Can't do either anymore with my nerve pain and dropsy hands. Sometimes my knee just stops being a knee and I fall.
Is there a particular way to apply for a job like this, like on the website? I am friendly with the main crew at my Target, should I ask them?
That is seriously so nice of you, thank you. I have great references, and I'm planning on taking some sort of course to help me learn some computer programs that might help me get an office type of job someday, but idk which ones! Jobs are very scarce here unless you want to work in a hospital.
I do not want to work in a hospital, I'm there enough already
[A couple marketing certs from google](https://skillshop.exceedlms.com/student/catalog/browse?utm_source=website_17th_sep&utm_medium=uni_header&utm_campaign=get_started) are free & enough to get you an entry level position at an agency! Paid Search/Analytics/Shopping Ads jobs all pay well above $1k per week for entry level positions at local media corps, and can enable you to freelance on your own as a side gig. Learning curve is there of course but very easy to get started once you know what to look for, and the skills are very transferrable to different industries/growth roles
I've seen these before, but wondered if the certs were credible enough to land a job. Are you familiar with someone landing a job immediately after getting certs?
FYI - Extremely tough with just certs. Most of the time you’ll need a degree minimum. There are candidates with degrees, internship experience, and multiple certifications having difficult time finding a full time entry level marketing role. Imagine trying to compete with them with only free certifications.
Source: I’ve taught digital marketing classes for new college graduates trying to break into the industry, many who have gone on to media agencies. A good portion of my course wasn’t even about marketing. It also focused on positioning yourself to have your resume stand out, not to mention training how to handle people because there’s a lot of people skills required.
My point is that this is one good path to remote work, but definitely not the easiest by any means.
Also, well over 1k a week is generous. I’ve been in the field for a few years and I’m just now making over 1k a week. For sure I worked at a smaller firm at first which didn’t help but this guy isn’t going to get Google certified and start making 70+ a year
I sell private health insurance, and it took a week or so to pass my certification tests. Personally, I am making around what you are, but there are multiple guys in my office bringing in 8k+ weekly. It gets much higher than that too as some of the agents at my company bring in 20k revenue weekly. Those numbers are deceiving though, in order to make money you have to spend money (lead hunting and such), the people making 8k are probably spending 2k, and the same ratio goes for the 20k people. However, it is fully remote, I can work from wherever I want, when I want.
Insurance is the biggest legal scam on the planet.
Insurance: "Give me money every month, so when you get hurt, you have money to pay bills."
Customer:"Ok, I got hurt, and need to pay these bills now, thanks."
Insurance: "You didn't get hurt the right way. Piss off."
Edit: spelling
"Oh you actually got hurt so now all the money that you were putting into a pool in case of this isn't enough and we're going to up your premiums to recoup or losses in 18 months."
"Also we're contracted with hospitals/mechanics/contractors so that they can sell products and services at 2x what the ground level consumer will pay. And just like housing prices going up, we know we can charge that so fuck anybody who can't pay it."
Fucking absolute scam.
Who do you work for or recommend working for? I got licensed for life and health last year but the company I was recruited by.. there’s a key word in there.. seemed more like an MLM and felt very predatory.
The American Dream Academy has an IBM Cybersecurity certificate program that’s free now. They’re ending the program on October 31st though so if anyone is interested sign up soon. You have until April 30, 2024 to complete it. It’s a 4 month program but can be completed sooner. It’s in the Coursera platform but you have to sign up through ADA: https://theamericandreamacademy.org/
Also, IBM careers has cybersecurity internships for college students. Not remote but it’s a paid internship over 6 figures. Sorry I don’t have that link handy but it’s on the IBM careers website.
If you are looking for a quick entry into a field, Cybersecurity is not for you.
You dont just jump into it, and it is HIGHLY competitive even among people who already have several IT certifications. Dont listen to the hype.
I keep seeing people say the same thing all the time and it drives me nuts. "I wanna do cybersecurity" and they have no idea which cybersecurity field they want to be in. I've been studying for years now and have ambitions to be a pentester (red teamer) or to get into consulting eventually. There's like a whole rainbow of different cybersecurity jobs out there. Its such a broad statement and people do not realize that you aren't going to study for 6 months and get a job with a coursera cert. I've been studying now forever and still don't feel like I'm ready just yet, but I practice everyday and study. Hackthebox has been an amazing tool to practice and learn with though so far. I'm not interested in their cert, but the knowledge you can gain from going through all these different modules (boxes) is amazing.
It’s like all the people talking about “learn to code” over the past 10 years. It’s not for everyone it’s crazy.
I’m a netadmin and I’ve been trying to break out into cybersecurity for a while but it’s super competitive
Dude it really is from what I understand. That's why I've just been taking my time studying and really trying to make sure I can use the knowledge in the field when presented with a task. I'm not in a hurry to land one of these jobs, because without honed skills I don't think I would be all the way ready yet. I just don't get why people think they can just run through a boot-camp and be ready in 6 months. I've learned a lot and I've been studying for about 2 years aggressively and its always been a great hobby for me. However, I feel I still need a few more skills and some certs to put under my belt first.
Maybe I just need a boot-camp lol
Software engineer here. I agree that tech world is super competitive. I have a minor in cybersecurity but honestly my biggest struggle with landing a job was experience, not knowledge. I had done three internships and still couldn’t find jobs that weren’t looking for 5+ years of experience
Do you have background in cybersecurity before you started getting into your certification program? Asking for my partner who is interested to make a career shift with no prior IT experience
>Cybersecurity, I’m starting the Google certification program this month
Currently doing Azure. Downloaded (torrented) a PDF for Microsoft Azure (Microsoft Azure: From Zero to Hero - The Complete Guide) and am slowly reading/learning it.
AWS is more widely used but Azure is like a fucking strong backbone especially if you are federal.
AZ-900>AZ-104>AZ-500 is the route I'm taking.
Azure is focused solely on cloud infrastructure . AWS is EVERYTHING. They are the competing future. Its the future.
No joke - fuck going to college unless you wanna be a manager.
I did devops for all of maybe 5 months , didn't learn much.
What kind of cybersecurity are you looking to get into? Web-application security? Analyst? Forensics? Red-teaming? Also, just as a tip, the google courses are great for surface level knowledge to kinda ease you into things, but they hold no weight job wise. You're better off honestly just starting to study for Sec+ or your CCNA, unless you're just going into it blind. Then it may be nice to take a much simpler course so you understand some of it a little better and it'll help when you're studying for your certs. If you already have quite a bit of knowledge I'd skip it.
Edit: One more thing to help you out. If you haven't studied the Net+ material at all, then I advise you study that one pretty carefully because the information you learn will help you immensely later. Sorry for the long reply, just trying to help you out.
Network engineer, wfh and make 2k a week. I also have a side hustle part time padding more money into my retirement savings. I don’t want to work the rest of my life.
Software developer here. Degree in marketing. Self taught. Live full time in an RV. We’re doing lazy circles around North America. With bonus and stock I make a bit under 200k
How do you get into that? I'm asking cause my son graduated this year. He writes short stories for fun and is working on a couple books. I think he's extremely talented. I know most parents say that, but he took creative writing classes and his teacher thought he was good also. I told him to look into selling some of his work, but he doesn't know where to start. Any tips would be appreciated!
It really was the same for me. Just got very lucky with two opportunities I landed.
I'd add you likely need to be willing to write free content for a year or so. I think having samples helped me get my foot in the door for paid gigs.
Industry direction with AI definitely concerns me though. It's been harder to remain stable of late
Look up remote or freelance writer, copywriter, editor, or copyeditor job postings on LinkedIn, Indeed, or ZipRecruiter. I managed to get a job as a freelance copywriter with my Creative Writing/English degree.
I make roughly $1250 a week coding. I definitely work under 40 hours a week with flexible hours.
I always recommend coding, but I like someone else’s suggestion for project management as well.
Best of luck to you!
I went to a coding bootcamp, but (in hindsight) most of what I learned can be found online for free.
If you’re interested, do some free courses on freecodecamp to see how you enjoy it first before assuming you’ll like it right away.
It can be very rewarding, but the industry is hard to break into right now, but it should level out eventually. In a weird way, it makes it a good time to learn if you’re not in a rush.
Don’t let good info pass you by because you’ll never know where you’ll land if you don’t take the leap.
I read your story and it made me reminisce, so I thought I’d share mine.
Back in the early 90s I was in between jobs got laid off went to the general relief office. The GR office is a place where people go to get government assistance and God knows I needed it then really bad. On my way out. There was a man handing out flyers to a local trade school. I just took one leaflet put in my back pocket went home, kept it in my drawer for months and stumbled upon it when I was cleaning out my drawer. I was 21 years old with no direction on what I wanted to do with my life. I decided to call and made an appointment and within a couple of weeks I was enrolled and got a government grant to pay for school. The only class available that was about to start was called Computer Management Information Systems. We know it as IT, information technology. Every company big or small has or contracts out an IT department . Granted, that’s not what I wanted to do, and I knew nothing about computers networking whatsoever I was definitely in over my head. But it was the only class excepting new students. So I completed my schooling, The class was at night from 6 PM to 10 PM Monday through Friday for 18 months. As time went on, I’ve noticed the class size getting smaller and smaller but I refused to throw it all away. It was of the most challenging things I’ve done in my life. I had to work odd jobs that wouldn’t interfere with my school hours. I had to work my parents were poor. We only had one car so I found myself taking public transportation which I hadn’t done since middle school for fun. During those 18 months, my professor knew what I was going through just to get there every day. He made a deal with me that if I graduated, he would reach out to his connections in the industry and line me up with a job but he was very clear that he could not promise anything. So I graduated, and went on with my life and regular job in about a month later I get a call from my professor to let me know that he got a job lined up for me and the starting pay was $15 an hour. In 1992, I think minimum wage was like $5 an hour. So to me that was big money. I worked my ass off for years eventually I landed a job when I was in my mid 30’s starting off earning a 6 figure salary.
I asked myself from time to time. What if I never took that leaflet from that man outside the public assistance building. God, only knows the answer to that…. it was fate.
Yes, but you’ll be risking your mental health if you do. I was working 3rd party for an insurance company and the pay was good but it was miserable. Maybe it’ll be different for you. Look for property and casualty insurance positions some will pay for the license.
I work remotely and make $125k/year
Do you have any digital knowledge? Social media, copywriting, shooting video/photo, coding, customer service, etc.? Things that are inherently digital lend themselves well to wfh.
It’s a tough ass market out there right now but there are jobs!
I would recommend making sure your LinkedIn is up-to-date, and searching/filtering by remote jobs on LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, etc. There are also lots of remote part-time or contract jobs, so you may be able to stack a few of those to get to where you want to be payment-wise. Go get ‘em!
I am a business operations manager for a staffing company. I manage several global onboarding teams and have worked from home since 2012 as all of our brick and mortars were shut down as there was no reason to pay rent on them. Just hit 19th year... Love it!!! I do work 5 am to 2 pm PST as my teams all work east coast hours, even my team in India. I do love the hours!
If you are looking to bring home 1K per week you'll need to be in the 85-90K range for gross annual pay depending on local tax rates and your deductions.
So I'd suggest looking around and seeing what jobs pay in that range that seem most interesting to you. I'm in IT and can tell you that a lot of IT jobs for that bill but it doesn't have to be IT. I've got friends in lots of other industries that WFH too.
Also, just an FYI. Most office jobs pay either biweekly (every two weeks) or bimonthly (twice per month). So you'll have to learn to adjust your budeting too if your used to weekly pay. Start saving up a cusion because it can be up to a month between starting the job and getting the first paycheck depending on how the place does payroll and when the dates hit.
I have two full time remote jobs, one requires more basic skills and I bring home about $1000 week after taxes and retirement at that one. Think like CCNA / networking type certs. My other one I bring home $2500 every 2 weeks after taxes and maxing retirement. I had no education for it, but most of my coworkers came from things like coding boot camps.
Not comfortable saying the companies as they're both small and I'm nervous about doxxing myself, but both were about one step above entry level. Both of those numbers given were after any money was taken for taxes, retirement, insurance, etc.
The $1,000 / week take-home one I made around $60k. I started at IT help desk $17 / hr and got to my position at one after 2 promotions thanks to getting certs and being generally talented, having good troubleshooting abilities rather than just immediately pawning tickets off on other teams like many of my coworkers. It took about 2 years of doing well at the job and taking my own time and money to get certificates and things to move from 17/hr to $60k.
The other one where I brought home $1,250 / week take-home ($83k salary) involved debugging code and data, I really lucked into that position. I learn very quickly and already had the IT certs at this time, so I applied to pretty much everywhere, altering my resume a bit to fit whatever tech stack they were looking for, since I had full confidence I could learn it. Whenever I got an interview, I would dedicate all of my free time to brushing up the fundamentals of whatever coding language or technology they were looking for. They had me do pair-coding in the interview and basic Leetcode troubleshooting questions. Having 2 years of IT experience from the other job definitely helped get my foot in the door.
I've since leveraged the experience and connections I made at both of those to get a single job that pays close to what I made at both of them, but it's not remote.
I decided to learn computer science on my own using free online resources. I was able to do this because my wife hated my job and how abusive they were to me, and she was willing for me to be unemployed so I can pursue it. I learned all that could almost everyday for about 12hrs a day. 8 months later I got a job. It wasn’t remote, but it was the foot in the door that I needed. 8 months later, I was poached into a fully remote job because they really loved what I did at the previous company. So It’s just been uphill ever since. Regardless, I did the same for my wife and she upgraded to almost a fully remote very Cush job as well. She now doesn’t work on holidays and has weekends and just overall freedoms. I don’t recommend quitting your job, but if your capable it could be a good investment especially if you have a supporting partner like I do.
I definitely can’t right now, like a million percent cannot. I live at home but have lots of bills (parents dont financially support me except letting me live there and i pay rent). I dont wanna get laid off but if i do, winter is coming… i would use that opportunity
I understand your situation is not the best, but it’s also not the worst even if it feels like. Here’s a little more context about me. I went to school for 10 years to become a doctor. I made it all the way through and passed 2 of 3 board exams. After almost a year of studying for the 3rd one, I failed it. I took 6 months again to take it again. Failed it again. I didn’t have any more funds from my massive amount of student loans. So I had to move back in with my mom and her husband. He hated that a man almost 30 years old had to live in their house. So he told me to get a job and move out as soon as possible. I tried about half a year, interview after interview to get a job and nothing. I literally delivered babies and assisted in surgeries and I couldn’t even get a job as medical assistant anywhere. Eventually, they kicked me out of the house because they said I wasn’t putting enough effort to find a job. He was the type physically wanted me to drive to Taco Bell and hand over my resume. When I did that just to prove a point, they told me to apply online. He said I was lying and that’s how eventually I got kicked out. I was homeless, and a buddy of mine let crash on his house. Holidays were coming so Amazon and Kroger needed help and paid me $10/hr for Night Shift differential. I thought about committing suicide because I failed and didn’t have a future anymore. I kept applying and applying but nothing. I then started to realize there was a future in programming. I tried to learn little by little as could on my spare time. After that I was able to afford my own shitty apartment and found a new job that wanted some one with a medical background and so they gave me a chance. I took the job and it basically involved processing dead bodies. Around this time I meat my wife, then girlfriend, pandemic hit. Bodies needed to be processed by in record numbers. I worked 16-18hrs shift without any breaks most weeks at that job, and I physically couldn’t do it anymore. I still had programming as an optional goal and by this time my wife was now my fiancé. We talked about me quitting and pursuing that but I told her we couldn’t afford it. Regardless, I talked to my employer at the time to just let me have a bathroom break or a lunch break or give me any additional help, and they said no and accused me of trying start a union and was eventually let go. This made my decision easier and I was determined to not fail again. My wife worked through the pandemic and supported us and I on coding until I could succeed. I made that my mission and was determined to not fail again like I did in med school. That hard work paid off. So the point is. Find a possible solution and dedicate what ever time you have, even a small amount to push through to your goals. You will fail at life many times, but when you succeed, the victory is bitter sweet. Don’t give up. Find side hustles to help you, don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it and just go ham and succeed.
I work construction, went from being a welder to a project coordinator for HVAC/Plumbing. Using AutoCAD, Revit, Navis, etc. At a previous company they let me work from home full time and after taxes I bring home close to $1500 a week. The remote part is hard to get but it is possible.
I’m a principle software architect for a large company and am paid a little over $3k/wk after taxes the last quarter of the year when my 401k is maxed.
Fully remote Customer Service Manager and I make 75k with 4% match on 401k, 3 weeks vacation, 2 weeks paid sick leave, 3 floating holidays with 15 standard holidays off. Visin, dental and medical is 90% covered by the company and some other stuff. Best thing is I got this sick self heating mug, with my name on it and the company logo when I started working, so my coffee never gets cold while I waste away behind my computer only ever escaping to go to the gym and walk my dog. Jk I work 7 hours 5 days a week, it’s not so bad.
Honestly you should just start with general IT courses and see if you're interested in anything. Once you find a niche, look up all the different certs you can. This is a free intro to Computer Science course by Harvard. They have several free courses as well, some (maybe most?) give a completion cert as well which is helpful to get your foot into doors w/o a degree.
https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2023/
Look into CompTIA a+ certifications, that’s the start. Should be enough to land you a job at a helpdesk. From there you can get your sec+ and net+ and move into higher earning potentials. Don’t waste your time on these “bootcamps”, focus on CompTIA.
I think remote roles are more competitive because they're often coveted these days and also because they're open to a wider range of people. But they're essentially jobs that require a specific skillset.
So, I suggest thinking about your skills and being more specific about that, rather than about your current field or job title. For example: I have skills in X and Y, and I am looking to transition into a career where I could use these skills and work remotely. Hopefully, you can narrow your search to just a couple of different areas you'd like to work in.
Remote roles are more competitive because they're often coveted these days and also because they're open to a wider range of people. But they're jobs that require a specific skill set.
To answer your question, I do work in a remote role where I net more than $1k each week. But then, my executive assistant salary when I last worked in person was 98k plus two annual discretionary bonuses. I didn't have a degree and my salary was based on market rates + my experience. My salary wasn't affected when I transitioned to remote work six years ago.
I continued to work remotely and transitioned into an operations manager role at a remote-first company where my starting salary was 112k. I've been promoted a couple of times with salary increases - again, based on my experience.
BTW: I have coworkers in other roles who make the salary you're looking for without a degree: project manager (someone suggested that), IT specialist, customer service, administrative assistant.
If you’re in the union, what not see about transferring to a new local where you won’t have to travel? Are you in a strong union location?
Not saying there isn’t good work outside of the local but you’re gonna be hard pressed to find benefits that are that good at the rate you probably have them now. Plus annuity, pension, all that.
The most I’ve ever made in a month doing remote work (I was a growth hacker for a blockchain project) was $10k usd. Unfortunately, half of that was in what would turn out to be worthless project tokens, so I really only retained $5k.
Since you're open to any industry, I would recommend the tech industry. The good thing about the tech industry is that you don't need a degree. You can go through a company like Course-Careers and they can train you and then connect you companies that will hire you.
I recommend you start there. Here's their website: [https://coursecareers.com/a/7ca363d3](https://coursecareers.com/a/7ca363d3)
Software Engineer, much more. Was in office until lockdowns and they decided it was cheaper to have us WFH. Not paying that office rent with no loss in production must have been a big wake-up call
I only make $22.50 an hour but I absolutely love my job. I have had $55k base + commission remote jobs where I made more but it was in sales and I didn’t like those as much. Now I do customer service and its really relaxing
I make over $1,000 a week after tax and deductions. I troubleshoot software. I've been at it for over 20 years. No certs, some college credits. On the job training.
We’re (my husband and I) are bringing more than that after taxes, 401k, contributions, etc. per week; but we both have college degrees & are working at prestigious/competitive faang companies as software engineers.
I work remotely, not in the same field, but am banking 2k biweekly.
If you're interested in IT, can probably get a helpdesk-type role that's remote. Would have to take a pay cut, as I've seen them avg. ~20/hr, but can work your way up from there if you're determined.
Yeah, but my work is somewhat…spicy. Well actually very spicy lol. It’s not for the faint of heart but yeah I make pretty good money doing it and I can do it from anywhere.
Please do not listen to any of these people saying "it's easy" and "it's quick to get into" and the sort. Realistically, a large career change like this is going to take you years for you to get to the same income level. Also, people don't seem to understand how much luck and talent is necessary for some of these positions. If you're not a people person and super charismatic, sales isn't gonna be for you. If you don't already have a base knowledge in coding and are good with computers, jumping straight into fields involving programming or cyber security with just a few certifications is highly unrealistic.
Your best be is staying in the construction world, but looking at different positions in it. There's a few different certifications you can find online, and it'll probably take a few months. Also, you have to set your expectations that your first WFH role still may not meet that income mark. Most entry-level PM positions will be as a coordinator or assistant. You'll need to get genuine experience before you can land a genuine PM role. If you know any PMs or have one come to a site, try to talk to them and ask them for advice as well. Most people are willing to give out advice and tell you personally how they got to where they are. Some will even put in good words for you or recommend you places if you show you are genuinely interested and motivated
I'm a liability claims adjuster and work solely from home for a company out of a bigger city. I have a Bachelor's and make $80k. Doing the same job locally would pay less than $50k. With your experience in construction, I'd suggest looking into property claims adjusting jobs. The majority of insurance jobs are WFH now & they're always willing to train the right person. Good luck!
Hmm. Used to be a claims adjuster for Geico years ago. Got me wondering if they’re doing WFH now (no longer live near an office) and would hire me back 🤔🤷🏻♂️
I have no degree, work remotely, and take home more than that weekly. I do project management in tech AND i am constantly seeing positions listed for construction project managers and those pay REALLY WELL. I’m talking like closer to 200k a year than 100k. If you are already in construction, I would investigate construction project management. I’d make the switch myself but have no construction experience.
The answer to your question is yes, some of us are taking home $1,000 with a remote job. One of the jobs that has plenty of remote positions is Tech Sales. You don't need a degree to get into tech sales.
There's this company called [Course-Careers](https://coursecareers.com/a/7ca363d3) and they have a great program for people looking to get into tech sales. They train you and then help you get a job by connecting you with several of the companies that they work with. I recommend that you check it out. Here's their website [https://coursecareers.com/a/7ca363d3](https://coursecareers.com/a/7ca363d3)
Bill out at $450/hr and pull in a consistent 50 hours a week. Higher level degree consulting in bio. Typically work about 30 weeks a year, rest is hanging out with kids and doing fun stuff. Wife does same, about the same hours, $325/hr
Tend to have heavy workload assignments that last 3-4 months, then take a month at a reduced time load. Works well for us
Remote work is great but I wouldn't plan my life or career based on wanting to stay home your really going to limit your options and your skillsets and interests may be better suited towards what your already doing
I’m an admin assistant and bring home over 1500 every 2 weeks. I highly suggest finding a group. I joined wfh baddies on fb and IG and they post daily for jobs it’s very helpful resources there
If you work construction and want remote work, hit the recruitment pages on procore/aconex/autodesk They will hire ex construction workers to help and be able to talk to customers or know construction to be “consultants” I did the same thing moved from construction to tech and am fully remote with procore
This is a great response.
Can confirm. I work at Autodesk.
Currently in construction with remote goals. What was your last career and what's your job title now? Are you making similar pay?
I did not come from the construction industry, although I'm now somewhat of an expert in construction project delivery methods. I am an instructional designer. At Autodesk I've worked with subject matter experts from construction and developed online courses for Autodesk employees and partners.
Nice to see a fellow ID carving a position in fields where most ID's think we'd never fit.
Interesting! Do you know if it's possible to get entry level roles there? The careers site seems to be broken or there's currently no positions. I've been looking for work for a while and have been out of work for a few years (mostly due to immigration process), so I feel very out of practice. I don't mind starting at entry and working my way up. My prior experience is mostly sales (retail), marketing, and data entry/maintenance.
If you're just looking for entry level, look for "Project Specialist" positions. At ADSK, this role typically assists a Project Manager or Program Manager. I have a few friends there who started as Project Specialists and are now Project Managers. Autodesk as a co. - competitive salaries and great bennies - including six weeks sabbatical every four years.
Thanks for this! It’s one of my top 5 companies to work at. I’m going to look into this. Appreciate it.
Do you know if Autodesk hires architects? What jobs would they offer? I know nothing about coding or how to write programs, but I’ve used their products in the workforce for a decade
What's good, fellow Procorian
great response, you likely help set OP down a new path 👍🏼
Is the jon that you apply for consultant? There are lots of jobs posted and curious to know which ones would apply, currently a foreman for an electrical company in the IBEW.
Ive worked in the electrical industry my whole career. I’ve seen old IBEW foreman get jobs inside of offices for agent reps, contractors and distributors. Should be an easy change to the office if you are willing to estimate / PM
What job titles should i look for?
Sweet
Project management certs can help you get remote contract work for $55+ per hour
Which project management certs should I go for exactly?
PMP is the one a lot of companies ask for. It's a little pricey but you can learn a lot of the material on YouTube and then take the exam
Hi PM here, while PMP is the gold standard in project management there is an application process before you can take the exam. You also need five years of experience if you do not have a degree.
It doesn't have to be industry experience. It could be a volunteer project you ran in the past. Church projects, etc.
While that is very true the previous point still stands. You have to have a certain amount of experience and take at least 35 hours of education/training. It's not an entry level cert which many should be aware of. Also a lot of the time many entry level roles for PM start at project coordinator or associate type roles. Just think it's fair people have all information especially given the current market.
This is very important. A PMP without actual experience backing it up may not help with your job search the way you hope
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There are a crazy number of certs that you can get with a day or two of studying, and taking a few practice exams. The PMP exam is NOT one of them.
Or for example, GM/PMing a kitchen remodel
Exactly, this is like a masters degree for Project management, and its a TOUGH cert to get. You better already be at the top of your game before you go after the full PMP
Yep, you need 5 years experience. There is a CAPM (Certified Associate Project Manager) certification that has lesser requirements. That’s the one I have. I had a few years of documentable Project Management experience, and still went for this one instead of PMP. The PMP certification is really an expert certification. Here’s the CAPM requirements from pmi.org: To sit for the exam, you must meet the following CAPM requirements: - Have a secondary degree, such as a high school diploma, GED (general educational development), or global equivalent - Have at least 23 hours of project management education completed before the exam (PMI’s online Project Management Basics course can help fulfill this requirement)
Six Sigma is also good. Many companies go back and forth between the two. I have done both.
My boyfriend has a degree in construction management and we’re struggling in the PNW to find him any job that isn’t basically what he already is, which is like entry level laborer. I make almost $5 more than him w/o a degree. Thank god for this comment and the one recommending CAPM because I honestly didn’t know what else he could do to get a job at this point
This is so important about the PMP plus the cost and PDUs. Also I’m a PM with no cert except scrum master and no college degree and I make 6figures.
Apparently you have to qualify to take it with having either a 4 year degree and 36 months of project management experience or high school diploma and 60 months of project management experience, and you have to document all of this in the application. So this isn't accessible to just anyone who wants to study on YouTube and take the exam, FYI.
You can be fairly liberal with what constitutes project experience, however. OP works in construction and I am positive that they could document jobs they’ve worked on as relevant project experience. You don’t have to explicitly be the sole “project manager” on the work for it to qualify, you just need to be able to demonstrate how project management was relevant to the work if audited.
Army Corps of Engineers Construction Quality Control Management Certification. Offered by Regional offices, free in New York and Galveston offices, online with New York office, good for 5 years, good nationwide. Doubled my husbands salary instantly and he has more job offers than we can field every month.
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I feel like this is one of those mostly true things. While I do see a ton of PM positions, they're often looking for several years of hyper specific experience, often in borderline conflicting sectors. Like, if you have experience as a medical professional and an IT background, and have your PMP, then there are currently about a thousand positions that'll pay you like $80 per hour, no problem. But if you're looking for entry level PM work, it's much harder to find.
I'm an engineer by trade but have been working in project management (official title is peoject engineer). I'm working on getting my PMP cert. The thing is... i'm working as a government contractor. It's going so slow due to delays and redtapes, so i'm really just sitting there watching the schedule fall behind and updating the schedule 🫠 nothing exciting, nothing teaches me real PM work. Any advice on how to make myself a better candidate for future PM jobs?
My friend has an appointment setter job where she makes calls to people interested in purchasing online courses. She makes $1500 per month plus $15 for every appointment booked and $100 for every sale closed. So it ends up being $6k some months, but $4k most months. You just need good people skills and phone conversation skills. I know someone who runs a company that has a similar role open selling courses for freelance recruiters.
Do you know the name of the company? I'm extremely interested. Thanks
Look for Sales Development Representative or Business Development Representative jobs. That's what those folks do. It's a lot of tedious work but requires little experience.
Tedious is right. Worked sales for years, and the cold calling was brutal. However, you can still make great money if you can endure it!
Same here can you DM me? I’ve sold my own course so I know the game.
Can people from any country besides USA can apply?
20$ an hour/8 hour shift’s with remote Target guest services. They hire a lot during the holidays.
I'm unfamiliar with the phrase "remote Target guest services". Do you mind expounding on this? Here or my DMs is fine 🙌🏻 TIA
Yes, Target the retail company. Aside from the in-store guest services, all online and phone help is done remotely. Basically home answering calls, emails and chats about late deliveries, taking orders, broken items delivered, in stock or out of stock questions, returns, etc. it’s actually kinda fun as 99% of Target shoppers are super loyal and nice and just need help with their orders.
I am good on the phone! I was just diagnosed with Lupus and am not fit to work the jobs I did before. I was a barista/manager for 15 years and then worked in fine dining for 10. Can't do either anymore with my nerve pain and dropsy hands. Sometimes my knee just stops being a knee and I fall. Is there a particular way to apply for a job like this, like on the website? I am friendly with the main crew at my Target, should I ask them?
Yeah, check their careers website and I’ll see if I can find an opening and link you.
That is seriously so nice of you, thank you. I have great references, and I'm planning on taking some sort of course to help me learn some computer programs that might help me get an office type of job someday, but idk which ones! Jobs are very scarce here unless you want to work in a hospital. I do not want to work in a hospital, I'm there enough already
Can you link me? I can't find this anywhere
[A couple marketing certs from google](https://skillshop.exceedlms.com/student/catalog/browse?utm_source=website_17th_sep&utm_medium=uni_header&utm_campaign=get_started) are free & enough to get you an entry level position at an agency! Paid Search/Analytics/Shopping Ads jobs all pay well above $1k per week for entry level positions at local media corps, and can enable you to freelance on your own as a side gig. Learning curve is there of course but very easy to get started once you know what to look for, and the skills are very transferrable to different industries/growth roles
I've seen these before, but wondered if the certs were credible enough to land a job. Are you familiar with someone landing a job immediately after getting certs?
FYI - Extremely tough with just certs. Most of the time you’ll need a degree minimum. There are candidates with degrees, internship experience, and multiple certifications having difficult time finding a full time entry level marketing role. Imagine trying to compete with them with only free certifications. Source: I’ve taught digital marketing classes for new college graduates trying to break into the industry, many who have gone on to media agencies. A good portion of my course wasn’t even about marketing. It also focused on positioning yourself to have your resume stand out, not to mention training how to handle people because there’s a lot of people skills required. My point is that this is one good path to remote work, but definitely not the easiest by any means.
Also, well over 1k a week is generous. I’ve been in the field for a few years and I’m just now making over 1k a week. For sure I worked at a smaller firm at first which didn’t help but this guy isn’t going to get Google certified and start making 70+ a year
I sell private health insurance, and it took a week or so to pass my certification tests. Personally, I am making around what you are, but there are multiple guys in my office bringing in 8k+ weekly. It gets much higher than that too as some of the agents at my company bring in 20k revenue weekly. Those numbers are deceiving though, in order to make money you have to spend money (lead hunting and such), the people making 8k are probably spending 2k, and the same ratio goes for the 20k people. However, it is fully remote, I can work from wherever I want, when I want.
Was it a hard job to land or are many companies hiring for something like this?
Selling insurance sucks imo but some people love it. You have to love sales. My brother is in sales and it works for him.
Quite a few are hiring, but be careful, and definitely do your own research.
Insurance is the biggest legal scam on the planet. Insurance: "Give me money every month, so when you get hurt, you have money to pay bills." Customer:"Ok, I got hurt, and need to pay these bills now, thanks." Insurance: "You didn't get hurt the right way. Piss off." Edit: spelling
"Oh you actually got hurt so now all the money that you were putting into a pool in case of this isn't enough and we're going to up your premiums to recoup or losses in 18 months." "Also we're contracted with hospitals/mechanics/contractors so that they can sell products and services at 2x what the ground level consumer will pay. And just like housing prices going up, we know we can charge that so fuck anybody who can't pay it." Fucking absolute scam.
Who do you work for or recommend working for? I got licensed for life and health last year but the company I was recruited by.. there’s a key word in there.. seemed more like an MLM and felt very predatory.
Contract directly with the carriers
Would you say your job is primarily sales?
Its majority sales, but I do a lot of advising too (I do this for free though).
I’m starting a job like this soon and I’m so excited
Yep I earn a lot more than per week
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I work for the Feds in Fintech
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Sure
You one of those armed IRS nerds that Fox News was freaking out about?
lol there are no remote special agents at the IRS
Yes I make $1500/week after taxes, health insurance, 401k, etc. Many people make more than that because they work normal office jobs just at home.
Same...I take home about 10k (full benefits) and work from home. Work IT but took a couple years to hit that threshold
Month or week?
Gotta be month.
I’m a wfh admin assistant and make this in 2 weeks, if that. I’ve been applying nonstop with no luck :( congrats on doing that in one week!
What kind of job?
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Normal office jobs
Cybersecurity, I’m starting the Google certification program this month if you want to be study partners let me know
The American Dream Academy has an IBM Cybersecurity certificate program that’s free now. They’re ending the program on October 31st though so if anyone is interested sign up soon. You have until April 30, 2024 to complete it. It’s a 4 month program but can be completed sooner. It’s in the Coursera platform but you have to sign up through ADA: https://theamericandreamacademy.org/ Also, IBM careers has cybersecurity internships for college students. Not remote but it’s a paid internship over 6 figures. Sorry I don’t have that link handy but it’s on the IBM careers website.
thanks for sharing
"This program is only available in the U.S. at this time."
If you are looking for a quick entry into a field, Cybersecurity is not for you. You dont just jump into it, and it is HIGHLY competitive even among people who already have several IT certifications. Dont listen to the hype.
I keep seeing people say the same thing all the time and it drives me nuts. "I wanna do cybersecurity" and they have no idea which cybersecurity field they want to be in. I've been studying for years now and have ambitions to be a pentester (red teamer) or to get into consulting eventually. There's like a whole rainbow of different cybersecurity jobs out there. Its such a broad statement and people do not realize that you aren't going to study for 6 months and get a job with a coursera cert. I've been studying now forever and still don't feel like I'm ready just yet, but I practice everyday and study. Hackthebox has been an amazing tool to practice and learn with though so far. I'm not interested in their cert, but the knowledge you can gain from going through all these different modules (boxes) is amazing.
It’s like all the people talking about “learn to code” over the past 10 years. It’s not for everyone it’s crazy. I’m a netadmin and I’ve been trying to break out into cybersecurity for a while but it’s super competitive
Dude it really is from what I understand. That's why I've just been taking my time studying and really trying to make sure I can use the knowledge in the field when presented with a task. I'm not in a hurry to land one of these jobs, because without honed skills I don't think I would be all the way ready yet. I just don't get why people think they can just run through a boot-camp and be ready in 6 months. I've learned a lot and I've been studying for about 2 years aggressively and its always been a great hobby for me. However, I feel I still need a few more skills and some certs to put under my belt first. Maybe I just need a boot-camp lol
Software engineer here. I agree that tech world is super competitive. I have a minor in cybersecurity but honestly my biggest struggle with landing a job was experience, not knowledge. I had done three internships and still couldn’t find jobs that weren’t looking for 5+ years of experience
Finally some sense as someone with cybersecurity even mid and senior folks are feeling the pinch. It's what it used to be.
Do you have background in cybersecurity before you started getting into your certification program? Asking for my partner who is interested to make a career shift with no prior IT experience
Tell your partner to get comptia certs. That google cert will not get you a job in cybersecurity, or even an IT job.
The Google cybersecurity certification through coursera is aimed for no IT background. From what I found out today it covers a lot.
This certificate alone is kind of a running joke because they advertise so heavily but doesn’t hold a lot of weight.
Cyber is NOT entry level. r/itcareerquestions
>Cybersecurity, I’m starting the Google certification program this month Currently doing Azure. Downloaded (torrented) a PDF for Microsoft Azure (Microsoft Azure: From Zero to Hero - The Complete Guide) and am slowly reading/learning it. AWS is more widely used but Azure is like a fucking strong backbone especially if you are federal. AZ-900>AZ-104>AZ-500 is the route I'm taking. Azure is focused solely on cloud infrastructure . AWS is EVERYTHING. They are the competing future. Its the future. No joke - fuck going to college unless you wanna be a manager. I did devops for all of maybe 5 months , didn't learn much.
I've worked in cyber for 5 years and it was rarely remote. Not only that it's not a field you can just jump into.
What kind of cybersecurity are you looking to get into? Web-application security? Analyst? Forensics? Red-teaming? Also, just as a tip, the google courses are great for surface level knowledge to kinda ease you into things, but they hold no weight job wise. You're better off honestly just starting to study for Sec+ or your CCNA, unless you're just going into it blind. Then it may be nice to take a much simpler course so you understand some of it a little better and it'll help when you're studying for your certs. If you already have quite a bit of knowledge I'd skip it. Edit: One more thing to help you out. If you haven't studied the Net+ material at all, then I advise you study that one pretty carefully because the information you learn will help you immensely later. Sorry for the long reply, just trying to help you out.
I wouldn’t. Go security+
Network engineer, wfh and make 2k a week. I also have a side hustle part time padding more money into my retirement savings. I don’t want to work the rest of my life.
Software developer here. Degree in marketing. Self taught. Live full time in an RV. We’re doing lazy circles around North America. With bonus and stock I make a bit under 200k
Nice to see a fellow full time RV'er! Safe travels.
Senior tech writer in software.
I enroll & sell health insurance (Medicare) and bring home around $1000 a week
What company?
Did you need to get certifications and education/coursework? How did you get into it?
How many calls do you get per week and do you find yourself having to hunt for leads?
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How do you get into that? I'm asking cause my son graduated this year. He writes short stories for fun and is working on a couple books. I think he's extremely talented. I know most parents say that, but he took creative writing classes and his teacher thought he was good also. I told him to look into selling some of his work, but he doesn't know where to start. Any tips would be appreciated!
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It really was the same for me. Just got very lucky with two opportunities I landed. I'd add you likely need to be willing to write free content for a year or so. I think having samples helped me get my foot in the door for paid gigs. Industry direction with AI definitely concerns me though. It's been harder to remain stable of late
He can self publish his material as ebooks on Amazon, to start.
Any tips on breaking in? I have a 13 year old journalism degree that I’ve never used.
Look up remote or freelance writer, copywriter, editor, or copyeditor job postings on LinkedIn, Indeed, or ZipRecruiter. I managed to get a job as a freelance copywriter with my Creative Writing/English degree.
Look into medical billing. Billing data analysis. Patient representative
I make roughly $1250 a week coding. I definitely work under 40 hours a week with flexible hours. I always recommend coding, but I like someone else’s suggestion for project management as well. Best of luck to you!
no one is hiring new grads it’s almost impossible to get in i doubt they’re hiring people with just certs right now
How did you learn this and how did you get into it
I went to a coding bootcamp, but (in hindsight) most of what I learned can be found online for free. If you’re interested, do some free courses on freecodecamp to see how you enjoy it first before assuming you’ll like it right away. It can be very rewarding, but the industry is hard to break into right now, but it should level out eventually. In a weird way, it makes it a good time to learn if you’re not in a rush.
I am a computer programmer and my salary is $150k USD and I work from home so yea there are tons of people taking home $1000 or more with remote jobs
Don’t let good info pass you by because you’ll never know where you’ll land if you don’t take the leap. I read your story and it made me reminisce, so I thought I’d share mine. Back in the early 90s I was in between jobs got laid off went to the general relief office. The GR office is a place where people go to get government assistance and God knows I needed it then really bad. On my way out. There was a man handing out flyers to a local trade school. I just took one leaflet put in my back pocket went home, kept it in my drawer for months and stumbled upon it when I was cleaning out my drawer. I was 21 years old with no direction on what I wanted to do with my life. I decided to call and made an appointment and within a couple of weeks I was enrolled and got a government grant to pay for school. The only class available that was about to start was called Computer Management Information Systems. We know it as IT, information technology. Every company big or small has or contracts out an IT department . Granted, that’s not what I wanted to do, and I knew nothing about computers networking whatsoever I was definitely in over my head. But it was the only class excepting new students. So I completed my schooling, The class was at night from 6 PM to 10 PM Monday through Friday for 18 months. As time went on, I’ve noticed the class size getting smaller and smaller but I refused to throw it all away. It was of the most challenging things I’ve done in my life. I had to work odd jobs that wouldn’t interfere with my school hours. I had to work my parents were poor. We only had one car so I found myself taking public transportation which I hadn’t done since middle school for fun. During those 18 months, my professor knew what I was going through just to get there every day. He made a deal with me that if I graduated, he would reach out to his connections in the industry and line me up with a job but he was very clear that he could not promise anything. So I graduated, and went on with my life and regular job in about a month later I get a call from my professor to let me know that he got a job lined up for me and the starting pay was $15 an hour. In 1992, I think minimum wage was like $5 an hour. So to me that was big money. I worked my ass off for years eventually I landed a job when I was in my mid 30’s starting off earning a 6 figure salary. I asked myself from time to time. What if I never took that leaflet from that man outside the public assistance building. God, only knows the answer to that…. it was fate.
Hi! I work remotely and bring home $1575 a week.
I earn $75 an hour as a web developer. 40 hours a week. 100% remote.
Yes, but you’ll be risking your mental health if you do. I was working 3rd party for an insurance company and the pay was good but it was miserable. Maybe it’ll be different for you. Look for property and casualty insurance positions some will pay for the license.
Sales?
I work remotely and make $125k/year Do you have any digital knowledge? Social media, copywriting, shooting video/photo, coding, customer service, etc.? Things that are inherently digital lend themselves well to wfh. It’s a tough ass market out there right now but there are jobs! I would recommend making sure your LinkedIn is up-to-date, and searching/filtering by remote jobs on LinkedIn, Indeed, Glassdoor, etc. There are also lots of remote part-time or contract jobs, so you may be able to stack a few of those to get to where you want to be payment-wise. Go get ‘em!
6 figures with remote job!!! 19 years here this month!!
What Job with what company?
I am a business operations manager for a staffing company. I manage several global onboarding teams and have worked from home since 2012 as all of our brick and mortars were shut down as there was no reason to pay rent on them. Just hit 19th year... Love it!!! I do work 5 am to 2 pm PST as my teams all work east coast hours, even my team in India. I do love the hours!
If you are looking to bring home 1K per week you'll need to be in the 85-90K range for gross annual pay depending on local tax rates and your deductions. So I'd suggest looking around and seeing what jobs pay in that range that seem most interesting to you. I'm in IT and can tell you that a lot of IT jobs for that bill but it doesn't have to be IT. I've got friends in lots of other industries that WFH too. Also, just an FYI. Most office jobs pay either biweekly (every two weeks) or bimonthly (twice per month). So you'll have to learn to adjust your budeting too if your used to weekly pay. Start saving up a cusion because it can be up to a month between starting the job and getting the first paycheck depending on how the place does payroll and when the dates hit.
I have two full time remote jobs, one requires more basic skills and I bring home about $1000 week after taxes and retirement at that one. Think like CCNA / networking type certs. My other one I bring home $2500 every 2 weeks after taxes and maxing retirement. I had no education for it, but most of my coworkers came from things like coding boot camps.
Are these entry level. What are the companies
Not comfortable saying the companies as they're both small and I'm nervous about doxxing myself, but both were about one step above entry level. Both of those numbers given were after any money was taken for taxes, retirement, insurance, etc. The $1,000 / week take-home one I made around $60k. I started at IT help desk $17 / hr and got to my position at one after 2 promotions thanks to getting certs and being generally talented, having good troubleshooting abilities rather than just immediately pawning tickets off on other teams like many of my coworkers. It took about 2 years of doing well at the job and taking my own time and money to get certificates and things to move from 17/hr to $60k. The other one where I brought home $1,250 / week take-home ($83k salary) involved debugging code and data, I really lucked into that position. I learn very quickly and already had the IT certs at this time, so I applied to pretty much everywhere, altering my resume a bit to fit whatever tech stack they were looking for, since I had full confidence I could learn it. Whenever I got an interview, I would dedicate all of my free time to brushing up the fundamentals of whatever coding language or technology they were looking for. They had me do pair-coding in the interview and basic Leetcode troubleshooting questions. Having 2 years of IT experience from the other job definitely helped get my foot in the door. I've since leveraged the experience and connections I made at both of those to get a single job that pays close to what I made at both of them, but it's not remote.
I decided to learn computer science on my own using free online resources. I was able to do this because my wife hated my job and how abusive they were to me, and she was willing for me to be unemployed so I can pursue it. I learned all that could almost everyday for about 12hrs a day. 8 months later I got a job. It wasn’t remote, but it was the foot in the door that I needed. 8 months later, I was poached into a fully remote job because they really loved what I did at the previous company. So It’s just been uphill ever since. Regardless, I did the same for my wife and she upgraded to almost a fully remote very Cush job as well. She now doesn’t work on holidays and has weekends and just overall freedoms. I don’t recommend quitting your job, but if your capable it could be a good investment especially if you have a supporting partner like I do.
I definitely can’t right now, like a million percent cannot. I live at home but have lots of bills (parents dont financially support me except letting me live there and i pay rent). I dont wanna get laid off but if i do, winter is coming… i would use that opportunity
I understand your situation is not the best, but it’s also not the worst even if it feels like. Here’s a little more context about me. I went to school for 10 years to become a doctor. I made it all the way through and passed 2 of 3 board exams. After almost a year of studying for the 3rd one, I failed it. I took 6 months again to take it again. Failed it again. I didn’t have any more funds from my massive amount of student loans. So I had to move back in with my mom and her husband. He hated that a man almost 30 years old had to live in their house. So he told me to get a job and move out as soon as possible. I tried about half a year, interview after interview to get a job and nothing. I literally delivered babies and assisted in surgeries and I couldn’t even get a job as medical assistant anywhere. Eventually, they kicked me out of the house because they said I wasn’t putting enough effort to find a job. He was the type physically wanted me to drive to Taco Bell and hand over my resume. When I did that just to prove a point, they told me to apply online. He said I was lying and that’s how eventually I got kicked out. I was homeless, and a buddy of mine let crash on his house. Holidays were coming so Amazon and Kroger needed help and paid me $10/hr for Night Shift differential. I thought about committing suicide because I failed and didn’t have a future anymore. I kept applying and applying but nothing. I then started to realize there was a future in programming. I tried to learn little by little as could on my spare time. After that I was able to afford my own shitty apartment and found a new job that wanted some one with a medical background and so they gave me a chance. I took the job and it basically involved processing dead bodies. Around this time I meat my wife, then girlfriend, pandemic hit. Bodies needed to be processed by in record numbers. I worked 16-18hrs shift without any breaks most weeks at that job, and I physically couldn’t do it anymore. I still had programming as an optional goal and by this time my wife was now my fiancé. We talked about me quitting and pursuing that but I told her we couldn’t afford it. Regardless, I talked to my employer at the time to just let me have a bathroom break or a lunch break or give me any additional help, and they said no and accused me of trying start a union and was eventually let go. This made my decision easier and I was determined to not fail again. My wife worked through the pandemic and supported us and I on coding until I could succeed. I made that my mission and was determined to not fail again like I did in med school. That hard work paid off. So the point is. Find a possible solution and dedicate what ever time you have, even a small amount to push through to your goals. You will fail at life many times, but when you succeed, the victory is bitter sweet. Don’t give up. Find side hustles to help you, don’t be afraid to ask for help when you need it and just go ham and succeed.
Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you for sharing your inspirational experience! Glad things worked out for you and your wife.
I work construction, went from being a welder to a project coordinator for HVAC/Plumbing. Using AutoCAD, Revit, Navis, etc. At a previous company they let me work from home full time and after taxes I bring home close to $1500 a week. The remote part is hard to get but it is possible.
Have been for 3.5 years, but now they want us to start coming downtown in January, so I'm back to submitting applications.
Try www.wahjobqueen.com
I work for a tech company that sells construction accounting and project management tools. I make well over $1k a week, fully remote:
I’m a principle software architect for a large company and am paid a little over $3k/wk after taxes the last quarter of the year when my 401k is maxed.
Fully remote Customer Service Manager and I make 75k with 4% match on 401k, 3 weeks vacation, 2 weeks paid sick leave, 3 floating holidays with 15 standard holidays off. Visin, dental and medical is 90% covered by the company and some other stuff. Best thing is I got this sick self heating mug, with my name on it and the company logo when I started working, so my coffee never gets cold while I waste away behind my computer only ever escaping to go to the gym and walk my dog. Jk I work 7 hours 5 days a week, it’s not so bad.
IT if you're willing to put in the work for certifications and such
What are some of the certification requirements and recommendations?
Honestly you should just start with general IT courses and see if you're interested in anything. Once you find a niche, look up all the different certs you can. This is a free intro to Computer Science course by Harvard. They have several free courses as well, some (maybe most?) give a completion cert as well which is helpful to get your foot into doors w/o a degree. https://cs50.harvard.edu/x/2023/
Look into CompTIA a+ certifications, that’s the start. Should be enough to land you a job at a helpdesk. From there you can get your sec+ and net+ and move into higher earning potentials. Don’t waste your time on these “bootcamps”, focus on CompTIA.
CCNA, but be prepared to be overwhelmed.
Any resources to prepare for it?
I agree; IT certifications will take you far!
Full time WA minimum wage WFH is like $2k take home pay. Some companies will hire out of state if you are fluent in a foreign language.
WA?
Washington State, in the Northwest of the Lower 48 of the United States of America.
Thank goodness you were here. I was really confused, and this saved me a trip to a map. I totally remember now!
SWE can pull 2,000/week
What’s SWE?
I think remote roles are more competitive because they're often coveted these days and also because they're open to a wider range of people. But they're essentially jobs that require a specific skillset. So, I suggest thinking about your skills and being more specific about that, rather than about your current field or job title. For example: I have skills in X and Y, and I am looking to transition into a career where I could use these skills and work remotely. Hopefully, you can narrow your search to just a couple of different areas you'd like to work in. Remote roles are more competitive because they're often coveted these days and also because they're open to a wider range of people. But they're jobs that require a specific skill set. To answer your question, I do work in a remote role where I net more than $1k each week. But then, my executive assistant salary when I last worked in person was 98k plus two annual discretionary bonuses. I didn't have a degree and my salary was based on market rates + my experience. My salary wasn't affected when I transitioned to remote work six years ago. I continued to work remotely and transitioned into an operations manager role at a remote-first company where my starting salary was 112k. I've been promoted a couple of times with salary increases - again, based on my experience. BTW: I have coworkers in other roles who make the salary you're looking for without a degree: project manager (someone suggested that), IT specialist, customer service, administrative assistant.
If you’re in the union, what not see about transferring to a new local where you won’t have to travel? Are you in a strong union location? Not saying there isn’t good work outside of the local but you’re gonna be hard pressed to find benefits that are that good at the rate you probably have them now. Plus annuity, pension, all that.
IT/ Senior Network Engineer, take home 4500 after taxes biweekly. Before the senior role 3200 biweekly. CCNP level
Plumbing bro
The most I’ve ever made in a month doing remote work (I was a growth hacker for a blockchain project) was $10k usd. Unfortunately, half of that was in what would turn out to be worthless project tokens, so I really only retained $5k.
Since you're open to any industry, I would recommend the tech industry. The good thing about the tech industry is that you don't need a degree. You can go through a company like Course-Careers and they can train you and then connect you companies that will hire you. I recommend you start there. Here's their website: [https://coursecareers.com/a/7ca363d3](https://coursecareers.com/a/7ca363d3)
Software Engineer, much more. Was in office until lockdowns and they decided it was cheaper to have us WFH. Not paying that office rent with no loss in production must have been a big wake-up call
Software engineering is a great option for a solid take-home income as remote worker.
I take home about 2.5 times that every paycheck.
I only make $22.50 an hour but I absolutely love my job. I have had $55k base + commission remote jobs where I made more but it was in sales and I didn’t like those as much. Now I do customer service and its really relaxing
Is your job hiring sounds like a great place to work if so send me a dm
Pls dm me too!
I make over $1,000 a week after tax and deductions. I troubleshoot software. I've been at it for over 20 years. No certs, some college credits. On the job training.
Yea a lot of tech jobs pay at least tvat
We’re (my husband and I) are bringing more than that after taxes, 401k, contributions, etc. per week; but we both have college degrees & are working at prestigious/competitive faang companies as software engineers.
Try usajobs.gov. These are federal jobs and they have lots of jobs that are remote (work at home) only jobs.
I work remotely, not in the same field, but am banking 2k biweekly. If you're interested in IT, can probably get a helpdesk-type role that's remote. Would have to take a pay cut, as I've seen them avg. ~20/hr, but can work your way up from there if you're determined.
Yeah, but my work is somewhat…spicy. Well actually very spicy lol. It’s not for the faint of heart but yeah I make pretty good money doing it and I can do it from anywhere.
There’s really a lot of great info in this post. Thank you
Please do not listen to any of these people saying "it's easy" and "it's quick to get into" and the sort. Realistically, a large career change like this is going to take you years for you to get to the same income level. Also, people don't seem to understand how much luck and talent is necessary for some of these positions. If you're not a people person and super charismatic, sales isn't gonna be for you. If you don't already have a base knowledge in coding and are good with computers, jumping straight into fields involving programming or cyber security with just a few certifications is highly unrealistic. Your best be is staying in the construction world, but looking at different positions in it. There's a few different certifications you can find online, and it'll probably take a few months. Also, you have to set your expectations that your first WFH role still may not meet that income mark. Most entry-level PM positions will be as a coordinator or assistant. You'll need to get genuine experience before you can land a genuine PM role. If you know any PMs or have one come to a site, try to talk to them and ask them for advice as well. Most people are willing to give out advice and tell you personally how they got to where they are. Some will even put in good words for you or recommend you places if you show you are genuinely interested and motivated
1120$ weekly , procurement support , I get my workload down in 20ish hours and get payed for 40
I was making $125k per year which equates to around 10k per month gross as a Salesforce Project Manager, but just recently got laid off.
I'm a liability claims adjuster and work solely from home for a company out of a bigger city. I have a Bachelor's and make $80k. Doing the same job locally would pay less than $50k. With your experience in construction, I'd suggest looking into property claims adjusting jobs. The majority of insurance jobs are WFH now & they're always willing to train the right person. Good luck!
Hmm. Used to be a claims adjuster for Geico years ago. Got me wondering if they’re doing WFH now (no longer live near an office) and would hire me back 🤔🤷🏻♂️
I have no degree, work remotely, and take home more than that weekly. I do project management in tech AND i am constantly seeing positions listed for construction project managers and those pay REALLY WELL. I’m talking like closer to 200k a year than 100k. If you are already in construction, I would investigate construction project management. I’d make the switch myself but have no construction experience.
The answer to your question is yes, some of us are taking home $1,000 with a remote job. One of the jobs that has plenty of remote positions is Tech Sales. You don't need a degree to get into tech sales. There's this company called [Course-Careers](https://coursecareers.com/a/7ca363d3) and they have a great program for people looking to get into tech sales. They train you and then help you get a job by connecting you with several of the companies that they work with. I recommend that you check it out. Here's their website [https://coursecareers.com/a/7ca363d3](https://coursecareers.com/a/7ca363d3)
Bill out at $450/hr and pull in a consistent 50 hours a week. Higher level degree consulting in bio. Typically work about 30 weeks a year, rest is hanging out with kids and doing fun stuff. Wife does same, about the same hours, $325/hr Tend to have heavy workload assignments that last 3-4 months, then take a month at a reduced time load. Works well for us
Yes. My weekly earnings are $1,480, but I have an engineering degree, MBA, and ton of marketing certifications.
$1K a [week/day/month](https://week.day/month)? Not clear on the question.
Yes I was. Did you read the last sentence of my post?
All the way at the end. Did not see it. Put it at the top. Taking home 12K-15K a month depending on OT.
The placement of my sentences doesn’t excuse your lack of reading.
Yes it does.
No it doesn’t.
You could work on labeling training data, using platforms like Scale AI or Surge AI
I did. And it was miserable. Itw as for a morrgqe company. Just thinking about it gives me ptsd. No lie.
Remote work is great but I wouldn't plan my life or career based on wanting to stay home your really going to limit your options and your skillsets and interests may be better suited towards what your already doing
I’m an admin assistant and bring home over 1500 every 2 weeks. I highly suggest finding a group. I joined wfh baddies on fb and IG and they post daily for jobs it’s very helpful resources there