Current Events > I might get a job as a data entry clerk

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Job doesn't pay but I'd be able to work on my passion project on the side

if it doesn't pay, wouldn't it be better not to do it at all, and focus exclusively on your passion project?

boxoto posted...

if it doesn't pay, wouldn't it be better not to do it at all, and focus exclusively on your passion project?

I don't want to work, but if I'm doing work then I don't mind getting two birds stoned at once.

I assume you mean it doesnt pay well.

Not gonna lie, something like data entry would be a dream job for me. I have anxiety issues and Im not really a very clever or crafty person, so I dont need some high-stress creative-type job.

Plop me down at a computer and have me input data and Id be a happy camper.

If only I could find one that does pay well enough >__>

rexcrk posted...

I assume you mean it doesnt pay well.

Not gonna lie, something like data entry would be a dream job for me. I have anxiety issues and Im not really a very clever or crafty person, so I dont need some high-stress creative-type job.

Plop me down at a computer and have me input data and Id be a happy camper.

If only I could find one that does pay well enough >__>

It's a volunteer job

Supersex420 posted...

It's a volunteer job

Is it a job then? Not asking in a condescending snarky way.

WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted...

Is it a job then? Not asking in a condescending snarky way.

i mean maybe not but whatever i feel like that is not the point of this topic

If you don't want to work why would you take work that doesn't even pay? Doesn't make sense tbqh

Murphiroth posted...

If you don't want to work why would you take work that doesn't even pay? Doesn't make sense tbqh

because then i'd be in a position to further my passion project, which i will not work on otherwise

Why will you not work on your passion project unless you're supposed to be working on something else at a company you volunteer for? Do you just need their resources?

WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted...

Why will you not work on your passion project unless you're supposed to be working on something else at a company you volunteer for? Do you just need their resources?

sometimes i need another person around to give me guidance on what to do next, and the people working there know the subject

Are these other people volunteers? If they are employees you might have a problem. No employer wants a volunteer taking up the time of employees asking them questions about non-work related stuff.

WrkHrdPlayHrdr posted...

Are these other people volunteers? If they are employees you might have a problem. No employer wants a volunteer taking up the time of employees asking them questions about non-work related stuff.

I ask them on lunch break

What's the passion project?

Supersex420 posted...

I ask them on lunch break

Many people dont want to be bothered on their lunch break. I know I dont want to chat with coworkers then. Its my quiet/decompress time.

Cuticrusader09 posted...

Many people dont want to be bothered on their lunch break. I know I dont want to chat with coworkers then. Its my quiet/decompress time.

Yea I get it no one gives a shit

How do you decide which account to post on? Do you switch between browsers / devices? Or do you not stay logged in and then forget which account you were posting under?

This might be the dumbest topic I've seen.

rexcrk posted...

How do you decide which account to post on? Do you switch between browsers / devices? Or do you not stay logged in and then forget which account you were posting under?

Phone/pc

hyperskate65 posted...

This might be the dumbest topic I've seen.

To 500?

Don't sell yourself short by working free

RchHomieQuanChi posted...

Don't sell yourself short by working free

I'm not trying to make money I just want people to care about my passion project

Going to be real with you... if your working a data entry job for free, your doing it wrong. That's someone trying to get free labor out of a position that at bare minimum should be paying slightly above minimum wage. Data entry is time consuming, and depending on the type of data entry can be as difficult as a lower difficulty physical job.

I worked a data entry position a few years ago as part of a work term, and they wanted me to get something like 200 documents sorted in 7 days via excel. I did it in 3, but I know I did it wrong after expanding my excel knowledge a few years later. But the point is, they were going to pay me minimum wage, and even that isn't worth it. You need a quiet area, a lot of concentration and very good organizational skills.

Getting people to care about your passion project is great and all, but you are also going to give off the aura that you can be taken advantage of without any backlash. You have to have standards even if you don't want to make money off of it. Take that money, put it aside for your passion project in case you ever need it.

tbh, I don't see someone caring for your passion project because you're volunteering any more than they would if you were working for a wage.

they would have to care independent of that, I think.

boxoto posted...

they would have to care independent of that, I think.

7 billion people on this planet and I know I'm not special or unique

I wasn't saying that, I just meant your project has to speak for itself, and you not being compensated for for work isn't going to help you.

that's my view, at least.

boxoto posted...

I wasn't saying that, I just meant your project has to speak for itself, and you not being compensated for for work isn't going to help you.

that's my view, at least.

Sure, I think people are spoiled and only expect something that is exactly what they want

Just looking for someone who already gets it before I reduce it to 1+1 simplicity

Why is volunteer work so baffling to you guys wtf it's a lot more common than you think. They're building up his resume. They are gaining something from it

AirFresh posted...

Why is volunteer work so baffling to you guys wtf it's a lot more common than you think. They're building up his resume. They are gaining something from it

I can source Bolivia and Haiti based on your post

AirFresh posted...

Why is volunteer work so baffling to you guys wtf it's a lot more common than you think. They're building up his resume. They are gaining something from it

He's not really getting anything from it, though? From what we can gather he's working a volunteer job that he doesn't want to do so he can pester the actual paid employees about their knowledge in relation to his passion project that ISN'T what he'll be working at on this volunteer job - but will ultimately lead him to a life where he never has to work (making the resume moot).

Out of curiousity, what is the passion project?

Jiek_Fafn posted...

Out of curiousity, what is the passion project?

Decoding the narreme

Elaboration...

When I was in undergrad, I developed my own (bad) ontology. I was schizophrenic. The weird thing is it all came to me at once, but was vague, and over about a year I developed it.

This flash of inspiration has happened a second time, and is related to the data entry project other people are working on...