Writing Essays as a side gig?

Hey Monkeys,

I was thinking about writing finance essays in the weekend for fun (relatively) ez money. Was wondering if any of you do/thought about this as well. Do you guys know where to get these jobs/how much it pays/if I have to let my bank know?

Thanks

 

I did tutoring on the side for a while back during an unpaid internship. Its a good gig with solid pay. I got $20-$40 an hour for it. Have you considered resume writing as well? That also sounds like a pretty attractive route with less work. There is no reason you should have to let your bank know, as long as your never letting it interfere with your work, as it shouldn't.

 

Ha, when I did it, I used GameFAQs, craigslist, and other message boards. This was quite some time ago, though... Back before electricity, young man, when we had to work on our computers by candlelight!

 
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Always loved writing as a hobby growing up as a loner nerd who read way too many books. entering college, i had enough sense to realize i wasn't going to make a great living pursuing it as a career (the historical track record of career writers isn't great) so I sold my soul to finance... but the first few years out of UG were kinda rough. living in one of the most expensive cities in america with a mortgage that was half my after tax income wasn't exactly conducive to my idea of an ideal lifestyle, so i linked up a freelance writing company from a friend who was doing it at the time and wrote everything from short blogs to essays for a few hundred a week. This eventually evolved into white papers for several hundred to a few thousand a pop after several months - these would take me about 10-15 hrs a week. By that time however, work started taking off and the money / time commitment from writing was no longer worth it with pulling 60+hrs/week on top of the shackles of cfa slavery and whatnot, so i reluctantly shelved this in pursuit of the more lucrative bigger picture. a few thousand a month from writing is great and all, but i think cfa and carry in PE is better.

However.... as someone who never imagined that I could get paid real US dollars to write basically as a HOBBY, much less about topics that only required the most basic googling (essentially what i'd done for free all my life in school), it was a fucking dream gig, and was a great way to keep me busy. not to mention i looked at it as a way to teach myself something new on each assignment, which made it all the more satisfying. the ultimate payoff came when some of the topics that i wrote about ended up coming up in an investment context in my current job, which gave me the opportunity me to speak semi intelligently at length about subjects that senior level guys had zero knowledge of.

anyway, would highly recommend if you have any inclination toward writing and learning, or just for staying busy in general.

 

Yes, you have to report any sort of side income. The second problem is that depending on your role, you can be very restricted by regulations on any outside writing related to finance.

For example, at one bank where I worked, you couldn't even "Like" an article shared on LinkedIn, if it had anything to do with your industry or the economy. Their reasoning was that it could be seen as an endorsement of the contents while you also act as an advisor to clients. Hence, you are opening the bank to potential liability. It seems pretty far-fetched but our legal and regulatory departments took it seriously.

Under the same mindset, imagine how much a bank would enjoy to see you publicly writing about finance on a blog.

 

Definitely. When I was in college I used to offer my time for $25/hr for mock interviews. Used to book at least 8-10 hours a week which more than paid for my drinking and general debauchery.

"I'm talking about liquid. Rich enough to have your own jet. Rich enough not to waste time. Fifty, a hundred million dollars, buddy. A player. Or nothing. " -GG
 

Therefore, you're starting the financial institution in order to possible legal responsibility. It appears fairly far-fetched however the lawful as well as regulating sections required this critically. Their own thought had been which it may be viewed as a good recommendation from the material as you additionally behave as a good consultant in order to customers. Underneath the exact same way of thinking, picture just how much the financial institution might appreciate to determine a person openly currently talking about financial on the weblog.

 

I am considering each so long as it's sth related to financial. I believe it might be a pleasant chance to clean on the fundamentals. Confident a number of my personal pals in basic had been utilizing providers such as these types of.

 

Not me but a family friend's son used to do this as a sideline. He earned good money but told his parents that he eventually felt drained from writing when it's not necessarily something he wanted to do all the time.

 

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