Work at home ONLINE jobs, viable option for young graduate?

[fuc847]

in todays age, there seems to be more and more opportunities to work online. some include, being affiliates, doing lots and lots of surveys, writing articles for websites, being moderators for multiple sites,

but i wonder, can you actually make a "decent" living (50k/yr) from these?

can you help me list some more possible good making money opportunities (no scams) online?

i'm sure some of us all do these as a side thing, but what if one did these fulltime?

[coolspot]

A lot of tech companies allow you to work at home ... at least part of the time. Even traditional companies like bank allow home office work if you're in the IT department.

I work at home about 50% of the time since graduating from university 4 years ago. It's great :)

It hasn't affected my career either... since the majority of the company (over 4K employees) are virtual.

[UrbanPoet]

in todays age, there seems to be more and more opportunities to work online. some include, being affiliates, doing lots and lots of surveys, writing articles for websites, being moderators for multiple sites,

but i wonder, can you actually make a "decent" living (50k/yr) from these?

can you help me list some more possible good making money opportunities (no scams) online?

i'm sure some of us all do these as a side thing, but what if one did these fulltime?

Doing lots of surveys might net you a few hundred a year.
Moderators on websites are usually volunteers... Unless your moderating the comments for major newspapers and websites like MSN.
Article writing is hit or miss. You gotta get pretty lucky and be pretty good to strike it big here. Same with affiliates. Look @ RFD for example... How many sites out there are as successful as RFD?

[fuc847]

A lot of tech companies allow you to work at home ... at least part of the time. Even traditional companies like bank allow home office work if you're in the IT department.

I work at home about 50% of the time since graduating from university 4 years ago. It's great :)

It hasn't affected my career either... since the majority of the company (over 4K employees) are virtual.

o really, thats news to me. its salary paid correct? how would they know if you really are working..?

and if u dont mind, can u tell me the name of the company and the specific position names that enjoy this work from home flexibilty?

[reservoir_dogs]

o really, thats news to me. its salary paid correct? how would they know if you really are working..?

and if u dont mind, can u tell me the name of the company and the specific position names that enjoy this work from home flexibilty?

Well it's salary based, not hourly.. In the high-tech industry, it's more like "get it done" mentality.. but to answer your question, no, they won't know if you're REALLY working.. but they could find out since you're connecting to their network through VPN, and can track your status.. but i really doubt they're up your business like that.

Anyway, almost every high tech company offers this option.. no need to name company names, as it's almost every single one.

[reservoir_dogs]

I'm also interested in a job on the side that allows me to work from home on evenings. I looked in many places online, and it's hard to find a legitimate type of position.. can someone share their experiences with working from home?

For instance, which websites offer pay for filling our surveys? What about data entry?

[red120]

Well it's salary based, not hourly.. In the high-tech industry, it's more like "get it done" mentality.. but to answer your question, no, they won't know if you're REALLY working.. but they could find out since you're connecting to their network through VPN, and can track your status.. but i really doubt they're up your business like that.

Anyway, almost every high tech company offers this option.. no need to name company names, as it's almost every single one.
True..

Flextime is quite common in many industries nowadays.

In my company, most people work from home on Friday.

It's true that you can't confirm that people are working. That doesn't really matter, whether you're working for 23 1/2 hours a day, or 1/2 hour. Just get it done.

IMO, surveys and data entry are not worthwhile on a return on time investment basis.

[resu]

If you have an IT job that requires no face-to-face/office time, I'd be very worried. What's the difference between having a guy working from home in Toronto or working from a cubicle farm in Bangalore?

[reservoir_dogs]

I'm looking into becoming an online tutor. The only thing holding me back is that the registration form needs me to fill in my SIN number. I've never seen a form that requires a SIN number immediately? Should I be alarmed? I really don't think that this is a scam, but I'd really hate to give out my SIN like this. And to make the situation more uncomfortable, my Firefox browser alerted me that the form was "unsecure", which I've NEVER had before, so this raised some flags.... but the tutor center (www.tutor.com) seems to be very reputable, and I really don't think it is a scam or anything.

[coolspot]

If you have an IT job that requires no face-to-face/office time, I'd be very worried. What's the difference between having a guy working from home in Toronto or working from a cubicle farm in Bangalore?

For one, you can communicate with the client :cheesygri

And the job isn't entirely virtual ... in my case, only 50% of the time.