Jobs w/ lots of vacation -- odd request.

In My Humble Opinion
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I’ve recently been offered a chance to race cars in a FIA World Championship series. The offer is basically what I would call semi-professional. That is, all the car racing expenses are taken care of, but there won’t be much of a salary…

So, I need to find a job that will pay me just enough to pay the bills, and perhaps save a little, but most importantly, will allow me 8-12 weeks off, at 1 week intervals.

That is, I basically need one week a month off, to go car racing.

I am willing to consider absolutely any work that is not illegal, given the following requirements:

  1. Must be in NYC tri-state area.
  2. Must allow 8-12 weeks off
  3. Must pay, say, $35-50,000/year.

Does such a job exist? For the record, I’m currently a software consultant, making 2-3 times that, and with 4 weeks vacation, but I can’t juggle the two any more.

I’d be interested in software, retail, driving a truck, whatever!

Your thoughts are much appreciated!

  • Bjorn240
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Go freelance.

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I have absolutely nothing helpful to offer, but I have to say, COOL!!!

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Scene:
An NYC street
DAY
A cop has pulled over a truck (driven by Bjorn240).
Cop walks over to driver.

Cop: “What do you think you are, a racing driver?!”
Driver: “Yes, actually.”
Cop (yelling): “Get out of the cab and spread 'em!”

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You didn’t say WHEN you needed off. If it’s during the summer, you can be a teacher. The pay isn’t great (in NY, it would probably be in the high 30’s), but the hours are nice.

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Yes, I’d certainly considered teaching. The problem is that the time I require off is about 1 week/month, from February through October.

That is, I need Jan 29-Feb 7, April 8-15, and so on…

I think I’m going to approach my boss about taking a significant pay cut, and staying at my current job, with this amount of time off. If that fails, I’ll try to freelance. Or something.

  • Bjorn240
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Freelancing and contract work seem to be the way to go. Find something you can do on the road from your laptop (programming, tech writing etc.).
Schools seem to be a good place for lots of time off. I have a friend who does computer work at a local university and gets something ridiculous like 30 days vacation, plus all school holidays (x-mas break, spring break etc).

Let us know what you come up with, I may be next!

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You should be a pediatrician with my family’s old HMO. Every time- aproximately 6 times a year- my mom tried to make an apointment for my younger brother the last four years he went to one, the man was on vacation so Vince had to see the person who was covering :slight_smile: Either those folks get a lot of time off, or the receptionist was trying to be nice about a sustance abuse problem the man had…