# looking for a job at home,,Any suggestions???? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 9, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-job-at-home-any-suggestions/153881 "2003-02-09T14:42:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![B\_Williams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@B\_Williams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B_Williams)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-job-at-home-any-suggestions/153881/1 "2003-02-09T14:42:52Z")
I realize there are millions of adds on the internet for "Earn your income at home"I also know that that most of these are bogus…I really want to find something that is profitable and legal…I know this is a 64 K $ question and who wouldn’t want to earn a living at home but I’m really serious about getting something going.Any suggestions?😕 ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-job-at-home-any-suggestions/153881/2 "2003-02-09T14:59:52Z")
You might try medical transcription. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-job-at-home-any-suggestions/153881/3 "2003-02-09T15:03:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by B Williams \* > \*\*I realize there are millions of adds on the internet for "Earn your income at home"I also know that that most of these are bogus…I really want to find something that is profitable and legal…I know this is a 64 K $ question and who wouldn’t want to earn a living at home but I’m really serious about getting something going.Any suggestions?😕 \*\* I will try to find out the name of the company. My Dad found a home assembly job doing simple electrical subassemblies. Then he set up a shop area in his garage and hired a couple people to do it for him for less than the piece rate. Last I heard he has 4 employees and my retired stepmom runs things at the shop. They average something like $4 an hour profit from each employees work after paying them $8 an hour. ---
**Author:** ![B\_Williams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@B\_Williams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B_Williams)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-job-at-home-any-suggestions/153881/4 "2003-02-10T04:05:15Z")
Thanks Drachillix the info would be greatly appricaiated,Reeder I thought about that and actually checked into it but I heard that there was alot of bogus companies that charged $400.00 for a rip off in that field too…I’m sure there are some honest ones but trying to find out what company is will be a task. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-job-at-home-any-suggestions/153881/5 "2003-02-10T04:32:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Reeder \* > \*\*You might try medical transcription. \*\* I’m going to second that… at work, the wife of the guy who sits across from me does medical transcription at home. She makes in excess of $10/hr doing it, I’m not sure of the exact money she makes. It’s not entirely “at home” though, she does drive to the doctor’s office every day to deliver her transcription from one day and received the new day’s transcription stuff. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Calculus\_of\_Logic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@The\_Calculus\_of\_Logic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Calculus_of_Logic)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-job-at-home-any-suggestions/153881/6 "2003-02-10T06:10:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jonathan Woodall \* > \*\*I’m going to second that… at work, the wife of the guy who sits across from me does medical transcription at home. She makes in excess of $10/hr doing it, I’m not sure of the exact money she makes. It’s not entirely “at home” though, she does drive to the doctor’s office every day to deliver her transcription from one day and received the new day’s transcription stuff. \*\* I’ve thought about this as a source of at home income too, but i heard that it is hard to find a job after you get trained. Do you know if thats true? It would irk me to have skills, but no job. You can always try selling items on ebay. I don’t do it because i am lazy, but supposedly if you check flea markets, you can get certain bargain items that you can resell at a profit. It is a risky business though, no telling if you will end up with a crapload of worthless junk or $200 in profit unless you really know what people are buying/paying. ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-job-at-home-any-suggestions/153881/7 "2003-02-10T12:17:48Z")
Since you’re looking for advice and suggestions more than facts, I’ll move this thread to IMHO. bibliophage moderator GQ ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-job-at-home-any-suggestions/153881/8 "2003-02-10T14:14:27Z")
Start your own business. That way, you can customize your “job” to be anything you want. ---
**Author:** ![maralinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@maralinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maralinn)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2003, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-job-at-home-any-suggestions/153881/9 "2003-02-10T20:50:47Z")
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