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Was working at a startup, its shutting down and in the meanwhile I am building something on the side. To fund the startup I need cash and some specialised resources.   Hence freelancing and working...

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Was working at a startup, its shutting down and in the meanwhile I am building something on the side. To fund the startup I need cash and some specialised resources. 

Hence freelancing and working three extra Jobs

1 freelance 
1 full time pays half of my last full-time job
Another freelance project 

What are your thoughts,  some of the work I have outsourced to a reliable dev. 

I know this sounds crazy to some would you do this?

Moonlighting what are your thoughts!

Moonlighting what are your thoughts!- Grapevine

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I take side hustle projects through friends and upwork while working my current job since the past 8 months. 

Work from my org barely lasts 4 hours a day if done judiciously.

I’ve been making almost 1L extra per month this way and been having great performance appraisals in my org which is helping me save a ton of money. 

I do feel scare while doing it but intend to do it till mid of next year at the least.

I’ve been moonlighting since covid.

Question to guys who are working part time for a startup Or foreign client along with a regular job.. How do you manage payments and hide your side-gig from your primary employer? 

Can you take payments in your own account or in account of someone else? 

How do you ensure your employer don't find out.. Perhaps use a different laptop .

Folks doing part-time moonlighting with a regular job, how do you manage payments?

Data engineer

Is working on your own startup while in MNC a moonlight case, will it lead to serious blow from your company. Wanted to know the opinion what happens when your manager finds out that you also run a startup.

What are the possibile things you can do to avoid this  ? Any recommendations by anyone . Or any things to be aware of ?

Side Hustle

Founder

Welcome to Office Gossip's Private Community

Looking forward to some nice stories from the community. Some positive, some not so positive - what made you take a pay cut?

Have you ever taken a pay cut for a job? Share your reasons 💵

I take a pay cut every year due to inflation. Involuntarily, of course.

Corporate Strategist

Been working for top product companies for 6+ years as a software developer and currently product manager.
Motivation earlier used to be learning etc but right now its mostly money where i am currently at.
There is no skill growth, just applying what i already know, days are busy which doesnt give me any time for other things ( upskilling, side projects)
Explored the market and have found freelancing role that lets me 
1. work remotely
2.Gives me opportunity to work on latest tech stack ( frustrated with not being able to code in my current job)
3. Lets me control my time as fixed hours are billed and you can commit hours ( might work only 20-30 hours a week and reclaim the rest)

Thinking of transitioning but not sure as we are fed to work in good product companies and look at service/freelancing in bad light.
I feel like most of what i needed to learn via my job in product management, i have learnt already and feel like not being able to code as much is making me outdated as a builder.

Tldr: good job that pays well but skills are not growing, another option is to turn to freelancing, earn 70% of what i currently earn but helps me upskill, gain control of my time and maybe experiment with side projects in remaining time

Product company to freelancing

Software Engineer

I want to start moonlighting. In my current role I am a lead full stack dev managing 4 people and coding. 

In the role I am exploring there too the same thing.

I am also in a degree course in ml which is demanding.  

I want any advice which you have. 

How to manage time/people better. How should I approach this whole thing. 

What should I looo out for?

Moonlighting advice

Software Lead

I am not the kind of person that is going to sit idle or while away my weekend hours.

I am hungry, hungry for work hungry for growth and hungry to hustle.

The problem is that apart from hunger I have no vision / set path on what I want to do.

I have dabbled around with various things, but have realised that I'd rather join someone else in their vision rather than set out on my own.

Unfortunately due to financial condition of family I cannot leave my day job.

So at least until I have the confidence that I'm doing well on the side hustle thing, I cannot afford to quit my main job.

I have full WFH so moonlighting is not really an issue for me.

So folks, does anyone have anything for me? 

I'm a web developer and can quickly learn and adapt to various technologies and tech stacks.

Really need to do some work on weekend

Hardware Engineer

Are you satisfied with your company pay, do you just want to earn more?

Are you moonlighting/career cushioning? and why

Content Strategist

I work at a startup. And It’s super funny but I think my boss is moonlighting. Here are the facts: 

- he’s hardly focused 
- he’s hardly trying to expand her role at work 
- he’s regularly on external calls taken secretly 
- he doesn’t care to understand what’s going on in other parts of our company

My boss is likely moonlighting

Why is moonlighting unethical? Let’s keep legality aside for a minute although it is not illegal. 
 Your senior leaders are directors at multiple companies. 
 CEO of startups like Lenskart, shadi etc are sitting on TV for personal investments which they will make money of and spending hours in shooting. Those same CEOs layoff as per their whims and fancies. 
 But when a lowly employee with a meagre salary tries to increase his/her earning potential, this crab mentality kicks in and it becomes unethical. 
  
 A person can be too good to handle both(or more) jobs superbly. However, if there are performance issues, you deal with that as an employer. It’s not like people working on a single job don’t underperform. 
  
 Also, there are 24 hours in a day and I am “supposed “ to work for 8 hours. Mathematically, a person can work 3 jobs in a day (and try to sleep at work). 
  
 We all rooted for Will Smith in the “Pursuit of Happiness “. 
  
 Toodles!

Product Marketing Manager

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If I work at Accenture, is it is possible for me to freelance for other clients?

Question for Accenture people

UX/UI Designer

how many if you are doing a full time job along with freelance gigs 
how do you manage to take out time for freelancing

Job + freelancing

Product Manager

When did we stop living? What are we chasing? Why did we make living so complex? Life used to be so simple. Why are so tensed and worried all the time? When will all this end ?

Life is complex...

When did we stop living? 
  
 The day we started prioritising 'log kya kahenge' over 'mera dil kya kehta hai'. 
  
 What are we chasing? 
  
 Materialistic possession, fame, acceptance, s**, recognition. 
  
 Why did we make living so complex? 
  
 Because of the desire for more and more. There is absolutely no end to it. People want to bring resources to Earth by mining moon, Mars, and asteroids. 
  
 Life used to be so simple. Why are so tensed and worried all the time? 
  
 Because we became part of the system and lost view of the world beyond it. Anything out of the box is shot down by people within the system and we feel discouraged and remain in the system. 
  
 When will all this end ? 
  
 Never. It's sad and cruel, but it will never end.

Growth And Strategy

I do freelancing/contract work while working full time in a company. Is it good idea to mention those works in LinkedIn profile, specially considering it may bring more freelance work if anyone sees it or not?

Is it good idea to put freelancing work on LinkedIn

Note - Not working for competitor company

In this situation where a employer can hire and fire anyone anytime, why “moonlighting” or working part time, having a business, doing something of your own should be problem?

If a employer can dump their employees anytime then they have to look for themselves, they have life, expenses, dependencies.

This is a high time companies change their points on this in appointment letters and contracts.

What do you guys think?

Why one shouldn’t work outside there company?

I'm a marketer with 4 years of experience working with startups, corporates across different industries.
One thing I'm realizing is that having a single source of income is just not sustainable anymore.

Also, I've been dreaming to go indie hacking or take the solopreneurship route for quite some time now.

But the biggest barrier has been the commitments I've got at my job.

If any of you have started a side hustle or are planning to start one, how are you balancing it with your day job?

What are the challenges you faced/are facing and how have you overcome them?

Currently working in an early stage SaaS startup

Is it possible to start a side hustle while working at a startup?

Hey everyone, I’m a software developer with 3.5 years of experience across different tech stacks. Lately, I’ve been thinking about starting something on my own, possibly in fintech or healthcare (primarily India stack).

I’m excited to jump into the entrepreneurial world, but I’ve seen friends go through this journey, and I know the income can dry up for a while. My family’s doing fine financially, but I don’t want to put any extra pressure on them.

So here’s where I’m stuck: Should I take on part-time/contract work to keep some cash flow going, or should I go all-in on the startup idea and avoid distractions?

Would love to hear from anyone who’s been in the same boat. How did you manage it? Any tips or advice are welcome. Let’s chat!

Thanks in advance!

Need Some Advice: Balancing Startup Dreams and Financial Stability

I see people here showing of their networth more than often. The stocks they have, the salary they draw and with their very little experience and young age. 

Please let’s not make it another bragging platform.

Let’s get real. I’m putting out my story.

I got laid off, got a job after 2 months. Quit the job within a month as it needed me to relocate immediately (which was earlier supposed to happen after 3 months) plus I figured they had a very toxic culture (which I could figure before joining, but beggars can’t be choosers) 

I have 2 months of runway with my savings
I’m married. Wife is also on a break currently.

Current networth?
(-)16 lacs.
Have loans worth 25 lacs which will be over in next 5 years.

I have been a generalist all my life, and I figured post all this layoffs that no matter what you do, how much you put in, at the end you’ll just be a Number for the company and at times of difficulty they’ll lay you off. 

What am I thinking next?

To find freelancing and consulting services along with a job which will just be required to pay my fixed monthly expenses and have my peace of mind and on the side build things what I really love and enjoy.

Will experiment the one or two ideas I have, if there are good responses and feedback and I sense a demand, will scale it up else move on to the next one.

I don’t want to retire ever, I want to keep working till my last breath, but a work I love doing, a work that will always let me have my peace of mind. I don’t want to make a billion dollar company, but something that gives meaning to things I am passionate about and people can connect themselves with.

P.s: I’m Not an Engineer 🙂

Would love to hear real stories from you! Put down your current situation, what are you planning, and what are you passionate about.

Don’t make Grapevine the next LinkedIn!

Growth Manager

Hey Guys ! Startup pmo here I have interviews lined up with few big tech companies , I have a small doubt do companies allow me where I can have a side hustle or take up parents business on the side 

Asking for myself any suggestions

Can I have a side hustle or freelance

Data Analyst

I've resigned and our co-founder gave me an offer, where I'll be officially released but I have to work after office hours & will get paid accordingly (for temporary period) 
I'm sorta inclined towards the offer, I'll get some extra money + the work load isn't much, I can do it along with my day job. 


Now what are the factors I should take care of while finalizing this decision? How to make sure my bgc remains clean or something?

How the payment will happen? Ofc they will propose me something, but I wanna be prepared from my side as well. 

Thanks for reading, and I appreciate any input, about anything I've written or about moonlighting in general. 


PS: I'm also okay declining the offer, except the fact the company will suffer, which I don't want to (as we are very small team), and I genuinely want it to be successful.

How to moonlight?

As a fresh graduate there are no jobs in software developer, and the ones that r there are paying peanuts.

My friend has an offer as an intern and a full time somewhere else.
Does it count as moonlighting legally if u are doing both?
Since one is an internship 

I feel like i get it, he needs to pay his bills and he doesn't owe these guys anything, they wanna pay peanuts, they expect a person to live off of it, ofc they would look for other op.

And it's not a forever thing, the internship ends in a month and a half.

Is he an asshole for this?

Moonlighting what are your thoughts!

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