[spunker540]

I was in a busking trio playing mostly covers of oldies -- when we were 15/16 years old we had a good novelty factor and could make around 45 an hour combined street performing. Eventually we started playing bars in a touristy part of Wisconsin and we'd make $200-300 per 3 hr set. Hourly it's alright, but there's not many options in terms of daytime gigs during the week.

Incidentally, I put this on my resume back in college when my resume was mostly empty, and think it played a part in me getting rejected from a Microsoft internship. At one point an interviewer asked me point blank "would you rather be a professional musician or a computer programmer" and I didn't answer correctly!

[vkou]

What an asshole. Would he rather be interviewing people at Microsoft, or sipping Piña Coladas on a beach?

The difference is that he would probably not answer that question honestly.

[cm2012]

It helped me get a job, because I framed it like having a small business. But I also never wanted to be a professional musician.

"We tested train routes and song styles against each other to calculate optimal earnings per hour, tailored our pitch to the audience most likely to donate, blah blah"

[jongold]

the correct answer is musician, right? right?