[nickthemagicman]

Yep. Or Wal Mart. And people are trapped in these jobs.

[paulie_a]

You'd probably make more at Walmart and with a more stable/ consistent incomw vs the "gig economy"

[imnicnic]

Gigs are highly addictive

[ghaff]

People do at least own their own schedule which is a big difference from much of retail. That said, as this article notes, your cost to do these gigs is often higher than people think it will be (or even realize it is).

[orangecat]

People do at least own their own schedule which is a big difference from much of retail.

Right, and this can easily be underappreciated by those of us working in environments where it's hardly ever a problem if you need to take a few hours to deal with personal issues.

[paulie_a]

So what? That has nothing to do with real income.