[WestCoastJustin]

Get a second remote job. You could effectively double your salary for a few months or as long as you can handle it. Personally, this is much better than the race of the bottom of all these piece meal contracting gig sites. Youtube is likely a major waste of time in that you'd need to compete and build a profile, etc. This takes time. If you want to spend years then you might make it work. I've done this and know from experience. It's well worth it if you have years to put into it. It'll open tons of doors too.

However, you know how to hold a job. You've had one for 11+ years. So, just get a second one. You could be making double your current salary within as little as 4-6 weeks after interviews etc. That's likely the fastest path if you need money quickly.

[CptFribble]

NB: certain aspects of holding 2+ FT jobs are harder to parse out before being hired - particularly meeting times. It's not typical to ask what time morning standups are in an interview, but juggling overlapping meetings is one of the main difficulties of holding down multiple roles, so just be aware of what you're getting into.

[VectorLock]

Unethical Life Pro Tip: Get your 2nd remote job in a different geographical region (Europe vs US) so your meetings don't overlap.

[pc86]

Best to have some overlap, lest you end up with an ~18-hour window in which you could have meetings scheduled!

[ferennag]

This would require that at least one of the jobs basically have no meetings, and also that you can automate the sht out of one of them (and not to tell it to your boss).

I can't see it working in any other way. I've heard about this before, but I think you need a huge amount of luck to make this work.

Edit: I mean yeah, if you are willing to work 14-16 hours you can make it work, by landing the jobs in different time zones.

[joegahona]

I knew a Sales guy who made the dual-job arrangement work. One job was high commission, low salary; the other job was low commission, high salary. He busted his ass at the high-commission job and earned his high commission, and just did nothing at the high-salary job and got fired after ~6 weeks, then just picked up another one, got fired in ~6 weeks, etc.

[drones]

Wouldn't multiple jobs like this make you a huge security/IP rights liability?

[akmarinov]

Get a LLC per job and sign on its behalf, then if sh*t hits the fan - declare bankruptcy.

[konha]

Not sure if you are being serious, but that is terribly bad advice.

For starters google “piercing the corporate veil”.

[infamousclyde]

This is purely anecdotal, but I had to complete Conflict of Interest administration for concurrent outside employment while serving as an officer in the military full-time. Basically-- follow internal policy governing this, to cover your backside.

[smarmgoblin]

I believe this is a significant and understated direct cause of tech’s current push for returning to offices.

Which is not to say that it’s a bad idea necessarily for the stated goal.

[spatil1]

I am working 4 FTE