[sarreph]

Interesting... I'm from the UK and wouldn't generally refer to a 'gig' as anything but musical.

E.g. Fiverr 'gig's caused me a lot of misunderstanding the first time I browsed the site

I think it's generally a term to avoid that has been popularised by quasi-hipster tech.

Most probably, the word 'job' or even 'move' would be much less prone to confusion here.