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As a woman in a professional career, do you also have a side hustle? The topic has been on my radar in a few ways lately: (1) in a fashion subreddit, I saw a post from a woman seeking advice on what to wear at a once-a-week record store job, (2) I remembered some of our past Personal Money Snapshots have mentioned second jobs (btw, we’d love to see more submissions, nudge nudge!), and on the personal side, (3) this week I accepted a (very) part-time job to supplement my freelance work.
Readers, do you have a side hustle such as podcasting, selling crafts, or doing portrait photography, for example? Ooh, or professional organizing, which has always sounded fun to me? Is there something you enjoy, or are just good at, that you’d like to turn into a second job?
With the abysmal 2025 job market and the recent pause on certain student loan forgiveness, this is a prime time for many people to want or need to boost their income. Of course, others simply take on an extra paid activity for fun or social reasons, which is an envious place to be.
In my case, I’ll be doing work that’s totally unrelated to my freelance work — I just got hired by a petsitting/dog-walking business. I already have a few regular catsitting clients on my own, but with this W2 position, my fun side job will be more stable and “formal.” The exercise and time outdoors will be a bonus, though it’s a “Neither snow nor rain nor heat…” type of thing.
Here are a few side jobs readers have mentioned in Money Snapshot posts:
- maintaining rental properties
- performing accounting work for freelance clients
- selling on Etsy, doing microtasks, nannying (from a college student)
- working an unnamed side job that brings in $2,500/year in addition to a $100,000 salary
Not surprisingly for Corporette readers, who obviously skew professional, most featured readers had zero interest — or need — for a side hustle, and a few have mentioned their distaste for the term, which, granted, can have a bro-y vibe.
Readers, do tell! Do you have a side hustle? How’s it going? Do you do it for fun, for extra funds, or both? And is the work related to your career or something completely different, such as working part time in a bookstore?
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