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[youtoofred]

I'd like to know what other adjuncts do to supplement income....here's two of the following I've done over the past few years.  However, these streams are drying up as well in this blasted economy. Thanks for your input.

1. Gig (Music)
 2.  Work during Tax season
   

[wakingtime]

Ooh, great question. I don't have any suggestions but I look forward to the replies.

[veleda]

I'm a personal trainer on the side. I only have time for a few clients a week because of my teaching/commuting schedule, but it definitely helps.
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[yatchie]

Private tutor.  When I was adjuncting at five schools six days a week, I also tutored four to five high school students.  The nice thing was that most of them attended the same private school and I got most of them as referrals.  I worked around my own schedule (not a center) and charged slightly less than what the super tutors on craigslist were charging but more than I would charge community college students.

[mouseman]

Three words:  Belle de Jour. 

[shrek]

I worked as a consultant in the clinical field in which I was trained (and hold licensure). I actually took a pay cut when I started on the TT. On the other hand I didn't have to pay my own health insurance (or match my own social security, etc.) any more which helped offset the loss.

[clean]

What about sales?

(plasma, kidneys, ebay, cans, fries, )


{Sorry, I suppose that Im in an unhappy mood and thought a flippant reply would brighten my night... it didnt}

[educator1]

I have my own consulting business. It not only provides supplemental income (a necessity!) but keeps me professionally qualified to teach and provides income and tons of experience for some of our graduate students.

[prytania3]

I play the stock market. Options. I've actually gotten pretty at it, but I'm always siphoning money out of my stock account.

But honestly, it took me a long while to get good at it because I'm hardheaded, but some people have a natural knack for the market.

I also have 3 rental houses. But I'm getting sick to death of those damn houses.

[peppergal]

Tutoring and translating, mostly.  I briefly also did some seamstress work.

[prof_smartypants]

Test Prep is a popular option, as is doing grading for AP exams.

[freshmancompteach]

Writing. Sometimes I can get a whole meal out of selling a short article. (I'm partially being sarcastic, but at the same time a random fifty bucks is kind of nice sometimes, especially these days!)

[prytania3]

Writing. Sometimes I can get a whole meal out of selling a short article. (I'm partially being sarcastic, but at the same time a random fifty bucks is kind of nice sometimes, especially these days!)

I used to do professional editing, but I don't have it in me anymore.

[rcjett]

I once asked this question a LOOONG time ago, and I got a lot of replies telling me I need to concentrate on publishing scholarly articles instead so that I can go on TT. Good advice, but in my life & "career," what a joke that advice has become. I just got booted from two classes this week, which were given to a full time faculty member instead. Now my income is cut in half! Yeah me!

I write travel guide books. I also do some educational consulting for museums. I'm taking bookbinding classes this fall to add to services I can do for museums and libraries.

I truly believe that academe (colleges, universities, museums, etc) will become a free-agent kind of place, where one works essentially for one's self, without any institutional ties.

[compdoc]

Online tutoring.

High school tutoring.

Teaching classes for homeschool groups. (Usually you have to know someone to get into that market. However, they are willing to pay reasonable money for teaching.)