Originally Posted by aeser
i'm currently an IT helpdesk "sys admin", i would say i'm sitting pretty but i'm making (for some reason)$16k a year less than my coworker who has the same experience as me and has worked here a year less, and i can't really get by on what i'm making, which i guess makes it even more stupid for me to consider being a messenger since i already expected to make less doing that, i guess i figured it might be nice to have a job i enjoyed some facet of. but yea, $50 a day wouldn't begin to cut it in cambridge for me. i currently make $46k and even with my wife making about $26k a year we owe 4 months of rent right now and have the money to pay 1 month.
Wow, is this serious? You make $46k a year and are thinking about being a messenger? It's difficult just making $100 a day being a messenger. I've got a friend up in Boston and he's "Captain" of the bike messengers for his company (Company uses cars and bikes) and he's guaranteed $550 a week plus some bonuses. Keep in mind that he along with most messengers are considered to be indipendent contractors and don't get taxes taken out of their paychecks. I would highly suggest you keep you day job.