Originally Posted by Quarters Mostly
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.
yea i guess i don't see myself becoming a messenger, i was just trying to figure out what exactly i am going to do, because i'm pretty sick of the IT job market and would like to do something else, yet also have a hard time getting by on $46k a year and thus would of course like to make more than that, most of the people i know with equivilant experience are pulling in at least $60k a year doing what i'm doing either at the place i work or elsewhere, and owing the rent i owe and all the other debt i have right now i kind of need to be making more like that ammount of money. i didn't really expect anyone to tell me i could make more being a messenger (unless what i'm delivering are like kilo's of coke or something). just basically trying to figure out what exactly i am going to do.