Side job

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A side job, also informally called a side hustle (or side gig or side project), is an extra job that a person takes in addition to their primary job in order to supplement their income or simply to turn their hobby into a micro-business. Side jobs may be done out of necessity when a person's main job does not provide sufficient income to support them, or simply out of a desire to earn more money or to try something interesting. Working a side job is also referred to as moonlighting, usually when it is performed after regular business hours. A side job can be a full-time job, part-time contract, freelance work, and a person can hold more than one side job. A "day job" is defined as work a person does "to earn money so that [they] can do something else that [they] prefer but that does not pay [them] much money." Side jobs are typically tasks that can be completed on a part-time or freelance basis at the same time as having a day job. Examples include copywriting, ecommerce (such as selling...

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