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Teaching & coaching

Get paid to know something and explain it well, one person or one room at a time.

  1. 01
    Corporate workshops on one narrow software tool

    $01-3 monthspart-timereplaces a jobanywhere

    Companies pay for a day of training on Excel, Notion, Git or a CRM what they'd never pay an individual for. One tool, one deck, run it fifty times.

  2. 02
    Music lessons from your living room

    <$100weekspart-timeside incomelocal only

    Piano, guitar, drums, voice. Weekly half-hour slots, parents who pay by the term, and a waiting list within a year if you're good with children.

  3. 03
    Teach adults to swim

    <$100weekspart-timeside incomelocal only

    A surprising number of adults can't swim and are embarrassed to join a kids' class. Private lessons in a quiet pool are worth a lot to them.

  4. 04
    Tutor high-school maths or a language

    $0dayspart-timeside incomeanywhere

    Demand is permanent, parents pay on time, and the only qualification that matters is being good at the subject and patient with a teenager.

  5. 05

    Cities and clubs pay coaches for kids' football, basketball, swimming and athletics every season. Small money, fixed hours, no selling.

  6. 06

    You passed the CPA, the bar, the PE, the PMP, the nursing boards. The next cohort will pay for structure, accountability and someone who knows the traps.