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Startup companies
fromEntrepreneur
2 days ago

The CEO of TaskRabbit Says You Can Earn $200K a Year on the Side Hustle Platform. Here Are Her Tips to Maximize Earnings.

TaskRabbit connects freelance workers with consumers for household tasks, experiencing significant growth under CEO Ania Smith's leadership.
NYC startup
fromWWD
2 weeks ago

How Spotlite is Rewriting the Rules of the Modeling Industry

Spotlite aims to revolutionize the modeling industry by promoting transparency and allowing models to set their own rates without heavy commissions.
Online learning
fromwww.businessinsider.com
4 weeks ago

Inside the OpenAI project where freelancers train ChatGPT on everything from farming to commercial flying

Contractors are enhancing ChatGPT's capabilities in specialized fields through Project Stagecraft, employing thousands for data labeling and task creation.
Parenting
fromMoneywise
3 months ago

This genius trick helps work-from-home parents score top-notch daycare without breaking the bank. Here's how

Childcare costs often match or exceed housing expenses, driving parents to find cost-saving alternatives like gym childcare that provide affordable supervised hours.
Remote teams
fromZDNET
5 months ago

The best AI agents are terrible freelancers - for now

Top AI agents currently automate less than 3% of tasks required from average independent contractors and fail most freelancing projects at acceptable standards.
fromWIRED
6 months ago

AI Agents Are Terrible Freelance Workers

Even the best artificial intelligence agents are fairly hopeless at online freelance work, according to an experiment that challenges the idea of AI replacing office workers en masse. The Remote Labor Index, a new benchmark developed by researchers at data annotation company Scale AI and the Center for AI Safety (CAIS), a nonprofit, measures the ability of frontier AI models to automate economically valuable work.
Artificial intelligence
Relationships
fromwww.mercurynews.com
6 months ago

Harriette Cole: I'm on a new path, but my boyfriend wants the old me

Communicate openly, carve out regular shared time, and establish routines to balance an energizing freelance career with a committed relationship.
Relationships
fromBored Panda
10 months ago

Sis Mocks Bro's Job, Tells Him It Isn't A "Real" Career, He Claps Back By Never Babysitting Again

Society often undervalues creative careers compared to traditional roles, leading to conflicts like the one between the graphic designer and his sister.
Graphic design
fromMiami Herald
10 months ago

Graphic Designer's Response to Woman's Request for "Free" Work Praised: "She Stormed Off"

Freelance designers deserve respect for their time and expertise, even when working from home.
fromBusiness Insider
11 months ago

I have a side hustle training AI and reviewing online ads. Some tasks are random, but as a mom, I love the flexibility.

I started as a freelance crowd worker on Amazon Mechanical Turk...Now, I do everything from training AI voice assistants to rewriting chatbot responses.
Women in technology
UX design
fromApartment Therapy
11 months ago

The Unexpected Piece of Furniture That's Transformed the Way I Work from Home

The Daisy Ivory Chaise Lounge provides a stylish, comfortable, and functional seating solution for freelance workers.
Perfect for home offices, the chaise enhances productivity without sacrificing aesthetics.
fromReuters Institute for the Study of Journalism
1 year ago

2. The employment conditions of UK journalists

The employment conditions of UK journalists have grown increasingly unstable, with a decline in permanent contracts from 74% in 2015 to 65% in 2023, reflecting a shift towards precarious work.
UK news
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