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Andrea G Community Manager

Crazy Job Postings

Hi all,

 

We have closed this thread due to its size. Please feel free to continue sharing your experience with odd and curious jobs here.

 

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~Andrea
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Ravindra B Community Member

 

"I hope they don't work for a bomb-disposal unit. If so, they might find themselves in line for a Darwin Award."

Haha!

 

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Ravindra B Community Member

 

Edit and get a fiction book ready for KDP publishing.

 

Words: 74,000
Budget: $150

 

At least this person is not asking for Chicago Style!

 

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Ravindra B Community Member

 

The client is lookingfor a long-term editor/proofreader.

 

Budget for a 60K manuscript is $150.

 

The RPF has been up for four hours.

 

Good to see the number proposals is fewer than 5.

 

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Ravindra B Community Member

Client form the heartland of US wants formatting, developmental editing, line editing, and copy editing of a 69k manuscript.

 

Preferred location: US, Canada, UK, Australia

Budget: $150
Proposals: 5 to 10

 

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Ravindra B Community Member


 wrote:

Client form the heartland of US wants formatting, developmental editing, line editing, and copy editing of a 69k manuscript.

 

Preferred location: US, Canada, UK, Australia

Budget: $150
Proposals: 5 to 10

 


The client is upped the budget to $175.

 

Still there are very few applications.

 

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Cody C Community Member

Client asked for a whole game to be made, claims it's a fast process, and offers 10$ for my trouble. Happens way more often than is reasonable too, honestly. lol 

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Ravindra B Community Member


 wrote:

Client asked for a whole game to be made, claims it's a fast process, and offers 10$ for my trouble. Happens way more often than is reasonable too, honestly. lol 


Send them a DIY link. 😁

 

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