Hey I was just reading through the Financing your Travels thread over on the Practical Nomads Tribe (here if you haven't seen it)
practicalnomad.tribe.net/threa...1e32eb
and have a quick idea for people who want to make some easy money.
So I just started working at Google in the user interface department (I'm actually saving for a trek from Chile to Argentina in January, ping me if you have any suggestions!). My job is basically to look at how people interact with new products to figure out what we should change/tweak/dump. Right now my department is having a big problem, Google is making awesome new toys so fast that we can't find enough people to test them out. In fact, we're having so much trouble that we just bumped up pay rates for beta testers which now range from $250-$75 an hour (granted it's usually 75-100). Beta Testers typically visit an office in Silicon Valley, Seattle Area, Santa Monica, or NYC but I think there are also offices in london, beijing and hyderabad that do some testing.
Here's the cool thing, we also do tests that are ONLINE so you can sign up from anywhere, perfect for the practical nomad:) I'm pretty sure that the range for online tests is a little bit lower, $40-$200 per study but I've traveled in Asia, India, Africa, Europe, and South America and I know that even $40 extra dollars is enough to keep people from going back to the cube/suit/whatever for at least a few days.
Here's how it works, follow the link, sign up and someone from google will contact you if you fit the criteria for a study.
survey.google.com/wix/p0822776.aspx
and I'm not trying to spam this forum, I've been a strong member of tribe since 04 and I love the community here. This is definitely an insider opportunity and I'd be happy to know that it went to someone living out the kind of international adventures we all live for :)
also, if you meet somebody who needs cash you can just tell them to go to
google.com/usability
(easy to remember!) and ask them to mention that they heard about it from tribe (there's a little box in the survey). You're also welcome to email this to lists or post in other forums if it's relevant or you think people would be into the idea. I created a referral code (TR2) but it doesn't really matter as long as you mention tribe.
So that's the deal, if you have any questions you can message me. In general we're looking for people over 18 who aren't programmers or ui designers.
Cheers and Safe Travels!
//TitaniumDreads
practicalnomad.tribe.net/threa...1e32eb
and have a quick idea for people who want to make some easy money.
So I just started working at Google in the user interface department (I'm actually saving for a trek from Chile to Argentina in January, ping me if you have any suggestions!). My job is basically to look at how people interact with new products to figure out what we should change/tweak/dump. Right now my department is having a big problem, Google is making awesome new toys so fast that we can't find enough people to test them out. In fact, we're having so much trouble that we just bumped up pay rates for beta testers which now range from $250-$75 an hour (granted it's usually 75-100). Beta Testers typically visit an office in Silicon Valley, Seattle Area, Santa Monica, or NYC but I think there are also offices in london, beijing and hyderabad that do some testing.
Here's the cool thing, we also do tests that are ONLINE so you can sign up from anywhere, perfect for the practical nomad:) I'm pretty sure that the range for online tests is a little bit lower, $40-$200 per study but I've traveled in Asia, India, Africa, Europe, and South America and I know that even $40 extra dollars is enough to keep people from going back to the cube/suit/whatever for at least a few days.
Here's how it works, follow the link, sign up and someone from google will contact you if you fit the criteria for a study.
survey.google.com/wix/p0822776.aspx
and I'm not trying to spam this forum, I've been a strong member of tribe since 04 and I love the community here. This is definitely an insider opportunity and I'd be happy to know that it went to someone living out the kind of international adventures we all live for :)
also, if you meet somebody who needs cash you can just tell them to go to
google.com/usability
(easy to remember!) and ask them to mention that they heard about it from tribe (there's a little box in the survey). You're also welcome to email this to lists or post in other forums if it's relevant or you think people would be into the idea. I created a referral code (TR2) but it doesn't really matter as long as you mention tribe.
So that's the deal, if you have any questions you can message me. In general we're looking for people over 18 who aren't programmers or ui designers.
Cheers and Safe Travels!
//TitaniumDreads
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