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A millennial explains how he makes over $250,000 secretly working 2 remote jobs — and shares 4 tips for the overemployed
- A Georgia-based millennial is earning over $250,000 a year secretly working two remote jobs.
- He said his childhood made him want financial security and that overemployment provides him job security.
- The IT professional shared his four pieces of advice for overemployed workers.
Tomas, a Georgia-based IT worker in his 30s, said his journey to an “
overemployed” lifestyle began at a very young age.
He grew up “very poor,” he told Business Insider, and after his mother left his father, he, his mother, and four siblings shared a one-room apartment for two years.
“As I got older I was like, ‘I don't want to live like that,” he said.
In 2016, when Tomas had roughly $40,000 in credit card debt and was struggling to pay child support, he decided to look for a
second remote job he could work on the sly. Two years later, job juggling had helped him pay off his debt, but he wasn’t ready to give it up.
“I kind of felt invincible, and it made me feel like that will be one less thing I have to worry about in life,” said Tomas, whose identity is known to BI but has been withheld due to his fear of professional repercussions.
To this day, Tomas is secretly
working two full-time remote jobs that pay over $250,000 a year in combined salaries, according to documents viewed by BI. Doing so has helped him grow his net worth to over $500,000, pay off two new cars, travel more, and find “financial stability and freedom,” he said. Tomas added that he'd love to have a third job if he can find the right fit.
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