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well?

The greatly admired and respected G-A Researcher Pinkfreud-ga has
commented elsewhere that she "researchers" fulltime, but I doubt that
she considers it or recommends doing so as a career.

Here is what the FAQs say about becoming a Researcher:
"How do I sign up to become a Researcher?
Because of an overwhelming response by qualified candidates, we are
temporarily not accepting additional applications. Please check back
with us again, as we likely will begin accepting applications again in
the near future."

Pinkfreud also commented on the very low pay of being a researcher. 
It would clearly be a fun job (as many of us lowly commenters do a
substandard job of it for free), but the money won't support a family.

Folks who want to be Google Answers Researchers may be dazzled by the
sight of the fees, without taking into account the many hours of
unpaid labor that is spent trolling for answerable, fairly-priced
questions. Yesterday, for example, I spent slightly more than nine
hours at my desk. Most of this time was spent pressing the F5 key
while staring at the monitor. Refreshing the screen endlessly, trying
to grab a good question before someone else gets it, isn't
particularly interesting, and a day's work at GA sometimes results in
no income whatsoever.

Pink, I find your comment hard to buy as a whole.  Why do you remain a
researcher if the money is bad and you don't enjoy it?

Jack,

I have a chronic illness and seldom leave my home. It's difficult to
find jobs with no fixed deadlines that can be done while lying in bed.
I can think of one other, but I lack the bodily qualifications for
that one. ;-)

I didn't mean to imply that there is nothing enjoyable about being a
Google Answers Researcher. There are lots of things that I love about
this job. But people who expect to be able to earn a living wage here
are likely to be disappointed.

~Pink

Sorry to hear about the chronic illness Pink.  Too bad the other
occupation doesn't quite fit, I hear there is good money in that line
of work :)

I'm glad to hear that you do enjoy alot of aspects of your job, that
is quite important.  I can name quite a few of us wannabe researchers
who enjoy a lot of the same perks without any pay.  Hard to find these
crazy websites that just suck you in (in a good way) and happen to
benefit society in some way... Way to go Google Answers!

Pink, I agree with Jack  - except that I very much prefer your being a
G-A Researcher.
If I may say so, sometimes it seems to me that you are too modest in
that you post answers as mere comments, such as to the question about
"very fun".  I expect that your personal standards in such cases would
call for a more detailed answer than you want "invest" for the price,
but from this side of the monitor it looks like you pass on some
quickies.
Don't bother to explain, just hit the F5 key, and I hope you find a juicy question!

Regards, Myo

From: jack_of_few_trades-ga on 14 Jun 2006 06:09 PDT 
Pinkfreud also commented on the very low pay of being a researcher. 
It would clearly be a fun job (as many of us lowly commenters do a
substandard job of it for free), but the money won't support a family.

Other then the fact that GA is not accepting new Researchers, I was
hoping that I "could make" a living giving answers. My knowledge is
mainly in the PC Hardware&Software Problem Shooting department. I know
that people want answers to their problems, but from the comments you
people have posted it seems that I will be spending more than 14 hours
a day on the monitor and not making enough to pay for my coffee!

Alex