The American mechanic who doesn't install anything, but just answers other people's questions on the Internet, earns an average of $14,200 a month, or about 5 million Hungarian forints when converted. Chris Pyle's story Presented by CNBCWhich also examined documents proving his income.
Pyle worked as a mechanic for Ford and earned $6,250 a month, or more than two million forints. In 2006, he signed up for JustAnswer, a website where he answers strangers' questions about gasoline and diesel engines.
JustAnswer is an American site that works somewhat similarly to the Hungarian site jákyokerdesek.hu. Users ask a question, for which they pay between $5 and $90. The question is then answered by an expert, and if the questioner accepts the answer, the expert gets a portion of the money. If the interviewer doesn’t find the answer helpful, you can ask for your money back.
The questions are answered by experts certified by the company, meaning JustAnswer also asks for ID, CV and documents proving qualifications from the registrants. From here, they can answer any question related to their area of expertise, and if the interviewers accept their answers, they will get paid.
Most experts are doctors, lawyers, handymen, or mechanics, but many seek financial advice, perhaps ask mathematical questions, or analyze the meaning of their dreams with others.
At first, Chris Pyle answered questions about motorcycles as a part-time job, and after a few years he was making more than his full-time job. In 2012, he quit Ford and started answering questions full-time. Now, he claims, he works 8 to 10 hours a day, seven days a week, but all from home, wearing a white T-shirt and boxers.
Pyle was hired by Ford as a mechanic and then trained by them as a transmission technician. Then one time, when he didn’t know how to install a transmission, he found an answer on JustAnswer, submitted by another mechanic. That’s when he signed up and started answering. What he liked about the new job was that he found it an exciting challenge to understand engine problems that he hadn’t seen or touched firsthand.
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