I am more interested in growing food hydroponically and solar panels and windmills
I am a 40 year old female college educated mechanical turk. I am a new turk too. My husband and I moved our family to a large piece of land in the middle of nowhere last year in an effort to provide a better environment for our children to grow up in, and I just discovered this about three weeks ago. We are raising our own food, both meat and plants, for the most part. I was once part of the corporate work force, so this has been a huge change for me and my family. I love it. I love it here, but I find that I would like a little spending money, and I need some type of mental challenge to keep the gears oiled and tuned, so turking provides me with both. I play on the computer and get paid for it. This is pretty cool. Also, I answer surveys for researchers when they need it, even if it pays only a penny. I think that is somehow in a small way contributing to science. I feel like I am being productive when I turk. In my corporate career, I worked for a large insurance company. I did agency part of the time and claims part of the time. I still retain my licenses, and I also have some designations, but I am not real interested in working in insurance any longer. I have, however, ended up writing an article or two on insurance and transcribing recorded statements for insurance companies as part of my turk work. Hee hee!!! I guess it’s just natural since I know a lot about insurance, but it’s not my only work. I am more interested in growing food hydroponically and solar panels and windmills. We are trying to be self sufficient here on the farm. Turking keeps me connected to the outside world as well. It’s easy to forget about it when you are hoeing long rows of corn. I think if everyone could grow their own row of corn from seed—I mean till the ground, plant the seed, hoe it, pick it, shuck it, clean it, cut it off the cob and can it, everyone would be a lot more appreciative of a can of corn at the grocery store for .69. We have forgotten the value of a dollar and what it was originally designed to do. I don’t know how long I will do this. I guess as long as I retain interest in it. It doesn’t pay all that well, but I am here anyway, might as well turk.
