side income

Whether a Side Project Is Solid Isn't About Effort. It's About Three Questions

To judge whether a side project or freelance job is solid, do not look at how busy it keeps you. Look at whether you can explain how you plan to do it, why it should be you, and what stops others copying it once it works.

A Factory Fines You 3,000 Yuan for Quitting Because It Knows You Can't Leave

An electronics factory in Ningbo fines workers 3,000 yuan for leaving between July and October. Lawyers say it is likely illegal. The reason it can be written down at all is not that it holds up, but that whoever wrote it calculated you probably won't walk.