I've done gig work in all 50 states. Here's how I use apps like Lyft and DoorDash to support my love of travel and food.

Tech Insider : Economy, Travel, Business
Kreskin Torres smiles while he wears a Baltmore Ravens beanie and denim jacket as he smiles and holds a wrapped sandwich while sitting in a car.
Kreskin Torres has visited all 50 US states as a gig worker.

Kreskin Torres

Uber and Lyft drivers say they're earning less — so some are starting their own ride services

Tech Insider : Economy
An Uber black car.
Some Uber and Lyft drivers have set up their own services as their pay has declined.

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A Florida Lyft driver explains how he picks which rides to take to make the most money

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Timothy Turer, a rideshare driver in Florida, wears a blue-and-white shirt and light brown pants.
Timothy Turer has been driving for ride-hailing apps since 2016.

Timothy Turer

A Lyft driver says he isn't even making minimum wage driving full-time and it shows how much the job costs workers

Tech Insider : Economy
Two travelers wearing sunglasses and N95 masks and dragging suitcases alongside themselves walk in the direction of a rideshare pickup area, as indicated by a pink
Driving for Lyft isn't as profitable as CEO David Risher's LinkedIn posts would have you believe, according to one driver.

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Your Uber Eats orders may be more likely to get stuck in NYC traffic now

Tech Insider : Economy
Uber eats
An Uber Eats delivery bag.

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Lyft's CEO faces pushback after driving for the app and posting about how great it was

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Lyft CEO David Risher standing in front of a gray wall with a white Lyft logo behind him.
Lyft CEO David Risher drove three trips for the ride-hailing app in Napa Valley, California.

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The generation that may never retire: Why some millennials are behind on savings — and how they can catch up

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
Magician holding wand over a hat, with a calculator displaying '$1,000,000' surrounded by sparkles and coins falling

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A few years ago, Nathaniel Hudson-Hartman, 38, calculated that he'd need about $1.5 million in savings to retire comfortably in his sixties.

Three gig workers explain how they got deactivated on apps from Doordash to Walmart's Spark

Tech Insider : Economy
DoorDash driver on motor bike
Some gig workers have had to deal with having their accounts deactivated.

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I used bots to work for Instacart. You need one to make the job worthwhile.

Tech Insider : Economy
Instacart
Bots that accept high-paying orders and spoof your location are key to working for Instacart, one shopper says.

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Scammers are using delivery apps like Instacart to swindle customers and delivery workers out of money

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An Instacart shopper grabs paper bags full of groceries out of the back of a blue compact car while wearing a sweater, blue jeans, and tennis shoes.
A scam involves replacing items in an Instacart order with gift cards.

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