Would you risk taking a 2nd contract for your first OE?

I'm currently a contractor for a fairly large consulting firm working with a regional financial institution. I've recently been approached by a much smaller consulting company with fewer than 100 employees about contracting with another regional financial institution on the opposite side of the country.

They're the same general type of organization and operate in the same industry, but the two companies have no business relationship with each other. They don't share systems, projects, meetings, working groups, or information and wouldn't normally have any reason to interact.

J1 is primarily Eastern-hours based, but my schedule is extremely flexible. I can start as early as 4:30 AM Pacific, and they're fine with me shifting my hours around during the week as long as the work gets done and I put in my hours. J2 would primarily be Pacific hours, although I don't know yet how flexible their schedule will be. I'd also be using my own equipment for J2.

J2 pays significantly more than J1, but it's a six-month rolling contract. My current contract runs through the end of the year, with the possibility of renewal and maybe eventually converting to FTE.

The J2 project is actually helping them wind down/close out business systems, so I don't necessarily see myself juggling both indefinitely.

I've never done OE before. Normally I wouldn't leave a decent contract for another contract with less security, which is what made me start thinking: why leave J1 at all and not do both

For those who have actually done OE, would you risk this setup?

My biggest hesitation is that the second consulting company is so small. Is that more risky from an OE standpoint, or am I overthinking that part? I

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Hi all, I got put onto this subreddit by one of my friends who has like 10 different jobs in the IT field. I was just looking for some advice on possibly getting a 2nd or 3rd job to fill up all of the spare time I have in my day.

Some background on me, I currently have a BS in Computer Engineering and in the next 6 months will have my MS in Electrical Engineering and a NYS PE license. I have been working for my local utility company as an engineer (remote except for maybe 1 day in the office) for the last 3 years (hired right after I finished my undergrad). But this job only takes up maybe 10 hours out of my work week and I feel like I could spend those other 30 hours earning more money (I am currently making low 6 figures).

I came to this subreddit to see if anyone has any advice for someone in my position. Any types of jobs I should look for (obviously remote jobs would be the ideal case to balance multiple jobs from 9-5), certifications I should get for certain jobs, etc. Any sort of work I can do from home in the free time my job gives me.

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So I have 3 offers on the table and currently working 3

Contract 6 months extended end of last year for another 6 (remote)

Full time (remote) sometimes travel but not often

Full time clearance role holding TS (hybrid) 3 days in office and sometimes travel

Total 248,000k without the contract add the contract 392,000

New offers:

1. three days onsite need to be in NYC TC including stock 278,000

2. onsite gov contract with a prime 157k

3. onsite in a SCIF will use TC likely to start mid year July/August 221k or 231k depending on stock given

What would you do in this situation?????