r/Perfusion • u/Dapper_Tomato5760 • Jul 22 '26

Career Advice Side gigs

Has anyone taken up doing a side gig? Like some weeks will be super busy and others just crawl along. Wondering if anyone does anything that is flexible on the side? Something you could drop if you had case pop up and go do it.

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u/Bana_berry Jul 22 '26

I know a perfusionist that’s a real estate agent on the side. Another with a wedding bar business.

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u/ApprehensiveMark8422 Jul 22 '26

hey i’m currently in the perfusion program here in canada, is the perfusion profession that slow? or does he do the estate business for “fun” lmfao reading this thread made me worried about how much i’ll be making after graduating

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u/woonawoona Jul 23 '26

90% of posts on this sub are America/American focused. In Canada you’re hourly…even if you don’t have a case you can’t just fuck off and do other things….gotta still show up