On the job: What it takes to earn $89,000 as a pool cleaner in New Orleans. (via CNBCMakeIt)
Mark Jones graduated from Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in 2011 with a degree in marketing. After graduation, he worked several jobs including as an Apple "expert" and a sales manager of an Acura dealership.
Jones became close with Curly, the owner of his local pool supply store, and learned how to maintain his own pool. His neighbors started to notice. "I loved Uber and Lyft because I was in control of everything," he says. "I clocked in when I wanted to, I made as much as I wanted to, I clocked out when I wanted to, I went to lunch when I want to. I wasn't answering to anybody. That gave me that entrepreneurial spirit. After Covid hit, that's when the whole situation took off."
"March and April is right before swim season starts. That's when all these people's pools are green and that's where I could make a home run," he says. "Because if I'm at your house two to three days, I can make $600 to $1,000 for flipping your pool." But on easy days, Jones will bring his 7-year-old son, Dallas along for the day and pay him $5 to help empty skimmer baskets."I'm in control"
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