How to earn money as a finished medicin student in a van

Hi there,
I m sorry if I bother you with this question. I read some of the posts of how to earn money during van life and they didn’t answer my exact question, so I decided to ask once again.

So I am new on this platform and I don t have a van yet. I want to change my life and I dream for quite a long time to start a Vanlife with my Girlfriend. We both are from Germany and she is already working and might find a good way to work online. For me on the other hand it is quite difficult. I am finishing my medicine study soon and I dont have any special abilities beside that. So I m looking for a way to be mobile and somehow to earn money after studying.

I would like to know if you know somebody who manged to earn money as a doctor and life in a van or perhaps you have an idea how I could do that?

I would be really grateful for any constructive suggestion

I’m not sure if this is a thing in Germany, but in the US we have telemedicine, which is a fairly new thing and was made even more relevant due to covid. Someone has to answer those calls and get paid for them. Good luck!

It is unfortunately difficult for a student to find a job. I remember when I tried to find a part-time job, even in my specialty, they always told me to finish and pass exams, and then come back. I tried so hard and even turned to best essay writing service to pass the exams well. In the end, when I got my degree, I was told that I needed work experience. In general, it is endless. You need to take courses and have some kind of a crust to know that you know how to do something.

In the US, there exist locum tenens programs where a traveling doctor will replace another doctor for a short time period so the doctor can take time off from his/her practice. Perhaps Germany has something similar.

Now I’m a student and I’m trying to find some kind of job. So far, everywhere I’ve applied, I’ve been rejected.

There’s far more jobs than workers. Many of which require no experience, or degree’s etc.

The real problem is people don’t know how to get jobs. Everybody posts how they’ve sent out hundreds or thousands of resume’s, with no luck. Yet, any dummy can go to walk in day labor, with no experience or degree’s, and get a job instantly. It might not be the job you want, but it’s a job. No resume needed.

Jobs posted online who want a resume, get thousands of applications to choose from, and you better bet they’re going to cherry pick from them, and the people who actually get those jobs already have a very stable employment history. They want people who are currently working, and looking to upgrade their positions. That shows good work ethic.

The unemployed need to start at the bottom of the ladder, and work their way up. You need to prove your work ethic first, and then that will open up better opportunities.

It’s also possible to get some very high paying jobs through day labor and temp agencies. I once took a job driving an ice cream truck, commission only, but it sounded like fun. Made $500 the first day, and they offered me the job full time. I took it, and had a blast working all summer. Made $70/hr doing drain cleaning, no experience necessary. $200-$300/day driving a pedicab.

Officially I was a construction worker, but when work was slow, day labor always had my back, and sometimes better paying jobs than my regular job.

Driving down the street, there are help wanted signs everywhere. Lawn care jobs are desperate for workers this time of year. Get your jobs in person. Craigslist has tons of jobs with no experience required, and only locals are applying, not people from all over the country.

First we need to know how to get jobs immediately, then we need to be willing to take whatever is available. That’s how you get started, then you can wait for better opportunities. Any job is better than no job.

It’s actually a pretty interesting option - being a med school graduate and living the van life gives you flexibility that a lot of people don’t have. If you’re looking for a way to earn remotely, one thing that has helped me (as someone who is deeply into sports) is smart betting. I’ve been involved in sports for years - analyzing stats, matches, fighters’ condition, dynamics - and it’s helped me turn betting through Dafa Sports into a real side income. It’s not a way to get rich, but if you treat it as a discipline and not just a game of chance, there’s money in it.