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  Spring 2007

Amy Jacobs as Liz Kyong
J o b s. . .
Friendly people/Money Pads
by Amy Jacobs as Liz Kyong
Residents on Second Life have a variety of jobs to choose from to suit their interests. They can earn money, which in Second Life it is called Lindens.

In the Club Space Lounge you earn 3 Linden dollars every 5 minutes if you are a really friendly person from the owner SomethingRealAtKey. With this job, you converse with the other people in the room, and who ever talks the most gets the Lindens. Resident Kraft Dinzeo has been in SL for three weeks and has acquired over 300 Linden dollars for being a friendly person. “After awhile I give the Linden dollars away to others just for fun,” he said.

In the SL region of Boltimore Multi Mall, you can earn Lindens by dancing on a money pad. You earn 3 Linden dollars for every 15 minutes by the owner Pete Schaffner. Resident Yusuk Broome has earned 27 Lindens by dancing for 142 minutes.

“I’m dancing so that I can save my Lindens so I can add onto my house that I have, I want to buy some new furnishings,” said Broome. Resident Utopia2007 has been a member since February of 2007 and has made her Linden money by dancing, camping and washing windows.

“With the money that I made from dancing on the money pad, I bought myself a boat to go sailing,” she said. “Having a job really helps when you want to buy extravagant things like boats, cars, or houses,” said Utopia2007
Liz Kyong earning Lindens by dancing.  
One of the managers who operate the Boltimore Multi Mall, Blade Fosse said that he sees about 1000 different people throughout the day coming in to earn money.

Whatever your interests are, there is a job for you in SL.

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