The major companies are always on the lookout for new young guns when it comes to their typing pools. Red hot typing clerks gather every year in a showdown to showcase the best data entry talent in Australia. Competition is fierce and fought over four gruelling weeks in an intense round robin format. There is nothing more exciting than the thought of data entry operators typing to the death. These amazing cyber galactic warriors are relentless in their quest for bragging rights and the crystal trophy shaped like an ergonomic qwerty keyboard.

Last years winner was remembered for several weeks after the tournament and went on to start his own data entry business online. If the site of torn finger flesh and bloody keyboard keys excites you then I suggest you head on down and take a look. This is hardcore typing action at its most brutal and although there can only be one winner, no one goes away empty handed. Every single competitor truly believes that what doesn’t kill them will most certainly make them stronger. Can you see how exciting data entry work can be?

There is a lot more to life than just finding a job and talking about it at social gatherings. You should see the looks on people’s faces when I tell them I post articles on blogs for a living. They are generally both astounded and gob-smacked. Most of them have never heard of a data entry clerk who plies his trade from home. I never ask someone what they do for a living because I don’t think it should be an important factor in judging a person’s character. I’m more inclined to ask them what they do for fun. You should hear some of the answers I get!

I bet I’m the only data entry operator in Australia who makes up his own data to enter. Not only was it a brave move on my part but is was also bold and daring. I’m not one to take a backward step when it comes to matters of employment and when the opportunity to work from home presented itself I grabbed hold of it very tightly with both hands and I haven’t let it go. Everybody has a different approach when it comes to entering data and I’m no exception. There isn’t a data entry operator alive or dead who would argue with that!

I’m pretty fussy when it comes to when and where I’ll work. I don’t want a part time job and I don’t want to be working in the evenings. I don’t want to drive to my place of employment; I want to wake up there. My frustration at not being able to find a legitimate home based job on the internet led me to create my own occupation and I chose being a data entry operator for one very good reason. I can type quickly and accurately so it seemed like the most logical choice I could make at the time. Entering data may not be everyone’s cup of tea but it sure is mine.

I don’t understand how someone who has gone to an enormous amount of effort setting up a home based data entry business, could throw it all away for the instant gratification involved in getting a part time job. When you think of all of the clerks stuck in their stuffy offices, typing to the beat of the ticking clock, you have to admire their tenacity and will to succeed. I’m a data entry operator working from home and I love putting in a full days work. I don’t want to clock off four hours after I start. What could I possibly achieve in such a short space of time?

I’ve been in situations before where I thought I wasn’t earning the money I should be and I never want to experience that again. I could enter all the data in the world as long as I was remunerated at a rate which was realistic and just. No one likes to think they are not appreciated and nothing says, “I don’t appreciate you,” more than not paying someone the right amount of money. Performing data entry is boring enough without having to do it for next to nothing. Give me a break! Life’s way too short to spend it being somebody else’s whipping boy.

All you need is a creative, imaginative mind, a computer with an internet connection and the ability to touch type. Start writing articles about something you are knowledgeable about and publish them on your own website. Once you’re site is popular you can start earning revenue from advertising. I honestly think that that is the only way anyone can make money online as a data entry clerk. Working from home sounds fun and simple but you have to work harder than you’ve ever worked before if you want to succeed.

Being a data entry clerk is a thankless exercise and best done from the privacy of your own home. It’s easier to hide the shame if you’re sitting in front of your own computer, not surrounded by countless other employees. No one’s parents were ever proud of them for becoming a data entry clerk, were they? Once you’ve been tarred with that brush you are stained for life and sentenced to a dull existence beyond the comprehension of most normal people. That’s why most data entry clerks work from home these days.

Predicting when my wealth accumulation will start moving faster than grass growing is another kettle of fish altogether. All I can do is make sure I enter enough data to ensure I maintain a certain level of consistency and I should be right. No one ever told me it would be easy to stay Australia’s most charismatic data entry clerk and they were right not to. Maybe my bank balance will never rise so quickly that I will be able to watch it move but maybe it will. I’m clinging very tightly to the hope of one day being able to afford to eat at Number 2 Oak Street.

I wouldn’t say I’m ashamed of the way I earn a living but I’m definitely not proud. I can’t even imagine working in a job where what I did made a difference to someone else’s life. When I tell people I work from home as a data entry clerk they tend to glaze over and I find it hard to ever regain their respect. I don’t know if it’s due to the fact I work from home or whether the stigma is well and truly attached to the data entry component. Entering data is never going to save anyone’s life but as long as typing is the only skill I possess, that’s what I’m going to have to do.