8 Jobs Which Are Perfect if You Always Wake Up Late

If you’re the funniest person you know, maybe you’ve got a knack for stand-up comedy. Comedians typically work evenings, although of course, if you’re really wanting to make a living out of your comedy, then when you’re not performing, you’re writing new routines and you’re practicing them again and again. You can’t just turn up and wing it. Most comedians are self-employed, so it’s a bit of a risky career path, and you’ll have to put up with your fair share of heckling and bad gigs when you first start. Many professional comedians make between £10,000 and £100,000 (US$13,966-139,657) a year.

It may not be putting your university degree to the best use but working as a bartender guarantees you lazy mornings in exchange for working into the early hours of the morning. Earnings vary according to location, but the UK average is around £15,000 (US$20,949) a year. A good bartender is organized, social, and well-practiced at their craft.

Again, this isn’t a conventional job for a university graduate but might be a useful stop-gap while you assess your career options. The working hours of waiters and waitresses are based around meal-times. Restaurants serving lunch and dinner tend to open from midday, meaning you’d have to arrive sometime late morning. In the UK, you can expect to earn around £14,000 (US$19,552) a year.

Door supervisors or bouncers check the suitability of people wanting to enter venues like pubs, bars and nightclubs and look after the safety of the people inside. A bouncer’s typical working hours reflect the fact these venues tend to be open from late in the evening till the early hours, and you can expect to be paid around £10 (US$14) an hour.

If you’ve got a knack for making something special in the kitchen, maybe take your love of bread, cakes and pastries and build a career out of it. Bakers working where their products are going to be sold tend to work extremely early hours. However, bakeries which deliver to their clients often work from the evening till late into the night, so their produce is ready for delivery in the morning.

It’s not unheard of for bakers to work from 8pm till 5am. The pay varies according to experience, but head bakers can earn around £30,000 (US$41,897) a year. 

Freelancers tend not to have a steady income, but they can be much more flexible about where and when they work. You need to be able to write well and meet the deadlines you’re set, but that’s exactly what’s required for university study anyway. You’ll also need to spend time networking in order to gain freelance assignments in the first place.

There are a wide variety of freelance writing jobs out there, from copy-editing and technical writing to those which are a little more unusual.

Ollie Hurcum writes for Inspiring Interns, which specialises in sourcing candidates for internships and graduate jobs.