<prompt> Human: I am currently working as a DOD civilian and it is all but certain that due to sequestration that I will be furloughed 16 hours per pay period beginning in April, lasting until the end of the fiscal year possibly beyond.I have borderline monumental student loans and I am faithfully paying them off I wont get in to balances or ask for help with that because that starts nasty discussions on this subreddit, and a car payment. I pay off credit cards each month. I am married and my wife is a graduate student some, but not a lot of income who is starting work in Maywont be paid until June, and even then the job is only a small step up from her graduate student pay. We rent, as we are trying to be flexible about careers and trying to sell a house right now is a nightmare we dont want to deal with.That being said, my pay is set to be reduced by more than 20 withholdings for healthcare do not decrease proportionally despite the 20 reduction in hours for quite some time, at least 22 weeks. Bear in mind federal pay has been frozen for more than two years - no COLA, nothing. We were scheduled for an 0.5 raise which Congress is voting to throw out.Is it worth pursuing a part-time job? I am a civil engineer with a masters degree and I highly doubt anyone will hire me part time if they think Ill bolt after the furlough is over which I will. I do not have my P.E. nor do I have contacts to do consulting, so that is not an option. Im not good looking enough to be a male hooker and I cant dance. Thats off the table. I can borrow against my TSP account but Ive only been working for the government for a little more than two years so theres not a lot there and I dont need to screw my retirement.Im looking mostly for ideas on how to supplementreplace my income. Im also not sure about status re: unemployment benefits, but I suspect that wont be any help either. Any other advice or ideas would be highly appreciated.  <response>: Alright OP... depending on your personality and what you remember from your college coursework you can make A LOT of money tutoring. I studied engineering in college and I tutor anything from SAT Prep, ACT PrepI used to work for a company but decided its much easier to be independent, prealgebra to Dif eqs., physics, chemistry, really any material I am comfortable with, oh and I charge 30 an hour. I have a few regular students and at least 3 students call me each week because they need help with an upcoming test and need to meet up for a few hours. If I only tutor 3 nights after work I usually pull in at least an extra 300-400 a week, usually more. Its pretty easy since you pick your available hours and with your extra day off it should be even easier...P.S. I use craiglist to post my availability. 