FAQs
- What types of customers have you worked with?
Most of the work I do is professional editing, usually for faculty, graduate students at dissertation stage, and professionals with research related documents. With a journalism background, however, I can edit most anything.
- What questions should customers think through before talking to professionals about their project?
Perhaps the most important thing a student should know when asking for help with a course on Thumbtack is that a "tutor" is a "teacher." That means I make myself available to help students (usually, grad students) understand a relatively sophisticated subject such as statistics or research methods, so they may go back and complete the work on their own, whether it be an assignment or an exam. The key here is that the student does the work, not me. I think a big misunderstanding some students have when they come to Thumbtack is that they think they're going to hire somebody to ace that grade for them. False. A tutor is a teacher. A tutor is NOT somebody you hire to help you cheat. I try not to bid on cheating jobs. If I get into a job and find out it's an attempt to use me to cheat, I will probably request that I not be paid and attempt to teach the student so they can pass on their own rather than completing the cheat. Half of what I "get" from tutoring is the reward of teaching. There is no "pay" that can compensate for cheating, and being asked to do so is an insult.