IT Worker's Dumpster Diving Hobby Brings $2,500 a Night

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So much for the code of ethics

“Malone, 37, already has a full -time career and six-figure salary as an IT security specialist but estimates that if he pursued a full-time professional dumpster diving career he’d make $600,000 per year.

https://www.yahoo.com/makers/it-workers-dumpster-diving-hobby-brings-2-500-a-110000053205.html?soc_src=mags&soc_trk=ma

cyberguypr

When I was a teenager I used to pick up all kinds of crap people threw away that looked worth fixing. Fans, TVs, radios, etc. That was just for fun. Nowadays, not fun anymore, no matter how much cash it brings. This guy must have a lot of free time.

The Wired article is more in-depth and has a good discussion in the comments.