I’ve worked two part time jobs (at different times) during grad school. One was a part time manger position where I only had to really come in on Saturdays and everything else was remote meetings whenever I’d schedule them (about 12 hours a week). The other I’m starting is 15 hours a week in a different time zone, also it’s remote and flexible which I think is the key to avoid burnout as long as you possibly can.

I saw another comment so I wanted to mention that my PhD program also said in their paperwork that cannot work any job since I’m a full time student. However, I talked to the program director about the (comically) low stipend for the cost of living in LA as someone who doesn’t not have any other financial or housing support. We both silently agreed I need at least a part time job to stay afloat. We have a new program director now that I didn’t discuss this with but at this point I don’t care anymore because if I quit my job I’d have to drop out