Anyone ever get a second job for fun/different experience?

When would you sleep? You'd be working around the clock. Would only make sense if you needed extra money, which it sounds like you don't. If time wasn't a factor, then sure, it'd be fun.

Probably tough to find a bar tending gig only on weekends twice a month.

Myself and the wife both work fulltime jobs and we co-own a small business . She is a first responder ( volunteer ) with the local fire department , which she loves. My schedule wouldn't allow me to do an extra job, plus I like spending any extra time with my grandsons....but I've often thought of being an auxiliary cop..maybe one day

Bar tending is not as fun as you think.... It is very hard if you work at a busy bar

I wouldn't do it long term, but if you have a hobby that you could work retail to get discounts/talk shop it could be enjoyable.

Ex. Skeet range, Edwin Watts/PGA Superstore/Golfsmith, Tennis Shop, etc.

I like golf and wouldn't mind starting a little side business doing club work only because I'd like an excuse to buy all of the stuff to tinker with my clubs. I have no illusions that it would ever make any money though.

If you don't need the money (because it doesn't pay all that well)< I agree with getting certified to referee high school sports.

I've done it in the past - you get to work with jackasses just like in real life. $90 a game for football (usually can get two games a week, as junior high games are covered as well). Basketball you can make $100 a night officiating girls and boys high school games. \

My buddy's wife works about 10 hours a week retail to give her something to do, and to get a significant discount on crap - come to think of it, that job probably costs her more than she makes.

I am an adjunct at the local community college. One class a semester gets me about $600 a month. Doing it mainly to keep a foot in academia, since I work in industry. Never know when I might be out looking for a job.

Plenty of 7-and-7 / 28-and-28 offshore folks do this. One of my friends was a highly paid drilling engineer and did substitue teaching on his days off. Another was a volunteer fire chief, and of course there are plenty of tradesmen as well.

I work a 40-45 hour a week job that I enjoy and I spend every minute of my spare time reading, researching, or doing an enjoyable activity. I have contemplated adding a second job on the side but it would be a personal business that had a small clientele. I am not trying to interfere with my full-time job as I still have plenty of growth ahead in the field that I am in. My side job wouldn't be vastly different than what I do now, nor do I want to entertain the idea of being a bartender, referee, etc... I like working on computers, writing software, and studying data security. If I can grow within all areas I will be achieving life long goals along the way.