Michael struggled to pay down debt until he turned to an unconventional strategy: secretly working multiple full-time jobs at once. In 2020, Michael was working remotely as a technical recruiter, and his job wasn't very demanding. He wished he could do something more productive with his time. "The only thing I could think about was: if I could get another job, I could save that whole salary," said Michael, who is in his 30s and lives in California. His asked to use a pseudonym and his identity