Brittany Davila quit her job as a teacher and became a virtual assistant. As a teacher, I'd been talking mostly to eight-year-olds, so I didn't have to be so professional and so corporate. Working as a virtual assistant does not come naturally to me. I'd thought the job was mostly just scheduling and taking calls for clients, but there are so many other moving parts. As a virtual assistant, I make between $21 and $30 an hour.