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🫵 5 achievable side hustles for developers💰

Bap on December 15, 2023

Hey there 👋 In your journey as a developer, the common way to make money is by securing a full-time job. However, you may not be in a position ye...
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Saurabh Rai

@bap, this just made me laugh 😹
If you want to be a Gazolliannaire. Get a FAANG Job, survive 20+ years there, and watch your stonks go up (Then drop to 0)!! ~

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Bap

hahaha lol pretty much 🤣

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Saurabh Rai

XD

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Bap

I'm curious, have you ever tried any of these side hustles yourself?

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Saurabh Rai

Not yet, planning to implement the one that I shared with you

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Bap

Yes I remember. Cool 👌

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Samir Alibabic

Nothing new. If you google “side hustles for developers”, you will get pretty much the same list. The question is who tried it and how did it go? What works and what doesn’t work so well? What’s the earnings potential of each?

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Bap

That's a really good point. On my end, I wanted to first write about something that was "achievable" and "realistic". Your comment is spot on though. I could try to explain in more details my own experience. Though I did not experience every single one of these in the list I can try and find out how it went from people within my network. Massive thanks for the comment Samir 🙏

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Kathleen Simpson

I teach as a side hustle. Depending upon how you are teaching, it can be very involved or only a bit. I teach basics for the A+ certification/Microsoft Office Specialist at a local college. For the most part, it is only the time of classes that I have to put in as I am able to handle my grades and such during the classes. However, in the first part of the semesters, it is a few extra hours besides class because I am much more involved with the students and getting them set at that time.
All in all, it's ok. It's a couple extra bucks.

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Bap

Wow! Thanks a lot for this - I really appreciate you sharing your experience with us 🌟

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Kathleen Simpson • Edited

You are most welcome. I actually taught basically the same thing for companies previously to get agents up to speed in supporting various software and networks. Now, I just do it at a college instead. I am in Georgia.
Personally, I've always had a side gig. I have no trust of any company and always feel more comfortable with something else to fall back on if anything happens.

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Bap

Makes a lot of sense - thanks for sharing this with us/me. And have a great new year ahead! 🌟

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Out of curiosity, where about do you teach - no need to get specific of course, just curious about country/state 🙃

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Kathleen Simpson

I teach the basics for A+ Certification and Microsoft Office Specialist.

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Pierre-Henry Soria ✨ • Edited

It's important to be aware that Malt is still quite limited based on where you are located as a freelancer. Pretty much, available only in a handful of countries, mostly in the EU, which is less than 15 in total. Unfortunately, if you're located in Asia, North America, South America, or Oceania, Malt is not an option.

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Bap

Really good point. Malt has only started recently in the UK so you're right a lot of places don't have access to it yet. Merci Pierre-Henry!

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Deb

This a good list, but who has the time for a side hustle in the current state of the market?

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Bap

I get you Deb 😪
It does seem like it is a real trend now to look for side hustles. I don't have exact numbers in hand but I remember reading that a really high % of people now participated in side projects etc. Do you do that yourself?

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Bolivar Llerena

Awesome ideas, I used to have a side gig of translating technical documentation into other languages or from other languages to english

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Bap

Oh that sounds really cool Bolivar! How did it go in the end?

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Kathleen Simpson

BTW, for instruction other than at a college or something, I would suggest looking at Udemy or some of the other sites. These will be well known sites and if you are teaching without the admin support from a college, company, etc., you need something that is going to be able to showcase you.

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Nabin Bhatt

awesome

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Bap

Thanks for the kind comment. Happy you enjoyed it!

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Bap

Thanks for the comment Nabin. Do you have some experience in some of these?

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Scott Reno

I'll definitely check these out over Christmas break. Thanks for sharing!

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Bap

Pleasure Scott, let me know how it goes 🙏

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Bap

I would like to hear your thoughts on the above! If you have some stories about your experience, I'd love to hear them. 🐼

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HeetVekariya • Edited

I really liked this point 👀

Last tip: If you find vulnerabilities in a website you enjoy using, there is no harm in asking them for compensation. 🙃
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Bap

Thanks for that! Have you tried it yourself? 🙃

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HeetVekariya

on Quine itself 😉

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Bap

LOL 😂
Touché

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Adhil Khan

This article is worth saving. Maybe in the future i will try some of the above mentioned side hustles. Btw i'm hearing about Devpost for the first time. Thank you Bap.

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Ndiaga

Hi, thanks for the usefull informations.

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Bap

My pleasure Ndiaga :)

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gupta

awesome

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Bap

Thanks a lot Priya!

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Nathan Tarbert

Nice list of ideas for some decent side gigs.

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Bap

🙏🙏

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Dan Coral

Sure will try some of these

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Bap

Let me know how it goes! 😄

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Jeff Chavez

Saving this for future reference. I am still regaining my skills.

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Bap

What do you mean regaining your skills? Care to share a bit more. I’m interested. 🤔

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Levi France

Will try some of these, thanks

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Bap

Nice!! Let me know how it goes and which side hustle you end up going with :)