[0:00] hey folks if you're a developer looking
[0:01] to monetize your coding skills and make
[0:03] some extra cash on the side without
[0:05] losing focus on your main job then
[0:07] you're in luck because in this video I'm
[0:09] going to be talking about six side
[0:10] hustles that you can get started with in
[0:12] 2024 that will help you level up your
[0:14] coding skills and earn some extra cash
[0:16] on the side as well so let's not waste
[0:18] any more time and jump right into it so
[0:21] the first side hustle I want to talk
[0:22] about is the bug Bounty a bug Bounty is
[0:25] a program that developers sign up for
[0:27] and get paid when they identify and fix
[0:29] a bug within that company's code base so
[0:32] these bugs could be critical bugs that
[0:33] pose a security threat or just smaller
[0:35] bugs that impact their application in a
[0:37] certain we but basically once you find
[0:39] these bugs and report it back to the
[0:41] company they pay you a certain amount
[0:43] for your contribution and from what I've
[0:45] seen companies pay anywhere from between
[0:47] $100 to even over $10,000 for a single
[0:51] bug Bounty so if you're interested in
[0:53] signing up for a bug Bounty program then
[0:55] consider checking out websites like
[0:56] hacker 1 bug crowd or even Microsoft's
[0:59] bug Bounty program progr the second side
[1:01] hustle that I want to talk about is
[1:02] online mentoring now if you're someone
[1:04] who's reasonably confident with your
[1:06] programming skills and also like
[1:07] teaching and helping people as well then
[1:09] you might want to consider signing up
[1:11] for an online mentorship program
[1:13] websites like code mentor and super Prof
[1:15] offer a platform for connecting mentors
[1:17] with students who are in need of your
[1:19] programming skills so when you sign up
[1:21] for these websites you'll usually have
[1:22] to list all the skills that you can
[1:24] offer mentorship in and select an hourly
[1:26] rate as well and every time a student
[1:28] books a session with you you'll normally
[1:30] have to hop on a call and help them with
[1:32] whatever problem they're having but if
[1:34] you don't actually want to have any
[1:35] face-to-face interaction with students
[1:37] you could get a bit more creative and
[1:38] use websites like Fiverr or upwork to
[1:41] basically help students out with their
[1:42] assignments all they send you is their
[1:44] assignment and all you send back is a
[1:46] solution to the problem they're facing
[1:48] within that assignment how much can you
[1:50] actually earn from online mentoring now
[1:52] again the rate really depends on what
[1:53] you choose but but from what I've seen
[1:55] online mentors typically charge between
[1:57] $15 to $30 for a 15 minute session the
[2:01] third side hustle that I'd like to talk
[2:03] about is freelancing freelancing is a
[2:05] side hustle that allows you to charge
[2:06] people money for a specific task so if
[2:08] you're a game developer you charge
[2:10] people money for converting their ideas
[2:12] into an actual working game or if you're
[2:14] a web developer you charge people money
[2:16] for building websites the great thing
[2:18] about freelancing is that it's extremely
[2:20] versatile and your earning potential is
[2:22] basically unlimited because you charge
[2:24] people for the complexity of the project
[2:26] that you actually take on it's not
[2:27] uncommon to see Freelancers charge
[2:29] anywhere between $50 to even over
[2:32] $10,000 for a single project if you're
[2:34] interested in becoming a freelancer then
[2:36] you should check out websites like
[2:37] Fiverr or upwork because they basically
[2:40] provide a Marketplace to connect
[2:41] Freelancers with paying customers the
[2:43] fourth side hustle that I want to talk
[2:45] about is selling code on specific
[2:47] marketplaces so this side hustle
[2:49] involves building and selling code on
[2:51] marketplaces that are hosted by websites
[2:53] like Shopify or a Trello to give you a
[2:55] more concrete example of how this works
[2:57] Shopify is a platform that allows anyone
[2:59] to set up an an online business in
[3:00] minutes and through this online store
[3:03] business owners can sell products to
[3:04] people all across the globe you as a
[3:06] developer can then build themes or
[3:08] add-ons or apps for these online stores
[3:11] and list them on the Shopify Marketplace
[3:13] and every time any of these businesses
[3:15] decide to purchase your application or
[3:17] integrate it into their store Shopify
[3:19] pays you a certain cut the benefit of
[3:21] selling code on a Marketplace is that
[3:23] your income is basically infinite as
[3:25] well and it's recurring and it's not
[3:27] uncommon to see people earn anywhere
[3:28] between 1,000 to over $10,000 a month
[3:31] doing this the fifth side hustle that I
[3:33] like to talk about is building and
[3:35] setting up a micro SAS application a
[3:38] micros siiz application is a tiny
[3:40] subscription based application that's
[3:42] usually built and maintained by either a
[3:44] solo developer or a very small team of
[3:47] developers and this side hustle is the
[3:49] closest thing to passive income for
[3:51] software Engineers to build a Microsoft
[3:53] application you normally need to
[3:55] identify a problem that a certain group
[3:57] of people are facing and then build a
[3:59] product for that group and sell it to
[4:01] them to give you a more concrete example
[4:03] hype Fury is a micras application that
[4:06] allows people to create and scheduled
[4:08] Twitter posts and around 3 years ago the
[4:10] founder posted on Reddit that they were
[4:12] able to scale their business to earn
[4:14] about $20,000 in Revenue every single
[4:16] month if you're someone who's been able
[4:18] to identify a problem within a certain
[4:20] Niche then maybe you should consider
[4:23] building a micras application the next
[4:25] side house I want to talk about is
[4:27] building an online presence of some sort
[4:29] in 2024 having an online presence is
[4:32] easier than ever with platforms like
[4:33] Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube Tik
[4:36] Tok or even blogging websites like
[4:38] medium you can basically create content
[4:40] in any shape or form that you desire and
[4:42] generally when you consistently upload
[4:44] good quality content for a long enough
[4:46] period of time to start to build a
[4:48] following of some sort and that's when
[4:50] you can start using your following to
[4:52] earn some extra money on the side
[4:53] through basically an infinite number of
[4:55] income earning opportunities to give you
[4:57] a more concrete example an affiliate
[4:59] link is a link to a product that you as
[5:01] a Creator endorse you typically show
[5:04] this link to your audience and anytime
[5:06] they purchase this product through your
[5:08] affiliate link you'd earn a small cut of
[5:10] the profits of the product and there are
[5:12] creators out there earning millions of
[5:13] dollars every single year just through
[5:15] having affiliate links on their posts if
[5:18] you have something to share with the
[5:19] world then you should really consider
[5:20] setting up an online presence and
[5:22] growing it over time now if you're
[5:23] someone who's planning on starting a
[5:25] side hustle anytime soon then you
[5:27] probably need to keep honing your
[5:28] software development skills every single
[5:30] day and what better way to do that than
[5:32] to use these six websites that were
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