<story><title>Becoming a Full-Time Creator as a Software Engineer</title><url>https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/how-to-become-a-full-time-creator/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sakopov</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been wrecking my brain how to make $10 on anything online for a good part of the past 10 years with a couple of failed startups and even more side projects that went nowhere. I envy anyone who can do this and I think it is truly an immeasurable amount of effort to make any kind of side income let alone something that replaces your salary. But I think articles like this one advertise it like it&amp;#x27;s something you can do in your sleep and that&amp;#x27;s just not how it works.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>asicsp</author><text>&amp;gt;&lt;i&gt;I&amp;#x27;ve been wrecking my brain how to make $10 on anything online&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you are really serious about $10 (and not some other larger number), here are some tips:&lt;p&gt;* Pick a topic you know really well (programming, cooking, sea diving, whatever)&lt;p&gt;* Make an infographic (get started on the topic of your choice, some specific and useful practical tip, etc) - picking a template from free tier Canva will go a long way in producing a good looking graphical post (you can even do animations)&lt;p&gt;* Put this up under pay-what-you-want model on sites like Gumroad (so, minimum price free but users can pay if they wish) - see &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mathspp.gumroad.com&amp;#x2F;l&amp;#x2F;cheatsheet_list_comps_101&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;mathspp.gumroad.com&amp;#x2F;l&amp;#x2F;cheatsheet_list_comps_101&lt;/a&gt; for an example&lt;p&gt;* Post a sample on sites like Twitter, Reddit, etc (just the nice looking graphic, add a link to Gumroad later in comments if the posts start getting attention)&lt;p&gt;* Make a video to show demos (if applicable)&lt;p&gt;* Be consistent! Give it your best shot for topics you are really confident about. Listen to feedback. Learn and Build in Public for better reach (see &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;swyx.io&amp;#x2F;learn-in-public&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;swyx.io&amp;#x2F;learn-in-public&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;chriscoyier.net&amp;#x2F;2012&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;23&amp;#x2F;working-in-public&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;chriscoyier.net&amp;#x2F;2012&amp;#x2F;09&amp;#x2F;23&amp;#x2F;working-in-public&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;p&gt;If you want an example for someone making a living by doing things like this, check out Julia&amp;#x27;s &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;wizardzines.com&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;wizardzines.com&amp;#x2F;&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Becoming a Full-Time Creator as a Software Engineer</title><url>https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/how-to-become-a-full-time-creator/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>sakopov</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve been wrecking my brain how to make $10 on anything online for a good part of the past 10 years with a couple of failed startups and even more side projects that went nowhere. I envy anyone who can do this and I think it is truly an immeasurable amount of effort to make any kind of side income let alone something that replaces your salary. But I think articles like this one advertise it like it&amp;#x27;s something you can do in your sleep and that&amp;#x27;s just not how it works.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>josephg</author><text>It’s also a lot of luck. A friend of a friend made some trashy weekend website in php years ago which calculates profits from options trades. He somehow makes 6 figures from advertising on the site.&lt;p&gt;Apparently he tried doing a big rewrite a couple years ago to fix the UX and whatnot, but his income dropped to 1&amp;#x2F;3rd of what it was after the change. Probably people spent less time on the site. So he put it back how it was.</text></comment>