u/dio_chan123

How does a teen in india earn a bit of side income to help out his family

A bit about me: I'm a 3rd year Diploma in Computer Engineering student in Mumbai, currently doing a college internship at a small dev shop. My stack is decent for my age HTML/CSS/JS, React, Node.js, PHP, MySQL, Firebase, REST APIs, some AI API integration, and Git. I've shipped real projects during this internship: a full cab booking platform with vendor onboarding and an admin dashboard, and an AI SaaS landing page with a working chatbot backend. So it's not like I'm starting from zero, I can build and ship things.

The problem: my internship stipend is small (think low four figures a month in rupees), and right now I'm also recovering from ACL surgery plus dealing with an old shoulder injury, so my mobility and daily energy are limited. My parents run two small cloud kitchens and I want to actually contribute financially instead of just being another mouth to feed. On top of that, I've genuinely never had the budget to buy things like a good laptop, l've made do with what I have, and it's starting to hold me back on both coding work and just basic quality of life.

So I'm trying to figure out realistic ways to earn extra money from home, around my recovery and my internship hours. I've looked into stuff like Outlier AI and Toloka for freelance AI training/coding tasks, but I don't know how sustainable or serious that income actually is long term. Has anyone here actually made decent, consistent money that way? Or is there something better I'm missing for someone with my specific skill set web dev, some AI API work, a lot of drive but limited time and limited physical ability right now?

Not looking for "just believe in yourself" type answers. I want to know what actually worked for people in a similar spot, students, part-time freelancers, anyone building income on the side with a coding background. Appreciate any real input.

Dawg and in india the job market is really bad

Forget getting a job I can't even get a part time job and i need to pull my socks up and find a way to earn cash to atleast help my family

Thank you.

How does a teen in india earn a bit of side income to help out his family

A bit about me: I'm a 3rd year Diploma in Computer Engineering student in Mumbai, currently doing a college internship at a small dev shop. My stack is decent for my age HTML/CSS/JS, React, Node.js, PHP, MySQL, Firebase, REST APIs, some AI API integration, and Git. I've shipped real projects during this internship: a full cab booking platform with vendor onboarding and an admin dashboard, and an AI SaaS landing page with a working chatbot backend. So it's not like I'm starting from zero, I can build and ship things.

The problem: my internship stipend is small (think low four figures a month in rupees), and right now I'm also recovering from ACL surgery plus dealing with an old shoulder injury, so my mobility and daily energy are limited. My parents run two small cloud kitchens and I want to actually contribute financially instead of just being another mouth to feed. On top of that, I've genuinely never had the budget to buy things like a good laptop, l've made do with what I have, and it's starting to hold me back on both coding work and just basic quality of life.

So I'm trying to figure out realistic ways to earn extra money from home, around my recovery and my internship hours. I've looked into stuff like Outlier AI and Toloka for freelance AI training/coding tasks, but I don't know how sustainable or serious that income actually is long term. Has anyone here actually made decent, consistent money that way? Or is there something better I'm missing for someone with my specific skill set web dev, some AI API work, a lot of drive but limited time and limited physical ability right now?

Not looking for "just believe in yourself" type answers. I want to know what actually worked for people in a similar spot, students, part-time freelancers, anyone building income on the side with a coding background. Appreciate any real input.

Dawg and in india the job market is really bad

Forget getting a job I can't even get a part time job and i need to pull my socks up and find a way to earn cash to atleast help my family

Thank you.

How does a teen in india earn a bit of side income to help out his family

A bit about me: I'm a 3rd year Diploma in Computer Engineering student in Mumbai, currently doing a college internship at a small dev shop. My stack is decent for my age HTML/CSS/JS, React, Node.js, PHP, MySQL, Firebase, REST APIs, some AI API integration, and Git. I've shipped real projects during this internship: a full cab booking platform with vendor onboarding and an admin dashboard, and an AI SaaS landing page with a working chatbot backend. So it's not like I'm starting from zero, I can build and ship things.

The problem: my internship stipend is small (think low four figures a month in rupees), and right now I'm also recovering from ACL surgery plus dealing with an old shoulder injury, so my mobility and daily energy are limited. My parents run two small cloud kitchens and I want to actually contribute financially instead of just being another mouth to feed. On top of that, I've genuinely never had the budget to buy things like a good laptop, l've made do with what I have, and it's starting to hold me back on both coding work and just basic quality of life.

So I'm trying to figure out realistic ways to earn extra money from home, around my recovery and my internship hours. I've looked into stuff like Outlier AI and Toloka for freelance AI training/coding tasks, but I don't know how sustainable or serious that income actually is long term. Has anyone here actually made decent, consistent money that way? Or is there something better I'm missing for someone with my specific skill set web dev, some AI API work, a lot of drive but limited time and limited physical ability right now?

Not looking for "just believe in yourself" type answers. I want to know what actually worked for people in a similar spot, students, part-time freelancers, anyone building income on the side with a coding background. Appreciate any real input.

Dawg and in india the job market is really bad

Forget getting a job I can't even get a part time job and i need to pull my socks up and find a way to earn cash to atleast help my family

Thank you.

How do y'all teens genuinely earn money I'm 18 I know programming languages such as c++ html java python I can fluently speak english and yet i can't find anything remote to earn a side income from I'm from India and this place is genuinely hell to find stuff to do for money if any of y'all have any advice please do help me out it will ACTUALLY HELP ME ALOT

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I'm from India I'm 18 years old and I'm trying to find an honest side hustle here every side hustle I've tried isn't working not at all I've tried outlier I've tried looking on indeed internshala linkdin every possible imaginable ai training copypaste work I could do right now im an amateur in coding languages such as c++ html java and I also speak fluent English and Hindi I've tried looking everywhere for answers and tasks or jobs and all those efforts have led me here to ask the people off reddit for answers and i can bet u there are millions of people in India who are struggling to earn money and no I'm not looking for a quick and easy one time task I'm looking for a side hustle i can do alongside my education I don't wanna skimp out of my studies and affect my future

If anyone can help me out please please reply to this post ull be helping many people with this

Thank you