r/sidehustle

My 9-5 job is a Salesforce developer at a consulting company. It’s pretty high stress, so I would love to find a job that’s a bit easier than this. I could work an extra 5-10 hours a week. I have developer skills, so am able to write code, qa features, data clean up/excel skills. Consulting has given me great people skills and overall made me good at asking questions and scrutinizing systems to ensure they work well. Would love some ideas of how I could make an extra $400 a month thanks.

I live close to nyc , my previous job was highly specialized ,
Looking to drive uber , is it a waste of time? How much do you actually net after expenses

Hi all, looking for some ideas to earn some extra cash on the side, preferably relating to IT. Currently i'm an IT apprentice with a year of experience in work. I also self host few things including a modded minecraft server at home so could offer some experience in that way, could also maybe host things for others? Any ideas would be appreciated.

Hey all,

I've been programming since I was 11 and been wanting to make a couple bucks as a freelance developer for a while, I even know like 10 programming languages and have a bunch of actual projects I've completed. Going to college soon and want to make a quick buck, but now that I've finally turned 18 and am eligible to sign up for Fiverr, AI swoops in and now this whole skillset I've been honing for years seems incompatible with any sort of side hustle (I mostly work with low level and embedded code now since AI can't rlly do that). Advice?

Hello, I'm looking for a side hustle that I could do. I like to read books, cook, clean and I'm pretty good at being organized. I work 9-5 Sunday-Thursday. I've been doing surveys to earn some money but was wondering what I could do as a side hustle. Hoping to make $500-$1k a month possibly

Has anyone else come across those gaming apps that actually let you redeem Amazon vouchers?

I usually ignore them, but this one surprisingly worked for me. Took me less time than I expected.

Not dropping the app name publicly since some subs remove those posts.

I wanted to be more than a maid service. I wanted to tackle the basements and piles people keep avoiding. What could I be charging? I wanted to bring a whole experience. I would bring their requested drink, play relaxing ambient music, bring incense, herbs burning, whatever they want or not want to get them in a relaxed state as some people get really stressed when going through their shame piles.

I think being the third party and helping people get through those piles helps. I was that for my mom, and in the end, her house was a place for no more tripping hazards (it was about 80 car loads to the thrift store!)

So me and my friend who’s like…. Very influencer, very hustler mindset, and we love them. They have 8K followers on TikTok and they almost have enough to get paid and Im genuinely so happy for them 🩷

Im currently getting my MSW (masters in social work), getting my CASAC (Substance Abuse and Addiction counselor certification) and I work night shift 2pm-midnight Wednesday & Thursday (CASAC class 9-12 on Thursday), 11am-midnight on Friday, 5-midnight Saturday at my main job as a counselor at a Youth Crisis Center so 40 a week and I always try to pick up shifts.

Then I work 8am-4pm Saturday and Sunday at a youth and young adult homeless shelter as a residential specialist (same thing I do at my main job basically but I also do intakes and referrals)

And I just landed an interview for a per-diem overnight shift for a case manager for crime victim services at a hospital, 5 shifts a month. Im hoping I get it but that’s a maybe right now.

But I was telling my friend and jokingly said I was becoming a hustler and she got a little upset and was like ‘no you’re not, you still get a two day weekend (Monday and Tuesday), you’re not actually working as your own boss, you’re not doing anything but stacking on more jobs, you’re not working when you’re not at home…’ and I mean she’s right, like I don’t work at home, I don’t work on the two days (down from three when I only had my main job) I have off. And I do understand where she’s coming from like she’ll come home, and immediately start editing and making videos and be up until 3am trying to start her social media career, and then log on bc she works from home at 10am and go to 5, while making videos during those hours. In my field unless you have a professional,
Its all but impossible to work from home so I go to work, come home, and just try to decompress and self care from my jobs or try to find some other certification I can stack in my resume. But idk, I was just curious

I was gonna do Uber, Door dash, and instacart, but I just found out that my state requires you to be 19 to work for any delivery app so now I’m fresh out of ideas….
I have a medical condition that doesn’t let me donate blood or plasma, apparently I’m both not old enough and too gay to donate sperm, and I’m in a relationship now so Only Fans is out of the question. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: I already have 2 part time jobs, please don’t reply with “get a job”

I’ve been seeing posts and videos on insta talking about how selling AI generated websites with Claude can get you big bucks, upwards of $1000 for a single websites some say can be made in less than an hour. I’m just looking for a helping hand in seeing if the whole thing is actually worth the time sink. I know most of the vids are ads but it’s somewhat inspired me.

Honestly bro, i just wanna pocket some cash rn.

Hey guys! Seeking advice here. I've got a couple of additional expenses in the upcoming year that I have to cover and I was wondering if there are any places I can search for any side hustles where I can work a couple hours per week (on the weekend like 4-6 hours-ish), besides uber/lyft/doordash, etc. I am pretty strong and can lift things, so things like helping people move heavy items or helping with cleaning or any part-time admin or data analysis work. Are there any places where I can find people looking for help in any of this? Thanks!

I don't have any friends to share this win with so Reddit it is :))

I worked at Deloitte and then Bain for about 6 years total. The work was genuinely interesting but I was pulling 80 hour weeks, and the thing that kept nagging me was watching small ecom brands with worse products than the clients I advised absolutely eat market share because they just understood the short form content game and the big guys didn't. I kept thinking I could do that so I went for it.

My hypothesis was simple. There's real underserved demand in the niche i wanted to attack (clothing), slightly premium basics, and the actual edge is never the product as it’s heavily saturated, it's creating a tight community, creative volume, and knowing how to talk to the customer. I noticed most brands in my space pour everything into one hero video and then wonder why the ads stop working in 2 weeks. I went the other way and treated creative like a content channel, not an ad budget.

8 months in I did just over $34k in revenue last month, margin sitting around 27% after ad spend and COGS. It's not life changing by any means but it’s a step in the right direction.

Back to the point of creative volume which was the big unlock for my brand. Early on I was producing these perfect UGC ads and burning out, going dark for 2 weeks at a time. Eventually I built a workflow combining Argil and Descript to spin out the UGC and FAQ style variations way faster, which took me from 4 or 5 new creatives a month to 20-something + i’ve been using CapCut for the quick edits. That volume is what dropped my CAC. On the boring technical side, I started on Shopify and I'm still there. When orders picked up in Europe i went with Scayle. Also Klaviyo for email has paid for itself ten times over in the meantime. So that’s when it comes to my stack so far, still adding/removing as i scale more.

Stay with me on this IMPORTANT point. People want to feel something before they buy, and a series of honest slightly imperfect branding beats any polished over produced videos or photos, focus on building and nurturing your community and differentiating yourself from the HUGE competition.

On a personal note, i really teared up looking at the numbers because 18 year old me who moved to France as an immigrant with nothing would not believe this is real life.

Anyway, sending some good karma into the world, iif anyone has questions I'm happy to get into it. cheers for more wins!!

I wanna put myself through college. What options do i have?

Help me find a way to fund myself through college

I just got into college and it's been a real struggle for my parents to pay the fee. I'd like to help them but I don't know how to convert my skills into profit. I'm in India, my annual fee is like 8000$

I've been programming since the lockdown. I wouldn't say I'm TOO good but I'm pretty decent.

\\- Ive written a UI engine in python during the pandemic. It's unfinished but the vision was there

\\- Then i pivoted to rust and wrote another UI engine 💀 ( yes I like building engines ) this time I took inspiration from flutter and actually wrote something good

\\- The only finished project I've made is a music sharing app for a company with background audio playing in flutter

What kinda things jobs/side-gigs can I take on to make money on the side without impeaching my studies too much?

I’ve been running a small Facebook Marketplace side hustle for a while and have decided it’s probably time for me time for me to get into something new.

The whole thing is honestly pretty simple. I source products from a supplier and list them on Marketplace. No dropshipping, no ads, no branding, no Chinese suppliers, and no complicated systems to learn. The products usually sell for anywhere from $100-$500, and I average around $100 profit per sale.

It only takes me about an hour a day to keep up with. Most of that time is spent posting listings, usually 20-30 a day. Customer messages are pretty minimal and nothing that takes up a lot of time.

The only reason I’m looking to sell is because I’m wanting to focusing on other things and don’t really have the interest to keep running it. It’s been a solid little side hustle for many years but I think it’d be a good fit for someone looking for something new that doesn’t require a ton of time each day.

I’m not desperate to sell and I’m not in any rush. Just putting it out there to see if there’s any interest. If you have questions, feel free to reach out.

What are the different ways I can make around $50 per month from my phone online with no investment.....ik i can earn through youtube or instagram by views or by selling digital products etc. but they take time to build you don't get results instantly and need an audience for it.....so what other ways i can make money without having an audience

With how advanced AI is now it’s so easy to create stuff. But what I’ve learned over the past two years trying to build the next hit thing.

The hardest thing is getting noticed. You can do the social media ads, and spend ad money or something else but it takes time and it’s lots of iterations warming up accounts making sure you deliver a good video + you need an app people want.

With games it’s not easier. That’s why when u found Games On Reddit and Reddits own devvit kit I knew I had to try it.

The crazy thing is they are paying people to make it (it ends soon but I’m sure they will have another round)

But for me it’s getting my game known that I can then expand to other platforms. It’s simple to test. Post in a few subreddits people give you instant feedback.

So I’ve basically just been building them none stop. And I love it.

You should do it also especially if your scared to build with AI this is perfect because some of the games are so simple but people love them.

Building an audience is easier than ever on Reddit and as long as you follow the rules of posting you have subreddits with 100k+ monthly users ready to try it.

What other platform gives you that?