What is your money-making side project outside programming?
2022 edition of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19712057
Always wondered this. Sometimes I feel the need to do something else outside my field, and possibly get some money out of it.
I put the money I make from programming into Vanguard Total Stock Market index funds and that makes more money than any other project I've done.
Other projects are just for pleasure.
I've been self-publishing fiction. Only made a few thousand last year, but hopefully as I grow my backlist and build my newsletter the income will keep ticking up.
Rental properties. I have a portfolio of 15 properties across the US
- $7,000/month in gross profit after mortgages/taxes/expenses
Investing in low cost index funds and cash generating dividend ETFs and closed end funds,
- $13,000/month before taxes
Running a small blog discussing cash flow
- $500/month
Sometimes I tutor high-schoolers in math and physics. I love it and if it payed better I would do it full time.
Bee keeping. Doesn't make much though.
Of all my side incomes, the appreciation of my house is winning. Buy real estate in fast growing market.
I'm thinking to make an eBook that explains particle physics for undergrads this year.
I write blog posts, brings in some money, and I can do it in my free time.
Real estate and domain names.
making Youtube videos...although I haven't really made much haha