How can I can side money with my engineering skills?

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Many nights outside of work, I still read and build ideas that get me excited about tech. As time grows, it would be nice to make some money on the side with the skills I have. How can I work toward this goal?I'm a senior engineer at a large bay area tech company working in backend/distributed systems. I have experience with UI/UX as well (which I really love to do for fun!).I started a Youtube channel and get a few hundred bucks a month from that, but am interested in building some stuff outside of videos/teaching.

Shinmon · Accepted Answer

Good question.If you already make a few hundred bucks from making videos, I think you are on a good track.Do you make money through Patreon or from advertisment?Some things to think about:* Can you generate leads from your YouTube channel, at least for consulting?* Talk to your viewers. Understand their problems and figure out what a lot of them see as as problem. This could go hand in hand with consulting.* Build something to address this problem and make it a product. You already have people likely willing to at least try and give feedback.

rozenmd · Answer

Make a newsletter so folks from YouTube can get your thoughts when you choose, not the algorithm.Write a course/book about something you know that can help others do their job better/get promoted, and charge for its value.

fuzzfactor · Answer

The way I would recommend is to go in accordance with your employer's guidelines.

aristofun · Answer

What&rsquo;s your yt channel?

How can I can side money with my engineering skills?

Make a newsletter so folks from YouTube can get your thoughts when you choose, not the algorithm.
Write a course/book about something you know that can help others do their job better/get promoted, and charge for its value.

The way I would recommend is to go in accordance with your employer's guidelines.

What’s your yt channel?