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Re:Looking for Work After 25 Years of Octave by dboreham on Thursday February 09, 2017 @01:17AM (#13605077)
Have you actually tried this?
Re:Looking for Work After 25 Years of Octave by Swizec on Thursday February 09, 2017 @01:35AM (#13605120)
Similar. I put out free technical blogs and charge for technical books. For a demographic that's allergic to paying, engineers are really profitable.

An extra $30k/year is pretty nice for a sidehustle I think. Mostly on track to do double that this year.

And of course, if a company asks for consulting, I charge. But I'm not focusing on consulting these days.

However a company is paying me to develop tech material for them as a content marketing strategy. At $600/article it's not a bad gig and I'm probably undercharging.

So .. uh .. the answer to your question is Yes, sortof.

You can read more about it here: https://swizec.com/blog/learned-6x-income-4-years/swizec/734...