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Re:Monetizing hobbies by political12345 on Saturday April 23, 2022 @07:06AM (#31133203)
If you are so obsessesed with optimizing your life (most of us on HN are) and want to monetize your hobby, pick a job so interesting and open ended that your job becomes your hobby.

You are killing two birds with one stone in that case

Re:Monetizing hobbies by cehrlich on Saturday April 23, 2022 @07:26AM (#31133294)
The downside is you might end up resenting your hobby
Re:Monetizing hobbies by Damogran6 on Saturday April 23, 2022 @10:17AM (#31134467)
Then pivot. So many of these decisions are "If you do X, you'll end up with Y" as if that's the end. There's nothing wrong with 'trying something on and changing your mind once you see how it looks.'
Re:Monetizing hobbies by political12345 on Sunday April 24, 2022 @01:52AM (#31141612)
exactly
Re:Monetizing hobbies by n4bz0r on Saturday April 23, 2022 @07:19AM (#31133273)
> You are killing two birds with one stone in that case

Achievement unlocked: Dennis the Menace

Re:Monetizing hobbies by koheripbal on Saturday April 23, 2022 @07:11AM (#31133227)
Running a small business is like this.
Re:Monetizing hobbies by jotm on Saturday April 23, 2022 @07:49AM (#31133442)
That's a very limited pool with high competition though :D