How do I make $10k (What are you guys doing?)

Re:How do I make $10k (What are you guys doing?) by aristofun on Friday January 23, 2026 @07:17AM (#46731618)

Build a career or build a business.

Nothing new under the moon in the last few centuries. There is no magic pill or secret ingredient.

Each path has its trade offs.

I’ve tried both. Reaching 10k in software engineering salary took longer but easier and more predictable. My first profitable business attempt was a tiny bootcamp school (about software engineering obviously) and it never reached 10k of my own income due to lack of business experience and motivation.

Choose a field where 1. There is enough capacity to reach the number with just a hard work (software engineering, finance, law, real estate etc)

2. You feel comfortable and genuinely longterm interested in (most important criteria).

What else do you expect to hear on a forum like this?

I bet LLM would give you similar answer :)

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Re:How do I make $10k (What are you guys doing?) by b_mutea on Friday January 23, 2026 @10:21AM (#46733549)

Makes sense :)

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Re:How do I make $10k (What are you guys doing?) by fdgd555 on Friday January 23, 2026 @02:09PM (#46736445)

> Nothing new under the moon in the last few centuries

Really? Seems like large scale grifts are in and basically legal now, starting with crypto.

> I bet LLM would give you similar answer :)

Wow! You think that is something to be proud of!? That is...just, wow.

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