Re:Ask HN: Programming on the side for money
by readme on Saturday March 14, 2015 @11:53PM
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It really depends how many hours a week that you can commit and what your expectations are.
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Okay, let's say I can put in 10-15 hours a week.
As I said earlier, I don't want to make a living out of this. I want to make useful things, useful enough for a person to pay me to do it.
I don't have a revenue target in mind. If I get at least $25 per hour I spend, I'm more than happy. I have no idea what the market rates are though. I am handy with most technology, and have enough equipment at my disposal.
Yeah, that's do able. You need to find basically 1 client and hope they're pretty decent. Try services like toptal.com, grouptalent.com etc. The high end type ones are best: search HN for more of them. Tell them your time commitment.
Alternatively look on craigslist.
Make sure you have a good portfolio before you start looking: build some stuff to show off.