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Re: Ask HN: What's Your Side Hustle?

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Post by blitz_skull »

tkiolp4 wrote: post #39

Main job (40h/week in theory, 35h/week in practice): tech lead, senior software engineer. My side hustle (40h/week in theory, 5h/week in practice): junior software engineer for another company. I have around 8 years of professional experience... so while working as a junior in my side hustle I don’t need that much time to finish my tasks (hence the 5h/week). Sometimes it’s a bit difficult to write code like a junior.…

This has got to be the most clever thing I’ve ever heard of. Are there ethical concerns here from the company where you’re a “junior” engineer?

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Side Hustle?

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Post by decuran »

stakkur wrote: post #40
decuran wrote: post #37

I'm making a tool for exploring word etymologies. I'm fascinated by the hidden connections in our language—like "galaxy" being connected to "galactose" because of the Milky Way. I used NLP to convert written etymology paragraphs from wiktionary into a database of words and connections. Also interesting are the Proto-Indo-European roots, like "h₂enh₁", which is a 10k-year-old reconstructed word meaning "breath", that…

https://www.etymonline.com

Yes, this is the site that inspired me! I was frustrated that it was so hard to navigate to cognates (word cousins) or from roots to descendants. So mine is focused on navigating between words like that

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Side Hustle?

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Post by tikwidd »

decuran wrote: post #37

I'm making a tool for exploring word etymologies. I'm fascinated by the hidden connections in our language—like "galaxy" being connected to "galactose" because of the Milky Way. I used NLP to convert written etymology paragraphs from wiktionary into a database of words and connections. Also interesting are the Proto-Indo-European roots, like "h₂enh₁", which is a 10k-year-old reconstructed word meaning "breath", that…

Wow, I have been thinking lately about building something similar. Looks very nice!

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Side Hustle?

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Post by decuran »

tikwidd wrote: post #43
decuran wrote: post #37

I'm making a tool for exploring word etymologies. I'm fascinated by the hidden connections in our language—like "galaxy" being connected to "galactose" because of the Milky Way. I used NLP to convert written etymology paragraphs from wiktionary into a database of words and connections. Also interesting are the Proto-Indo-European roots, like "h₂enh₁", which is a 10k-year-old reconstructed word meaning "breath", that…

Wow, I have been thinking lately about building something similar. Looks very nice!

Thanks so much! Would love any other feedback you have. I'm making updates often

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Side Hustle?

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Post by qq4 »

pyepye wrote: post #13

I've been contracting part-time and developing a few bits. https://www.videocode.review/ - After working from home for a while we noticed that it was taking longer to pull requests merged. One reason for this is comments were getting misunderstood etc. So I created a way to record a video for a pull request (as either the author or reviewer) to try and avoid some of that misunderstanding. It's GitHub only for now but…

Your email forwarding project is more proof that temporary email addresses are the way to go. I could never use a service without them.

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Side Hustle?

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Post by jobigoud »

tkiolp4 wrote: post #39

Main job (40h/week in theory, 35h/week in practice): tech lead, senior software engineer. My side hustle (40h/week in theory, 5h/week in practice): junior software engineer for another company. I have around 8 years of professional experience... so while working as a junior in my side hustle I don’t need that much time to finish my tasks (hence the 5h/week). Sometimes it’s a bit difficult to write code like a junior.…

This reminds me of the guy that outsourced his own tasks to devs in lower income countries and got all the free time.

I imagine you needed to create a entire persona with linkedin presence and all to get the junior hired for remote work.

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Side Hustle?

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Post by sunsipples »

Ancalagon wrote: post #10
sunsipples wrote: post #4

I build boats. I work in an office/workshop for my 9-5 and then I build dinghy, canoes, catamaran and so on. have sold some, been commissioned for some. depending on what it is and the materials needed can take a month or six fitting it in around work and family. working on a 12ft runabout at present for a friend, keeps me amused for a month or so. not HN related but I guess it's my side hustle

Im curious how much it costs to build something like a 12 ft runabout? Both what you charge and material costs?

this one is $7,000aud in materials -timber (blackbutt and stringy bark) takes up a lot of this, buying seasoned wood for the hull is a pain but quicker and more space efficient than doing it myself. -brass fittings are inexpensive, comparitively -caulking and epoxy is cheap -nails/screws/bolts/dowels/etc are cheap

because this one is more about appearance, it takes longer. two different shades of wood and wanting to use clear coating on all of it. it will spend more of it's time viewable than in use.

if this wasn't for a friend, and needing a lot more finishing than most wood boats I have built, I guess my time would add $2-6k which isn't close to my hourly rate but allows me to build other peoples projects and cover tools/consumables/molds/beer

the heartbreaking part of this build for me is its requirement for outboard mounting. it really alters the lines of the boat.

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Side Hustle?

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Post by patatino »

tkiolp4 wrote: post #39

Main job (40h/week in theory, 35h/week in practice): tech lead, senior software engineer. My side hustle (40h/week in theory, 5h/week in practice): junior software engineer for another company. I have around 8 years of professional experience... so while working as a junior in my side hustle I don’t need that much time to finish my tasks (hence the 5h/week). Sometimes it’s a bit difficult to write code like a junior.…

How do you handle stuff like LinkedIn? How do they not know you have another job?

Re: Ask HN: What's Your Side Hustle?

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Post by torqu3e »

Mine is being an enabler for the partner's main hustle as an artist which entails being the IT guy, office manager, purchasing, research intern, whatever a small business needs done today.

She does the artwork commissions, freelance as well as sells direct to consumers https://sumitgill.me/

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