building decks. wooden decks. also fences.
Ask HN: How did you make your first $10,000?
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Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first $10,000?
#62Saved my lunch money from junior to college plus everything from birthdays and celebrations. Every cent was put away. Worked surprisingly well as a strategy. Recommended, and gives a great start in life.
So you just never ate lunch?
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first $10,000?
#63Made open source software to scratch an itch in my free time. Later got paid to develop on this for a contract.
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first $10,000?
#64Building and selling browser exploit packs.
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first $10,000?
#65While at university I managed to get a contract to temporarily install covert CCTV recording equipment to catch staff stealing from a chain of UK retailers. I wasn't making much money until I discovered I could park outside a local swimming baths, sleep in the car, and then wake up for a swim and a shower in the morning. Sadly as soon as I locked the car, the alarm was set. If I turned over during the night, the car…
Couldn't you just lock the car by using the internal lock mechanism (e.g. individual locks on the doors)?
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first $10,000?
#66Is this referring to $10,000 in one payment? (A large sale etc.)
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first $10,000?
#67Made my first real 1k€ came from developing a few LabVIEW interfaces to be used in my university's physics courses.
Back in the day, in middle school, I used to host counter strike servers at home but couldn't scale it to make good money.
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first $10,000?
#68I didn't make $10,000 but I made $1000 by freelancing on Odesk.
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first $10,000?
#69While at university I managed to get a contract to temporarily install covert CCTV recording equipment to catch staff stealing from a chain of UK retailers. I wasn't making much money until I discovered I could park outside a local swimming baths, sleep in the car, and then wake up for a swim and a shower in the morning. Sadly as soon as I locked the car, the alarm was set. If I turned over during the night, the car…
My car has a pretty hidden switch in the door to disable the alarm for interior motion, I was super excited to find it for this very reason.
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first $10,000?
#70I made a CD (yes, like a music one) and discovered that social media (myspace at the time) was a powerful marketing tool.
Didn't make it to $10k, but did have a net profit of a few thousand which wasn't bad for high school.