Saved 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.
How did you eat?
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?
#92I started playing Poker and made $10,000K online playing 10 tables of Sit n Go Tournaments. Parlayed that into 50K by age 20! Fast forward to today and I'm all in on my new project!
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first $10,000?
#93I did client work. I don't even remember for which client :(
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first $10,000?
#94I shoplifted copies of Adobe software from a bookstore and sold them on Ebay. Eventually I felt bad about this and turned myself into the bookstore owner and paid them back. This was high school. Does that count as entrepreneurial or just plain stupid? I'll leaning toward the latter.
You did $10K worth of shop lifting?
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first $10,000?
#95Developing an iOS app for someone, just over £1k when it's all finished. Prior to that, bits and pieces here and there, I made a reasonable bit of money licensing a photo to a UK newspaper after they'd used it without consent. £10k would be a big chunk, don't think I'll hit it any time in the next 18 months. Never say never though.
How did you manage to find someone willing to pay £1k for an iOS app? I'm an iOS dev myself and am looking into possible freelance ventures such as this to bring in some cash over the summer / university period.
Re: Ask HN: How did you make your first $10,000?
#96Combination of summer internship as a web app designer in Austin, TX, and graphic design work for my college's alumni office and my professor in Pittsburgh, PA -- all in 2000.