If you want to work on machine learning problems, you can try your luck at winning AICrowd/Kaggle competitions. Some have cash prizes:
https://www.aicrowd.com/ https://www.kaggle.com/competitions
What's the most profitable programming hobby?
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Re: What's the most profitable programming hobby?
#12Consulting your programming knowledge out is a very high ROI per hour (more so than coding). Some people build plugins for ecosystems like Wordpress and that's pretty profitable. I have a Slack marketplace app that is ramen profitable. Write code to solve a problem and charge for it is probably the best way to monetize your programming hobby.
Was that an autocorrect error: "ramen profitable"? I like it, but I'm looking for more than ramen money. I'm guessing you meant "really profitable".
I believe ramen profitable means, it generates enough profit for the person to be able to subsist entirely on ramen.
Re: What's the most profitable programming hobby?
#13If it is a hoppy then it is not supposed to be profitable.
Re: What's the most profitable programming hobby?
#14Besides pump and dump altcoins on PancakeSwap? Flipping websites using online marketplaces. Especially if you can develop a private network of buyers. On iOS for example, I've heard of like basic functionality TikTok clones that took 6 weeks to build going for $500k. Best of luck ;)
Can you tell more? Maybe give some articles
Re: What's the most profitable programming hobby?
#15Consulting your programming knowledge out is a very high ROI per hour (more so than coding). Some people build plugins for ecosystems like Wordpress and that's pretty profitable. I have a Slack marketplace app that is ramen profitable. Write code to solve a problem and charge for it is probably the best way to monetize your programming hobby.
Was that an autocorrect error: "ramen profitable"? I like it, but I'm looking for more than ramen money. I'm guessing you meant "really profitable".
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Re: What's the most profitable programming hobby?
#16This may sound crazy but developing a simple professional website for small businesses. Auto Mechanics, small manufacturers, mom and pop shops, etc. If you could do it for lets say $500-$1000 and charge like $20 for small changes, I feel like you could do well for yourself. A lot of these types of operations don't have the skills nor the resources to create an online presence (at least a decent one). An older guy I k…
I did this back in college. I had a Perl script that takes in a text file (before markdown) and generate a static one page site for local small businesses. I started with $250, depending on complexity. Ongoing maintenance was $25 a year for domain registration/server maintenance/etc, plus extra whatever they want to add. I was making a good profit, but getting customers was my issue. I cold called a lot of shops and even handed out my business cards to other shops.
Re: What's the most profitable programming hobby?
#17If it is a hoppy then it is not supposed to be profitable.
And if it does turn out to be profitable its a happy surprise.
I just took up drawing as a hobby without any expectations that it would bring me money, and its been much more enjoyable than other hobbies I've had where at the back of my mind I was thinking 'how could I make money off of this'.
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#18Companies are making big bucks making apps for small business but they are relatively expensive. Write one app that is useful for one business type,you need to focus, and reuse the same over and over again using the original as a template. Charge a one time fee and an on going maintenance fee. So MAYBE, 5000 for the app plus 750 yearly fee. You'll need to define what you will do for the 750 otherwise you will end up working forever on one app modification.
You'll need two abilities, being able to write the app and to sell your app services to businesses.
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#19depending on your skills (obv)... You can try your hand at security bounties.
Sites like https://www.hackerone.com/ is basically companies daring you to break their stuff, for money.
Re: What's the most profitable programming hobby?
#20This may sound crazy but developing a simple professional website for small businesses. Auto Mechanics, small manufacturers, mom and pop shops, etc. If you could do it for lets say $500-$1000 and charge like $20 for small changes, I feel like you could do well for yourself. A lot of these types of operations don't have the skills nor the resources to create an online presence (at least a decent one). An older guy I k…
I did this back in college. I had a Perl script that takes in a text file (before markdown) and generate a static one page site for local small businesses. I started with $250, depending on complexity. Ongoing maintenance was $25 a year for domain registration/server maintenance/etc, plus extra whatever they want to add. I was making a good profit, but getting customers was my issue. I cold called a lot of shops and…
I do this now with avg. yearly maintenance of $80 per website. It brings in around $800/yr of side income. New clients usually come from referral.