[chatmasta]

Put $300 toward the administrative cost of opening an LLC or your local equivalent. Put the remaining $700 into a bank account for the LLC.

Use that money to buy hosting, domains, etc. for side projects. Try to build something that makes money, but don’t worry too much about that. Just having the administrative structure ready will make it much easier for you to find productive ways to spend free time. That could mean freelancing or building side projects. The important thing is that once you’ve got the LLC you can just focus on code, and you have a legal umbrella under which you can release any new projects you decide to build.

[GFischer]

That sounds like putting the cart before the horse.

I wouldn't spend on an LLC or domains before he has to.

I do agree investing on trying to build something, but there are a lot of free resources before having to spend money.

[jasonrhaas]

Agree with this as well. It's fun to set up up the LLC and domains and everything, but without an actual product or business its not necessary.