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by purple-leafy 592 days ago
From experience majority of side projects that set out to make money, don’t make any money.

And the projects have to make a large amount of money to be better than a typical software developer salary.

Consider then that you’re probably already working 40 hours, where are you finding the time for a sustainable side project that generates income?

That takes months, years to get to any reasonable amount of income.

That being said, I have made money from side projects, I made 1/5 of my yearly salary in about 1 month of conception (from a software sale).

But that was a pure fluke, right place right time right tool right amount of luck. I’ve been making side projects for years, 9/10 of my projects lose me money lol