With the help of this post, I am sharing genuine side income ideas for programmers to generate extra income.
Some programmers like to explore side income ideas to supplement their full-time salaries.
Maybe you want to experience the freedom of simply having enough money so that you never have to worry about finances or losing your job.
I will share with you some side income ideas for programmers that will help increase your income without quitting your full-time job.
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Side Income Ideas For Programmers
Based on my experience and knowledge, sharing these 6 Side income ideas for programmers. Let me know if you know other effective methods of side incomes in the comment section below.
As Warren Buffett rightly quoted:
Never depend on a single income. Make investment to create a second source.
1. Start Your Programming Blog
If you love writing and are passionate about conveying your thoughts with the help of your article, you must start your programming blog.
Having a blog has many other benefits apart from monetary benefits such as:
- It builds a relationship with other developers
- Builds your profile a.k.a resume
- It gives you ample opportunities to polish your skills
Now, when it comes to making money with your blog, there are several ways to generate income. Google Adsense, Affiliate Marketing, Product Reviews are a few of them.
Google Adsense
Google Adsense helps you earn money from your blog by placing ads. It’s very smooth and easy to configure. In order to get approval for Google AdSense, your blog needs to have quality and original content.
It is a bit hard to get approved for Adsense these days as Google checks on a lot of parameters and the review process is strict.
Create your Google Adsense account and apply today!
👉 Google Adsense approval process
Affiliate Marketing
Affiliate Marketing is one of the hottest passive income sources in 2021. You can strategically promote your affiliate products on your blog to earn good commissions.
There are many affiliate networks like ShareASale, ImpactRadius, LinkSynergy that you can join and start promoting relevant brands and products with respect to your blog’s niche.
Affiliate Networks for Programmers or Developers
While promoting affiliate links, we need to make sure we are not promoting any off-topic products.
For example, my blog is talking about C# version history and I am promoting apparel. It won’t work, right?
So, if you are blogging about programming skills, you should promote affiliate links of programming courses, coding platforms, programming e-books, etc.
👉 You may check the tools I use for my blog, youtube channel, and Instagram posts.
Product Reviews
You may write reviews of the tools you use for achieving your task. For example, while doing code reviews if you’re using any tool/product, you may publish a review on it.
If your blog has a good reach and established authority then companies may approach you for writing sponsored reviews.
You may review the tools or products on your blog and can charge them for doing so.
For example, If you use Canva to create educational posts on Instagram, you can write a detailed review about it.
While reviewing a tool or product, you can earn money via affiliate links or with the help of sponsored reviews.
Note: Do complete research about the tool or product you’re reviewing and try to be honest.
2. Fiverr Gigs
One of the easiest ways to start with your freelancing journey is to get started with Fiverr.
If you’re wondering, what is Fiverr?
It is one of the largest marketplaces for freelancers with services starting at $5.
These services can be in a wide variety of categories including Programming & tech, graphic design, digital marketing, business, writing, translation, lifestyle, video, music, and many more.
So whether you need to utilize your current programming abilities to bring in cash as an afterthought, or you have different aptitudes that you would prefer to adapt, Fiverr can be your gateway to the outsourcing scene.
3. Youtube Channel
If you love creating tutorial videos and are passionate about teaching, you must create a youtube channel.
Having a youtube channel is more effective than having a programming blog because youtube allows you to build a much stronger and deeper relationship with your audience.
Now when it comes to monetization, making money on youtube isn’t very different from making money from your blog.
You can also monetize with youtube ads (Adsense Account), affiliate links, product reviews, or selling your own products like courses or e-books.
4. Video Course
Coding and programming skills are in high demand. With so much demand, there is always an audience looking to learn these skills.
You can literally teach programming/coding to anyone in the world. It’s is a HUGE market.
Platforms like Udemy make it super easy to create your courses and make money from them.
All you have to do is create a high-quality course and publish it on the platform.
5. Build an App or a Software
Got an idea that would solve a problem? Build an app, web application, client software around it and sell licenses or memberships to earn money.
If you are a mobile developer (iOS/Andriod/windows) you can build an app.
Programmers coming from a web technologies background can build a website or a web application.
Similarly, If you’re the one that doesn’t belong to both the categories listed above then try to build a standalone desktop application.
If the app or software you built solves a problem, people would be ready to pay for it.
6. Freelancing
Freelancing has always been a great option to earn for many. While many of us earn a living with freelancing, it’s a great choice for earning a side income as well.
There are many freelancing platforms like – UpWork, FreelancerSwitch, etc.
You may sign up for these platforms for work and make extra earnings along with your job.
These are few side income ideas for programmers to make some passive income.
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I hope you like these 6 side income ideas for programmers to earn some extra dollars 💰💰
Closing Notes
There are many ways you can make a side income as a programmer. I like to post content related to Microsoft’s .NET tech stack (Blogging) and create youtube videos.
Pick whatever interests you the most and go for it.
All the best 🙂 Let’s generate some side income!
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