Six side hustles to monetize coding skills in 2024

The speaker lists six concrete side hustles developers can start in 2024, with platforms, typical pay ranges, and real examples: 1) 'Bug Bounty'—find and report bugs (including security issues) for companies via platforms like 'HackerOne', 'Bug Crowd' or 'Microsoft's Bug Bounty' program; payouts cited range from "$100 to even over $10,000" per finding. 2) Online mentoring—offer live help or deliver solutions via 'Code Mentor', 'Super Prof', or marketplaces like 'Fiverr' and 'Upwork'; the speaker reports mentors "typically charge between $15 to $30 for a $15 unit session". 3) Freelancing—task-based work (games, websites, integrations) with highly variable fees; the transcript notes freelancers charge "any between $50 to even over $10,000" per project and points to 'Fiverr' and 'UpWork' as marketplaces. 4) Selling code on marketplaces—build apps/add-ons for platforms such as 'Shopify' (and references 'Trello') and list them in their marketplaces for recurring cuts; reported incomes run "anywhere between a thousand or ten thousand dollars a month". 5) Building a 'microsas application'—a small subscription product built by a solo dev or tiny team; example: 'hype theory' (a Twitter scheduling tool) whose founder posted on Reddit about scaling to "twenty thousand dollars in revenue every single month" roughly three years ago. 6) Building an online presence—use 'Twitter', 'Instagram', 'Facebook', 'YouTube', 'TikTok', or 'Medium' to grow an audience, monetize via sponsorships and 'affiliate links' (some creators earn "millions of dollars every single year").

The presenter emphasizes that these paths both improve coding skills and earn extra income, and recommends continuing to hone software development skills daily while choosing platforms named above as starting points.