3 Years, 6 Side Hustles, 6-Figure+ Profits — Here’s My Journey (Part 1)

And to be honest, I’ve made money from all 6 side hustles I’ve tried.

Nitin Sharma
The Startup

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Let’s start from scratch.

Back when I was an engineering student, I first heard the term “side hustle.”

Basically, it’s like a part-time gig you take on in addition to your regular 9-to-5 job to make some extra cash. I’m talking about a few hours a night or on weekends.

At the time, I had a decent amount of free time outside of my coursework. Then when COVID hit, I found myself with even more time on my hands — no commuting to campus, lots of online classes, you get the idea.

So I decided to put some of that time to good use. I had taught myself web development pre-pandemic, mostly just dabbling for fun.

But with this new surplus of free hours, I started building websites more seriously — like, client websites that I could get paid for. And I gotta tell you all, business started picking up faster than I imagined!

With that said, over the past three years, I’ve experimented with all kinds of side hustles — selling digital products, freelancing, writing, and so on.

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