#1191 - Software Tester Tunes Pianos for Harmonious Hustle
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2020
⏱️ 8 minutes
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A software tester and serial side hustler learns a new skill, “tuning” a profit in just over a week.
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| 0:00.0 | It all starts the day after tomorrow. The day after tomorrow is the publication day of |
| 0:10.0 | the Money Tree, my new book, my first fiction debut, where I have created a whole story |
| 0:15.0 | in characters in a universe, but I'm also teaching self-reliance, some of the same lessons |
| 0:19.8 | I teach through side hustle school, but in a very different format. |
| 0:23.7 | For now, let's focus on today's story, which features a money-making skill we have never |
| 0:28.2 | ever looked at. That's correct. After nearly 1200 episodes, we haven't run out of ideas |
| 0:33.5 | and opportunities. This is something I always get excited about. I'm like, oh, we have never |
| 0:37.1 | talked about this before. And this one, this skill idea opportunity, is all about piano |
| 0:43.1 | tuning. Piano tuning. In the story, a software tester and serial side hustler learns this |
| 0:49.6 | new skill and turns a profit from it in just over a week. I love that timeline. A few days |
| 0:55.7 | ago in the classroom episode, we called it side hustle sprint. And I was like, what would |
| 0:59.5 | you do if you had to get started in two weeks or so? Well, this guy is setting an example. |
| 1:04.6 | So the story is called software tester tunes pianos for harmonious hustle. And that story |
| 1:10.0 | is coming right up. |
| 1:12.3 | I am so over this situation, Peter. I'm unbumble to find something real. You know, like someone |
| 1:19.2 | you can count on, someone who actually cares about what you think. I just want someone |
| 1:24.2 | who's ready for that long term kind of love. Whether you're looking for your next boyfriend, |
| 1:30.6 | girlfriend, casual date or just someone a truly gesture, it's waiting for you unbumble. |
| 1:37.2 | Find them unbumble. |
| 1:42.4 | Software tester Josh Kemp has always been adept at using his hands. Although his day job |
| 1:56.9 | involves working at a computer, he enjoys learning more physical skills on the side. In |
| 2:02.2 | particular, he likes trades at the intersection of art and science, which has led him to study |
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