#2086 - Q&A: “Can I get paid to teach people to play video games?”
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2022
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Today’s caller is skilled at gaming, but can he make money from it? He also has a caveat: no eSports. He doesn’t want to play games competitively, he wants to take his knowledge and earn from it.
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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.
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| 0:00.0 | I believe that just about every skill can be monetized. |
| 0:11.5 | You just have to think creatively and learn to adapt that skill to something people will |
| 0:15.0 | pay for. |
| 0:16.0 | They won't always pay for the direct skill, but sometimes there's a way to, you know, |
| 0:19.5 | transform or morph your knowledge into something that is monetizable. |
| 0:22.8 | And I'm talking about that because I got a great listener question today. |
| 0:26.1 | And first of all, welcome to Saddistill School. |
| 0:27.9 | My name is Chris Killepo. |
| 0:29.3 | This is a daily podcast, seven days a week, all about helping you make extra money without |
| 0:33.3 | quitting your job. |
| 0:34.5 | And perhaps taking one of those skills you already have and turning it into, you know, as I said, |
| 0:39.0 | something monetizable, something making money. |
| 0:41.2 | That's good stuff. |
| 0:42.2 | So today's color is skilled at gaming, specifically video gaming. |
| 0:45.8 | He's really good at playing video games. |
| 0:47.3 | I respect that. |
| 0:48.6 | How can he apply this knowledge or principle? |
| 0:50.9 | And he also has a caveat for us. |
| 0:52.8 | He's got something he doesn't want to do. |
| 0:54.4 | He doesn't want to play games competitively. |
| 0:57.5 | So no esports. |
| 0:59.1 | He just wants to take his knowledge and earn from it. |
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