#2277 - First $1,000: Software Engineer Crafts Balloon Sculptures
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2023
⏱️ 6 minutes
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In this week’s First $1,000 segment, we hear from an engineer who takes out his daytime frustrations on a series of side hustle balloon sculptures. He’s a self-described balloon-atic!
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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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Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
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Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:00.0 | He's a software engineer by day. |
| 0:12.6 | He crafts balloon sculptures by night and gets paid for it. |
| 0:16.9 | Yep, that's right. |
| 0:17.9 | That's what we do here on Side of the School. |
| 0:19.7 | We look at all kinds of fun stuff people do to make extra money without quitting their |
| 0:23.2 | jobs. |
| 0:24.2 | Sometimes they eventually going full time. |
| 0:26.4 | That's whatever the case may be. |
| 0:28.5 | This episode is part of a feature we call your first $1,000. |
| 0:32.3 | So how does somebody who works as an engineer start making money creating balloon sculptures |
| 0:37.8 | or whatever the case is? |
| 0:39.9 | Today it's balloons. |
| 0:40.9 | Who knows what tomorrow could be. |
| 0:42.5 | One thing I've learned is that once you begin to earn real money, the steps required to |
| 0:45.8 | go to the next level, whether it's $1,000 to $2,000 or $10,000, whatever it is, those |
| 0:51.4 | steps are often easier than that first real paycheck. |
| 0:53.9 | So that's why I want to help all of our listeners be able to make at least $1,000 extra |
| 0:58.6 | a month or whatever your goal is. |
| 1:01.0 | But let's start with something that's achievable and realistic and I really believe everybody |
| 1:04.6 | can do. |
| 1:05.6 | So with that in mind, today we're going to hear from Steve Schandler in, I believe it |
| 1:09.5 | is, Saint Paul, Minnesota. |
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