#363 - Engineer Codes His Way To $3,700 Per Month
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 29 December 2017
⏱️ 6 minutes
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Summary
A South African engineer obsessed with efficiency uses the Internet of Things to create a reliable source of recurring revenue.
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Chris Dill. |
| 0:07.1 | Side hustle school. |
| 0:08.1 | Welcome back. |
| 0:09.1 | My name is Chris Dill about we are approaching the end of the year. |
| 0:12.2 | In fact, it's almost here, just three days to go if you're listening in real time. |
| 0:16.0 | And the holidays are so busy I wouldn't blame you if you're listening a week later. |
| 0:19.2 | Or six months later. |
| 0:20.2 | In any case, at the moment I'm recording this, we are counting down to the end of 2017. |
| 0:24.3 | I very much look forward to everything we'll be bringing you in 2018. |
| 0:28.0 | Lots of good stuff on the way. |
| 0:30.0 | But today I have a great story for you too, of course. |
| 0:32.7 | And this story comes from South Africa. |
| 0:35.0 | We actually have a significant listener base in South Africa. |
| 0:37.9 | So for all you guys out there, be sure you visit the Muggen bean for me, from my favorite |
| 0:41.2 | places. |
| 0:42.2 | About 10 years ago, I had the privilege of living in the country for about several months. |
| 0:45.8 | I've been back several times, but only to Johannesburg since then. |
| 0:48.8 | And I would love to return to Cape Town and some other regions to see more of the country. |
| 0:52.8 | But you're not here to listen to my travelogue. |
| 0:54.9 | You're here for a story. |
| 0:56.3 | Today's story is about an engineer in South Africa, an efficiency obsessed engineer, |
| 1:00.7 | let's say, who uses the internet of things to scratch his itch for efficiency and move |
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