#775 - MFA Student Trades Pen for Keyboard

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau / Onward Project

Business, Entrepreneurship, Careers

4.8 • 3.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 February 2019

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Can a creative writer compete with Google? This one does, and he goes on to earn $12,500 in recurring monthly income. Side Hustle School features a new story EVERY DAY of someone who started a hustle without quitting their job. You’ll learn how they got the idea, how they overcame challenges along the way, and what the results are. Share: #SideHustleSchoolShow notes: SideHustleSchool.com To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello my friends, welcome to Sadistle School.
0:11.1	Today is episode 775.
0:14.0	For those listening in real time it's also Valentine's Day.
0:16.6	If you're listening later, I hope you had a good Valentine's Day.
0:19.6	Maybe you covered your head under the blankets and you know, woke up the next day and you're
0:22.7	like, okay great, February 15th, here we are.
0:25.2	I believe it was Lily Tomlin who said, if love is the answer, could you rephrase the
0:29.4	question?
0:30.4	Alright, that's all I have to say about that.
0:32.6	Totally different question for the day.
0:34.3	What happens when a creative writer sets out to build software that competes with Google?
0:38.6	Now, the answer to that question may sound like a story that doesn't end well.
0:42.4	Creative writer sets out to build software that competes with Google.
0:44.7	He basically retreats, goes back to writing his short stories.
0:47.6	But in this case, it actually does end well.
0:49.5	It ends so well, in fact, that he goes away earning $12,500 a month in recurring income.
0:55.8	That means money that's coming in each month, $12,500.
0:59.2	At least at the time of this recording, who knows, maybe it even grows as it goes along.
1:04.0	So in this story, the creative writer becomes a programmer, a little transformation actor,
1:07.8	MFA student, trades, pen for keyboard.
1:10.6	Stay tuned, here's a shout out to our sponsor, and then on with the show.
1:24.6	Justin Hunter didn't plan on becoming a coder.
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