#775 - MFA Student Trades Pen for Keyboard
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 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.
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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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