Ep. 3166 - First $1,000: Language Nerd Builds “Fake Language” Creation Kit
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 1 September 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
In this week's First $1,000 segment, discover how a linguistics grad turned their love of invented languages into a digital toolkit for writers and gamers. With a simple Gumroad listing and a few community posts, they reached $1,000 in five weeks.
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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.
Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com
Email: team@sidehustleschool.com
Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions
Connect on Instagram: @193countries
Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com
Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com
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| 0:51.8 | So you can fast forward through editing images, designing presentations, generating code, debugging code, summarizing meeting notes, finding files, managing your schedule, responding to Chuck's long emails. |
| 1:03.7 | Chuck doesn't actually send long emails. |
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| 1:18.6 | How those ahead, stay ahead. |
| 1:26.4 | Lemonada |
| 1:27.0 | The Lemonada. Language nerd builds fake language creation kit. |
| 1:39.2 | Hey friends, what's up? |
| 1:40.3 | Welcome to SaitoSool School. |
| 1:41.5 | I'm your host Chris Gillipo. |
| 1:42.8 | Welcome as well to a brand new month. |
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