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Side Hustle School

Ep. 3346 - Q&A: “I'm being headhunted... for my side hustle!”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship,, Careers, Small Business, Business, Side Hustle

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Our listener's side project was so successful that an outside company wants to hire him. That wasn't exactly the goal, though.

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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If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼 

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


If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼 


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0:00.0

The easiest way to scale your business is to stay connected and not just with your team,

0:05.2

but also your money, your cash flow. That's why you want to make the switch to Intuit QuickBooks

0:10.3

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0:15.3

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0:20.6

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0:22.8

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0:27.4

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0:33.3

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0:43.2

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0:52.6

Lemonada. Very interesting scenario for you today.

1:04.4

A call from a listener.

1:06.3

They have been doing so well with their side hustle.

1:08.5

Their side project is so successful that an outside

1:10.9

company now wants to hire them. Our listener made a coding test for programmers. They'll share a little

1:17.5

bit about it, got a lot of attention, as well as a job offer. But as you'll hear, that wasn't really

1:23.2

their objective. They weren't trying to start a side hustle to go and get another job. So what should they do?

1:28.3

Like, how should they handle the situation? Is their way to leverage it somehow? And they're also just

1:32.6

looking for some general advice on the project they made. So I will do my best to provide a quick

1:37.7

yet still helpful answer, not just for them, but for everybody else out there as well. We have come

1:42.6

to the end of a new month. This is episode

1:44.2

3,346. Of course, the show goes out every day. Thank you for being out there. Today's question,

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