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Thanks for the great answer. Maybe I should have mentioned "side income" not "passive income".

• shanecleveland 9y ago
  Now we're talking ... so what sort of web dev do you do? For a business, in an agency, for your own clients? It's all about solving problems. What problems have you solved for them or yourself that you can automate?
  • thakobyan 9y ago
    I work full-time but want to start something on the side. I've built couple projects in the past but nothing that major that generates income.
• dsacco 9y ago
  Let's start by reframing your thinking: which business problems can you reliably solve for companies that value time more than money by leveraging web development? If you already have a full time job, you might be disallowed from side income derived from services (i.e. consulting). If you don't have such a provision, you can start by selling your services for web development to companies that need them. Search through patio11 and tptacek's comments to read more about this route. In my opinion consulting is easier than productized software (even if it's less straightforward sometimes). But you can more easily scale up a software product and reduce your time commitment for it. So if that appeals to you, then you should start by looking at what domain knowledge you have.
  • icebraining 9y ago
    Can you really maintain a consulting service if you have your 9-5 weekdays unavailable? Even on sites like Elance it seems like many clients expect you to be available during the day for Skype calls.