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Good article, I get it. I've had 3-4 different hobbies over the past 20 years that have stuck. Bicycling/Motorcycling, Photography, and Music. They all have

Good article, I get it. I've had 3-4 different hobbies over the past 20 years that have stuck. Bicycling/Motorcycling, Photography, and Music. They all have semi-obvious side hustles that are pretty poor business opportunities that suck people in and ruin the hobby. Bicycling - Was on a team, sucked up a lot of time, racing was fun, team members in charge of finance embezzled the team finances. We ran a weekly race series so the amount of money was pretty shockingly large. Ruined it for a lot of us. Racing is massive effort and was never that fulfilling. At no level do the prizes start to make any sense. Bicycling/Motorcycling - I would say less so for these hobbies but there are some traps around making/producing accessories & trinkets. Photography - The side hustle you see people get into is small time sales, wedding/event photography, etc.. the problem being most of this stuff is a really expensive way to not make much money and take almost all the artistic fun out of it. Music - people get into bands and try to get paid to play concerts, etc.. pay is crap, it's hard work, gotta have a lot of equipment, etc..

wruza 7y ago
Software development - Was on a team, sucked up a lot of time, programming was fun, team members in charge of finance embezzled the team finances. We ran a weekly sprint so the amount of money was pretty shockingly large. Ruined it for a lot of us. Programming is massive effort and was never that fulfilling. At no level do the prizes start to make any sense. I would say less so for ios development but there are some traps around making/producing apps & widgets. The side hustle you see people get into is small time sales, short projects, freelance, etc.. the problem being most of this stuff is a really expensive way to not make much money and take almost all the artistic fun out of it. People get into bands and try to get paid to support in-house, etc.. pay is crap, it's hard work, gotta have a lot of equipment, etc.. Sorry for abusing your comment :) but it seems that programming is a king of all hobbies.
- em-bee 7y ago
  if you do it that way on the side to a fulltime job then i agree with you. both programming and biking as a side project are more fun and relaxing when they are done without pressure.

wruza 7y ago

Software development - Was on a team, sucked up a lot of time, programming was fun, team members in charge of finance embezzled the team finances. We ran a weekly sprint so the amount of money was pretty shockingly large. Ruined it for a lot of us. Programming is massive effort and was never that fulfilling. At no level do the prizes start to make any sense. I would say less so for ios development but there are some traps around making/producing apps & widgets. The side hustle you see people get into is small time sales, short projects, freelance, etc.. the problem being most of this stuff is a really expensive way to not make much money and take almost all the artistic fun out of it. People get into bands and try to get paid to support in-house, etc.. pay is crap, it's hard work, gotta have a lot of equipment, etc.. Sorry for abusing your comment :) but it seems that programming is a king of all hobbies.

em-bee 7y ago
if you do it that way on the side to a fulltime job then i agree with you. both programming and biking as a side project are more fun and relaxing when they are done without pressure.