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Left my job in 2014. Tried a few things that didn't succeed before selling programming ebooks came to my rescue (2018). From the danger of draining out my savin
by asicsp 4y ago
Left my job in 2014. Tried a few things that didn't succeed before selling programming ebooks came to my rescue (2018). From the danger of draining out my savings completely, I'm now earning more than double my needs (which isn't really that much for my modest lifestyle, living alone in a developing nation - $150/month).
What's more, my ebooks are all free to read online. Only PDF/EPUB are sold, and I've always given them away for free during launch week.
List of my ebooks: https://learnbyexample.github.io/books/ https://learnbyexample.github.io/books/ (topics include Regular Expressions, Linux CLI tools, Python and Vim)
- l33tc0de 4y agoIs this a side hustle or your main source of income? $150/month seems less even for a developing nation (I might be wrong though)
- asicsp 4y agoMain source of income. I've now saved enough for 3 years if ebooks stop selling (which is a real possibility - most of my readers are from America/Europe/Australia and they would be able to subscribe to AI tools instead of learning from books). I'll probably try in-person local tutoring, look for other options, etc. And $150/month really provides a comfortable living for me in the outskirts of a city :)
- Pawka 4y ago150$ from "thin air" every month is nice addition in developing nation. Not something what would change the lifestyle but something what you can easily spend on things you like - books, courses, etc.
- porker 4y agoIt can be enough to change the lifestyle. I'm working with a charity where we're increasing people's income by $90 a year and that makes a significant difference to their lives
- key_stroker 4y agoCurrently reading computing from the commandline, want to use it as a teaching aid in a series of videos.
- asicsp 4y agoI'd be honored, have fun :)
- key_stroker 4y agoThank you!