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Ask HN: Ways to make money that require lots of skill and not lots of time?
I'm looking for some supplementary income. I've taken a look at contracting in programming, but it's tough to find short term contracts where I could, so to speak, parachute in, do a task, and then disappear. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?
Ideally looking for responses that involve some kind of programming expertise, but I'm leaving the question sort of open ended to see what else is out there.
- TowerTall 4y agofreelancer.com?
- OhNoNotAgain_99 4y ago[dead]
- Tomte 4y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidator_(law) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liquidator_(law) would fit the description. Also paramedic. And, of course, Paratrooper.
- more_corn 4y agoLiquidator sounds like a good assassin name. I’ve done it a couple times. There’s not as much money in it as one might think. Full time Paramedics work like dogs and barely make college grad software engineering wages. Paratrooper sounds fun. While we’re doing dangerous jobs requiring crap-tons of training and specialized connections to get employment how about underwater welding?
- usgroup 4y agoI think things like developing Salesforce extensions, SharePoint features, etc has this sort of "parachute in" property too, where the requirement is specific. It is also well paid. I think things like building marketing websites, landing pages, contact forms, etc is like that too on the lower paid end of the spectrum. I'd caveat that "lots of skill" (ala brain surgeon) is typically not the common denominator -- rather niche skill.