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I remember on reddit somebody talked about making a serious fortune by specializing in replacing those capacitors on numerous types of devices.
by batgaijin 13y ago
I remember on reddit somebody talked about making a serious fortune by specializing in replacing those capacitors on numerous types of devices.
- zackmorris 13y agoI made about $6000 in 2011 resoldering the capacitors in iMac G5s and selling them. It was only feasible because I had about 40 broken iMacs from my old job. But that was enough to pay rent for 6 months in Idaho. For everyone with dreams of VC capital and incubators, I highly recommend just scraping out a living any way you can if it's a stepping stone to your dreams. You can make as much in an hour as other people make all day, and use the rest of the time to code. It worked great until I ran out of inventory, now I mostly work from elance, odesk and freelancer. Taught me some valuable lessons though.