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How You Can Start a 5 Figure Side Business as Software Engineer

How You Can Start a 5 Figure Side Business as Software Engineer

I’ve started too many failed businesses to count. * First there was the diary app that never got past 1 user. * Then the startup for real estate transactions that I worked on for 3 years only to get an investor offer of 10k. 😿 * Next was a real-time CSS tool which

Getting Started With The Best Engineering Side Hustle: Teaching

Getting Started With The Best Engineering Side Hustle: Teaching

Many people dream about earning money outside their day job. Lucky for you, as a software engineer, you have tons of opportunities to create a lucrative side hustle. The reason is simple: the demand for software (and software education) has never been higher. This leads to many opportunities, but you

How I Received $800,000 Compensation as a Meta Staff Engineer

How I Received $800,000 Compensation as a Meta Staff Engineer

In 2021, the last full year I worked at Meta, I made more than $800,000 dollars. In this post, I'll break down my compensation and how it changed each year. Here's the proof from one of my last paystubs in 2021: I joined Facebook, now