{"id":8304,"date":"2016-07-28T15:17:09","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T19:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=8304"},"modified":"2016-07-28T15:26:33","modified_gmt":"2016-07-28T19:26:33","slug":"whats-your-side-hustle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/whats-your-side-hustle\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s Your Side Hustle?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/717772787079716866\/17YCQzk7_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">littleHR (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/littlehr4u?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@littleHR4u<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/littlehr4u\/status\/758724567527456768?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">7\/28\/16, 11:03 AM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">How do you bootstrap a startup while working a full-time job? It takes perseverance, some confidence, and a dash of hope.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>By Larry Chiang<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Bootstrapping a startup while working a full-time job is called a side hustle. Let us examine engineers who side hustle.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/740301171605135360?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">6\/7\/16, 2:55 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Yesssss. CS 183e. Lec 20. Talk to customers as a CS major.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ROTJ&amp;src=hash\">#ROTJ<\/a>.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183e&amp;src=hash\">#cs183e<\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GRYahNYxUs\">twitter.com\/yama\/status\/74\u2026<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/>I call doing extra work the 3rd silo. The third silo is slang for talking to customers. Because it&#8217;s extra work that qualifies as a form of distribution. It&#8217;s extra credit work and sometime crappy team members do not like it. Silo one is CYA (cover your butt). Silo two&#8217;s vertical of work is to &#8220;try to do a good job despite management&#8217;s effort.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<table style=\"border: 1px solid black; padding: 8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/613751289587957760\/ZN0VKUOa_normal.jpg\" style=\"width: 48px; height: 48px; padding-right: 8px;\"><\/span><\/td>\n<td><b style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Larry Chiang (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@LarryChiang<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/larrychiang\/status\/750846231140642816?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><font color=\"#000000\">7\/6\/16, 5:17 PM<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Think of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183vc&amp;src=hash\">#cs183vc<\/a>&nbsp;as CS majors that made ~ $600k in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ENGR145&amp;src=hash\">#ENGR145<\/a>. Then&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ROTJ&amp;src=hash\">#ROTJ<\/a>&#8216;d. {Retire on The Job!!= Lec 20&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23cs183e&amp;src=hash\">#cs183e<\/a>}&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2G3tH4zU1B\">pic.twitter.com\/2G3tH4zU1B<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">The ideal setting for doing a side hustle is when you&#8217;re &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ROTJ&amp;src=hash\">#ROTJ<\/a>&#8216;d. {Retire on The Job!!} =<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Doing a nighttime gig is also known as a side hustle is also known as <i>moonlighting<\/i>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"border:1px solid black;padding:8px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"bottom\">\n<td width=\"48\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/698996568154882048\/ucC_XGfc_normal.jpg\" style=\"width:48px;height:48px;padding-right:8px;\"><\/td>\n<td><b>John Exley (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnexley?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">@JohnExley<\/a>)<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/johnexley\/status\/6885064547?refsrc=email&amp;s=11\">12\/20\/09, 9:55 PM<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Eating peanuts, drinking Orange Juice, listening to Lil Wayne &amp;Tweeting. Returning to moonlighting! Where u at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\">@LarryChiang<\/a>? Let&#8217;s talk soon<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>You want to work super hard so that you can<span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=%23ROTJ&amp;src=hash\">#ROTJ<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image3-4.jpg\" alt=\"image3.JPG\" id=\"D357A4A6-2245-4B91-9F7E-437BAB173E39\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Timing. CS 183vc because timing matters in how you ROTJ.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image1-36.jpg\" alt=\"image1.JPG\" id=\"5886D03B-E266-4F65-BE38-2A3652E2DECB\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div id=\"AppleMailSignature\">\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">Chasm. Cross from the Right.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image2-13.jpg\" alt=\"image2.JPG\" id=\"161892B1-8D2F-4A17-9686-E3F8D4456696\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">WTDTYASBS was based on WTDTYAHBS by Mark McCormack &nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/image4-2.jpg\" alt=\"image4.JPG\" id=\"8A31EEA6-4C63-4D51-9A8C-20FF6C3919C6\"><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div>WTDTYASBS and #<span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\">wtDtyaYcTuesDinners<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;sns=em\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;sns=em<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;sns=em\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WVKHwYJzVVc&amp;sns=em<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>littleHR (@littleHR4u) 7\/28\/16, 11:03 AM How do you bootstrap a startup while working a full-time job? It takes perseverance, some confidence, and a dash of hope. By Larry Chiang Bootstrapping a startup while working a full-time job is called a side hustle. 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