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Web Development & Making Money - My Story
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Hopefully my story can give you some ideas and/or inspiration to make money from software development. My story is just one of many paths to take.
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'content': [{'end': 606.688, 'text': 'maybe three or four grand a month through that without promotion or anything.', 'start': 602.106, 'duration': 4.582}, {'end': 615.651, 'text': 'And all I had to do really after creating the website and creating the components was answer some support tickets, maybe an hour per week.', 'start': 607.568, 'duration': 8.083}, {'end': 619.152, 'text': 'The software was pretty simple or the components were pretty simple.', 'start': 616.111, 'duration': 3.041}, {'end': 624.644, 'text': 'Basically, I created the classifieds one and then just based all of the other ones off that.', 'start': 619.612, 'duration': 5.032}, {'end': 627.386, 'text': "So it's kind of like just a crud component.", 'start': 624.844, 'duration': 2.542}, {'end': 629.888, 'text': 'And then I just rebranded it for each extension.', 'start': 627.566, 'duration': 2.322}], 'summary': 'Generated three to four grand monthly, spent one hour per week on support tickets after creating and 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regret.", 'start': 668.654, 'duration': 3.22}, {'end': 674.875, 'text': "So I mean, I've made stupid mistakes like that.", 'start': 672.014, 'duration': 2.861}, {'end': 675.415, 'text': 'We all do.', 'start': 674.915, 'duration': 0.5}, {'end': 681.935, 'text': "And I've also created a bunch of projects that went nowhere, that made no money, that got no visitors.", 'start': 675.973, 'duration': 5.962}], 'summary': 'Neglected joomla components led to mistakes and unprofitable projects.', 'duration': 32.865, 'max_score': 649.07, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/nJc3YFgujdU/pics/nJc3YFgujdU649070.jpg'}, {'end': 869.849, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 846.214, 'weight': 1, 'content': [{'end': 853.8, 'text': 'And I make more doing content creation than I did freelancing than I did having my own business or working for a company.', 'start': 846.214, 'duration': 7.586}, {'end': 856.002, 'text': "And it's.", 'start': 854.481, 'duration': 1.521}, {'end': 859.424, 'text': "it wasn't planned that way, you know, and you wouldn't think out of all the things.", 'start': 856.002, 'duration': 3.422}, {'end': 864.148, 'text': "I just told you you'd probably think working for a company would make me the most money, but it didn't.", 'start': 859.424, 'duration': 4.724}, {'end': 867.088, 'text': "So there's a lot of different things you can do.", 'start': 865.207, 'duration': 1.881}, {'end': 869.849, 'text': 'Content creation is just what worked out for me.', 'start': 867.208, 'duration': 2.641}], 'summary': 'Content creation is more lucrative than freelancing, owning a business, or working for a company.', 'duration': 23.635, 'max_score': 846.214, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/nJc3YFgujdU/pics/nJc3YFgujdU846214.jpg'}, {'end': 963.184, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 934.576, 'weight': 2, 'content': [{'end': 936.198, 'text': "And that's just an example.", 'start': 934.576, 'duration': 1.622}, {'end': 943.347, 'text': 'If you think about it, every niche, every category needs software development, right? Everyone uses software.', 'start': 936.579, 'duration': 6.768}, {'end': 945.67, 'text': "And there's a lot of things you can build that.", 'start': 943.748, 'duration': 1.922}, {'end': 950.554, 'text': 'will be worth it to a business to license it out from you.', 'start': 946.431, 'duration': 4.123}, {'end': 955.478, 'text': "and if you don't want to do licensing and provide support, you could just build something and sell it outright.", 'start': 950.554, 'duration': 4.924}, {'end': 958.4, 'text': 'you know, sell it to another developer or something.', 'start': 955.478, 'duration': 2.922}, {'end': 963.184, 'text': "so there's a lot of stuff like that you can do and i know it's it's hard and you're going to have failures,", 'start': 958.4, 'duration': 4.784}], 'summary': 'Software development can create valuable products for businesses, offering various monetization options.', 'duration': 28.608, 'max_score': 934.576, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/nJc3YFgujdU/pics/nJc3YFgujdU934576.jpg'}, {'end': 1005.692, 'src': 'embed', 'start': 979.556, 'weight': 4, 'content': [{'end': 985.061, 'text': "You know, when you freelance or you do other stuff, it's risky because you might not make anything.", 'start': 979.556, 'duration': 5.505}, {'end': 989.024, 'text': 'You might fail, but you also might get a lot more success, right?', 'start': 985.081, 'duration': 3.943}, {'end': 996.308, 'text': "If you work a dev job, you're not going to make more than I don't know 150, 200 K per year, which which is a lot of money,", 'start': 989.084, 'duration': 7.224}, {'end': 998.229, 'text': "but it's possible to make more.", 'start': 996.308, 'duration': 1.921}, {'end': 1002.271, 'text': 'you know you can, if you want, to make three, four, 500 K per year, maybe even more.', 'start': 998.229, 'duration': 4.042}, {'end': 1005.692, 'text': 'um, you have to do something on your own, really.', 'start': 1002.271, 'duration': 3.421}], 'summary': 'Freelancing offers higher earning potential than a dev job, up to 500k per year.', 'duration': 26.136, 'max_score': 979.556, 'thumbnail': 'https://coursnap.oss-ap-southeast-1.aliyuncs.com/video-capture/nJc3YFgujdU/pics/nJc3YFgujdU979556.jpg'}], 'start': 501.842, 'title': 'Transitioning to passive income success', 'summary': "Covers transitioning from failed projects to earning ten grand a month through content websites and joomla extensions, while emphasizing the importance of maintaining and updating components to avoid income decline. it also highlights the potential in software licensing for businesses based on the speaker's successful career transition.", 'chapters': [{'end': 671.874, 'start': 501.842, 'title': 'Creating passive income from content websites and joomla extensions', 'summary': 'Discusses generating passive income, making around ten grand a month from content websites and joomla extensions, which were sold for a good chunk of change, while maintaining them required minimal effort. however, neglecting to update the joomla components led to a decline in income.', 'duration': 170.032, 'highlights': ['Creating passive income from content websites and Joomla extensions The speaker made around ten grand a month from content websites and Joomla extensions, which were sold for a good chunk of change.', 'Minimal maintenance and effort required Maintaining the content websites and Joomla extensions required minimal effort, only needing to answer some support tickets, maybe an hour per week.', 'Neglecting to update the Joomla components Neglecting to update the Joomla components led to a decline in income, and the speaker regrets not hiring someone to maintain them.']}, {'end': 1044.561, 'start': 672.014, 'title': 'Transition from failure to success', 'summary': "Highlights the journey of transitioning from failed projects to content creation, leading to a successful career in education and content creation, and emphasizes the potential in software licensing for businesses, with the speaker's own experience as a testament.", 'duration': 372.547, 'highlights': ["The speaker's transition from failed projects to content creation and education led to a successful career, making more from content creation than freelancing or having a business. The speaker's success in content creation and education surpassed their previous income from freelancing and running a business.", "The speaker's experience with software licensing demonstrates the potential in creating and licensing software for businesses, providing an example of how it can lead to significant financial success. The speaker illustrates the potential for significant financial success through creating and licensing software for businesses, citing a hypothetical example of a comic book shop application.", 'Encouragement for individuals to embrace the risk of freelancing or pursuing their own ventures while acknowledging the potential for greater success compared to traditional employment. 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