Software consulting for a former employer
Does software consulting for a previous workplace after leaving it, adjusting the rate each year for inflation.
At a glance
Estimated by a classifier that read the source. The bar shows how sure it was.
- Category
- Services and freelancing98% surex
- Earns from
- Service fees91% surex
- Startup cost (estimate)
- Under $10083% surex
- Time it takes (estimate)
- Part-time67% surex
- Where
- Online76% surex
- Coding
- Needs codingLow confidence55% surex
Source
Hacker NewsComment by Shogoot in “Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside programming?”, April 21, 2019
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