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Finn
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How to make passive income when you are a developer

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Same to you, I'm a developer, I wonder what other people do to make the passive income e.g., write the blog, selling something on the internet... But I really want to use my coding skills to do that, I'm happy to coding and I don't want to change my job just to make the passive income.

What do you think?

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Matt Ellen-Tsivintzeli

Neither maintaining a blog nor selling things online are passive.
The only kinds of passive income I can think of are things like stock portfolios or savings accounts, where you pay someone else to do the work of generating income. I can't afford to dabble in the stock market, and savings don't usually have good interest rates, so I don't have a good answer for you.

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Finn

I see. Stock or saving accounts is not enough to generate monthly income, it's likely a long-term value investment. Anyway, thank for your answer ๐Ÿ‘Œ.

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Huy Tr. • Edited

I used to run a few mobile apps (serving with ads), the revenue is not so much, just around 200-300$/month but it's kind of a good passive income (because I lived in Vietnam at that time, the living cost there is so cheap, 500$ would be good for a family of 3 in one month).

Now moved to the US and stopped running the apps, the only thing I do out of office hours now is blogging and crypto trading, neither of them gained me any money :sobbing:

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Talha

What app? Why did you stop?

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Huy Tr.

It was the iOS version of Google Keep (they didnโ€™t have iOS version at that time). And when Google released their own iOS app, somebody reported my app, lol. It was taken down and for some reason, I gave up.

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Talha

Hehe.great. So you were the guy,I had have told if I had an ioS.

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Finn

Passive income still needs we spend time on that, even working hard on that. The difference is if I stop working on it, for example, a month, I still have the income. But if I stop a full-time job I have no income immediately.

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PacketSDK

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Jhe Yah

A developer can earn passive income through blogging by creating valuable content related to your niche. Since you are a developer then it is easier for you to write about tips and guides about coding, etc. Consistency, quality, and engagement are key to building a successful blog that generates passive income.
My blog (herpassiveprofitz.com/blogging-as-...) can be a guide for you to your blogging journey so please check it out.

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Jhe Yah

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