Hi everyone,
I'm a dev, and I had a decent degree of success during the past 10~ years coding apps and working on gigs as a dev. I was able to average $100-200 USD daily passively with all my apps combined, and felt very grateful.
Long story short, AI has been fucking my apps and I make now $50 USD month at most. So, yeah, close to bankruptcy.
I'm in a weird spot where my once useful skills are now meaningless. I know that I will adapt and overcome (reaching success with my business was never easy, it took me 2 years of many failed apps), but for the time being, yeah, I feel lost.
I'm looking for ideas of what one could do with my skill set. I am also very proficient with photo editing using AI, which oddly enough seems more valuable than coding now (in the psst few months I managed to make more money with random gigs by editing photos than with programming, lol).
Well, if anyone has any suggestions, I would be very appreciative.
Ways that I can make $20-$30 USD daily, working online for 3-4 hours. Senior fullstack engineer
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Posted by main_account_4_sure
4 Comments
Honestly the AI photo editing angle seems like your best bet right now – maybe try scaling that up on Fiverr or Upwork instead of treating it as random gigs. You could also look into freelance debugging/code reviews since a lot of junior devs are churning out AI-generated garbage that needs human cleanup
Full stack devs are definitely not “worthless”. It sounds like you haven’t really been working much in recent years and Instead been living off profits from these apps?
Dude, just follow the money. If photo editing pays the bills right now, stick with it. But don’t think your coding is useless.
Actually, that’s your edge. While everyone else is manually editing, you can use your dev skills to automate stuff (scripts, ComfyUI workflows, etc).
Think of yourself as a ‘Technical Artist’ now instead of just an app dev. That’s where the real money is.
I’m looking for exactly what you’re offering. I need somebody to help with some projects – but it’s not a full time gig. Any good at writing API documentation? Please send me a DM if interested in having a discussion. (Will require an NDA.)