Teach and Get Paid: What You Should Know About Creating Courses

Teaching online is increasingly becoming the most common side hustle for engineers. I’ve published a course on LinkedIn Learning, created 150+ videos on my monetized YouTube education channel, and built the Android curriculum for Codepath. In total, I make several hundred dollars a month from the content I’ve created. Courses typically contain several hours of content (30 minute minimum), and can be published within weeks.

COVID has dramatically accelerated the trend toward self-paced, online learning, both for companies and individuals. As a result, many content platforms are willing to pay top dollar for high quality, engaging courses. After their blockbuster $4B IPO in October, Udemy recently announced that more than 50K courses were published on their platform in 2021. Creating and selling an online course has never been easier – you can jump on this trend today to generate meaningful passive income or even replace your day job.