October 2021 Income Report: $14,926.04 (+101.58%)

Another anomaly, this is now my highest month ever and it means I hit my end of year goal ($20k total) 2 months early and I've hit 5 digits in a month! 🥳

What was different in October?

I got lucky.

I agreed to help a company hire developers and found two people on Twitter who they ended up hiring. I also had the opportunity to give an interactive workshop. Afterwards, they sent out speaker gifts as well.

I'm very new to the recruiting space, but companies are desperate these days. I saw a job posting saying they were offering up to $20k if you help them fill the role. $20k?! For one person! It's wild.

Again, I don't expect to hit these numbers again without getting lucky. But it did open my eyes up to the power of referring candidates to companies and I hope I can do it more. It's certainly a nice side gig as an indie hacker.

If you're hiring developers and want help finding talent, DM me on Twitter.

Side Income Breakdown

• $164.34 from @egghead-io royalties
• $520.00 from Vim for VSCode course sales (before fees) on Convert Kit Commerce
• $20.00 from Vim for VSCode course sales (before fees) on Flurly
• $521.70 job board
• $10,000.00 referrals
• $3,700.00 workshop fees + speaker gift

Total: $14,926.04

Total (year-to-date): $34,678.86

See previous months:

• September 2021
• August 2021
• July 2021
• June 2021
• May 2021
• April 2021
• March 2021
• February 2021
• January 2021