Need ideas that can 'make money'

[RealKebo]

I am a 15 year old that is trying to become more 'financially stable' I have tried many so-called 'side-hustles' but none seem to really work out!

I know its a very generic line but I am looking for any help, ideas or info that the great community here at mc-market would have for me!

I am very hardworking so all ideas can be considered!

Thanks a bunch,
- Kebo

 

[Corrections]

would honestly suggest seeing what you are good at. If it's building, work on your builds and try and join a team for a bit or get some vouches on MCM and see if people will hire you for builds. If you have an interest in coding, take a course or two to build fundamentals then work for free for a bit to gain some more experience then start charging $.

 

[Inherit]

Stonks, they only go up.

But they are actually pretty easy to make money on if you do some research and now would be a great time to buy seeing as mid-caps are near 52-week lows with a short term rally likely. You do need some initial capital however. And on the note of your being 15, just get it put in a parents name

Otherwise, just learn programming and become a dev. Its a very useful skill if you wanna get into most white collar jobs and there are tones of resources online.

 

[RealKebo]

would honestly suggest seeing what you are good at. If it's building, work on your builds and try and join a team for a bit or get some vouches on MCM and see if people will hire you for builds. If you have an interest in coding, take a course or two to build fundamentals then work for free for a bit to gain some more experience then start charging $.

Yes I think I might try coding, I know the basics of spigot, html, css, python but I would consider myself a jack of all trades master of none While it is nice I need to bog down on one aspect (Maybe Spigot Development) and work on that. I have big exams coming up soon so they are my main priority but I have a free year after them and I am planning ahead now.

Thanks for the suggestion!

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Stonks, they only go up.

But they are actually pretty easy to make money on if you do some research and now would be a great time to buy seeing as mid-caps are near 52-week lows with a short term rally likely. You do need some initial capital however. And on the note of your being 15, just get it put in a parents name

Otherwise, just learn programming and become a dev. Its a very useful skill if you wanna get into most white collar jobs and there are tones of resources online.

Thanks for the reply, yeah I have invested in some crypto before and made a few quid of Shiba, I haven't really done much stocks and I know how they go up.

My only problem is that it is hard to make a considerable amount of money considering some of the margins are fairly low.

Thanks for the suggestion and I will definitely look into it!

edit - forgot to answer your development idea, I think its a great idea just refence the reply above xD

 

[Cleora]

Get into the Minecraft market if you like minecraft.

Developing and configurations make good money.

Model developers are always wanted.

Art such as graphic designs.

Builders and building is always needed for lone projects or teams.

Skins and skinpacks are needed for builds, mini games, server NPC's, etc.

Start up your own team maybe, it will take time and effort and mostly; to gain experience. Because everyone wants to get paid.

Video editors.

Social media marketers or sales rep.

 

[RealKebo]

Get into the Minecraft market if you like minecraft.

Developing and configurations make good money.

Model developers are always wanted.

Art such as graphic designs.

Builders and building is always needed for lone projects or teams.

Skins and skinpacks are needed for builds, mini games, server NPC's, etc.

Start up your own team maybe, it will take time and effort and mostly; to gain experience. Because everyone wants to get paid.

Video editors.

Social media marketers or sales rep.

Thanks so much for your reply, these are all viable options and I’m having trouble deciding which one I want I want to start off small and the rest will come in time!

Thanks for your answer!

 

[Gunny]

Yes I think I might try coding, I know the basics of spigot, html, css, python but I would consider myself a jack of all trades master of none While it is nice I need to bog down on one aspect (Maybe Spigot Development) and work on that. I have big exams coming up soon so they are my main priority but I have a free year after them and I am planning ahead now.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Post automatically merged: Jan 31, 2022

Thanks for the reply, yeah I have invested in some crypto before and made a few quid of Shiba, I haven't really done much stocks and I know how they go up.

My only problem is that it is hard to make a considerable amount of money considering some of the margins are fairly low.

Thanks for the suggestion and I will definitely look into it!

edit - forgot to answer your development idea, I think its a great idea just refence the reply above xD

Here's the best way, imo, and will help you if you ever think about making software or even IT in general a career path.

Find a 2 month trial of skillshare. Take, and follow to an absolute T, the classes and courses in a development language you are interested in. From there, practice a TON. Make a bunch of small projects that range in complexity. Then, try marketing your new skill set online through forums, friends, and the like for free. After amassing a decent portfolio and vouches, start charging money. Once you get enough of a client base where you can't take everyone's order, start charging more. You'll then reach a comfortable spot with a nice income stream.

Generally speaking this is what you can do with what language you learn.

Web - Requires intimate knowledge with markdown (html5, css3). You can then expand into front-end development with JavaScript (first learn vanilla and then es6, and then a framework), or back-end with Java, PHP, Python, etc. You can also do back-end with some JavaScript frameworks.

Mobile - Android devices use markdown (XML) and Java. iOS uses swift (this really requires a Mac to do properly)

Desktop applications - Windows uses C++ or C# (don't have much experience here so can't really assist...) And I believe Mac uses object-c? Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Game development relies on what engine you use. It can be unity with c#, unreal with c++, or Godot that has its own scripting language resembling python.

Data analysis, automation, etc is usually done in python. But there are millions of frameworks and libraries you can use to extend the language and do so much with it. Just as any other popular language.

Discord bots can be done in a long variety of languages, most if not all major languages have some sort of discord library. Notably, they are written in python, JavaScript, java, go, rust, etc.

Spigot/Bukkit plugins are written in Java. It is IMMENSELY IMPORTANT to know and have a good handle on java before making plugins. Please please please learn the basic language before trying to utilize 3rd party extensions. It's like trying to make a react-native app without knowing es6 JavaScript or ReactJS in general.

Anyways, let me know if you need assistance. I know a fair amount of Java, same with a lot of other on here, but I specialized in web languages.

 

[RealKebo]

Here's the best way, imo, and will help you if you ever think about making software or even IT in general a career path.

Find a 2 month trial of skillshare. Take, and follow to an absolute T, the classes and courses in a development language you are interested in. From there, practice a TON. Make a bunch of small projects that range in complexity. Then, try marketing your new skill set online through forums, friends, and the like for free. After amassing a decent portfolio and vouches, start charging money. Once you get enough of a client base where you can't take everyone's order, start charging more. You'll then reach a comfortable spot with a nice income stream.

Generally speaking this is what you can do with what language you learn.

Web - Requires intimate knowledge with markdown (html5, css3). You can then expand into front-end development with JavaScript (first learn vanilla and then es6, and then a framework), or back-end with Java, PHP, Python, etc. You can also do back-end with some JavaScript frameworks.

Mobile - Android devices use markdown (XML) and Java. iOS uses swift (this really requires a Mac to do properly)

Desktop applications - Windows uses C++ or C# (don't have much experience here so can't really assist...) And I believe Mac uses object-c? Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

Game development relies on what engine you use. It can be unity with c#, unreal with c++, or Godot that has its own scripting language resembling python.

Data analysis, automation, etc is usually done in python. But there are millions of frameworks and libraries you can use to extend the language and do so much with it. Just as any other popular language.

Discord bots can be done in a long variety of languages, most if not all major languages have some sort of discord library. Notably, they are written in python, JavaScript, java, go, rust, etc.

Spigot/Bukkit plugins are written in Java. It is IMMENSELY IMPORTANT to know and have a good handle on java before making plugins. Please please please learn the basic language before trying to utilize 3rd party extensions. It's like trying to make a react-native app without knowing es6 JavaScript or ReactJS in general.

Anyways, let me know if you need assistance. I know a fair amount of Java, same with a lot of other on here, but I specialized in web languages.

Thanks so much for this detailed reply, I think I want to learn a few more languages and maybe get a grip on spigot then move onto web development?

I know the java basics and the spigot basics...

I will probably use the 1 year free trial of skill share with the GitHub student pack (not sure if its a year or 3 months I forget)...

If possible could you give me the best 'strategy' almost for how to go about getting to grips with web development?

Another thing that might be possible is that I'm wondering if there is any demand in the Minecraft space for like paid, experienced managers...

I have been in the Minecraft space for 5+ years and I have been like managing and owning servers for 3 of those years, I'm mainly wondering if there is any demand for something like this in the market...

Thanks so much,
- Kebo

 

[Gunny]

Thanks so much for this detailed reply, I think I want to learn a few more languages and maybe get a grip on spigot then move onto web development?

I know the java basics and the spigot basics...

I will probably use the 1 year free trial of skill share with the GitHub student pack (not sure if its a year or 3 months I forget)...

If possible could you give me the best 'strategy' almost for how to go about getting to grips with web development?

Another thing that might be possible is that I'm wondering if there is any demand in the Minecraft space for like paid, experienced managers...

I have been in the Minecraft space for 5+ years and I have been like managing and owning servers for 3 of those years, I'm mainly wondering if there is any demand for something like this in the market...

Thanks so much,
- Kebo

There is indeed a market for management.
https://www.mc-market.org/forums/management/

I personally would stick to one language and then learn a tech stack. Going too broad is a rookie mistake as you wanna do everything without having enough experience in one area, much less anything else.

Java - You're gonna want to know more than just the basics. You are going to want to be intimately familiar with it as well as OOP concepts before getting into Spigot.

Web development - I spent almost a year and a quarter getting proficient at html and css. Practicing making a lot of different things and small prokects. I found that https://goodbrief.io/ was a nice place to get ideas. I just used the web option with random industry. I also think it's best not to continue rolling till you get one you like, just because real life isn't like that. Soon I incorporated css frameworks (bootstrap first and then in 2018 when tailwind 2.0 came out I gave it a shot and loved it). Afterwards, I learned vanilla javascript via youtube videos and a college class. From there I branched into es6 js and react js. I made things I enjoyed and/or something to make my daily life easier.

All I'm saying is it'll take patience and time. There is no fast-track bs to becoming a developer. It takes knowledge and experience to get things right.

 

[RealKebo]

There is indeed a market for management.
https://www.mc-market.org/forums/management/

I personally would stick to one language and then learn a tech stack. Going too broad is a rookie mistake as you wanna do everything without having enough experience in one area, much less anything else.

Java - You're gonna want to know more than just the basics. You are going to want to be intimately familiar with it as well as OOP concepts before getting into Spigot.

Web development - I spent almost a year and a quarter getting proficient at html and css. Practicing making a lot of different things and small prokects. I found that https://goodbrief.io/ was a nice place to get ideas. I just used the web option with random industry. I also think it's best not to continue rolling till you get one you like, just because real life isn't like that. Soon I incorporated css frameworks (bootstrap first and then in 2018 when tailwind 2.0 came out I gave it a shot and loved it). Afterwards, I learned vanilla javascript via youtube videos and a college class. From there I branched into es6 js and react js. I made things I enjoyed and/or something to make my daily life easier.

All I'm saying is it'll take patience and time. There is no fast-track bs to becoming a developer. It takes knowledge and experience to get things right.

Yeah I know there is no fast way, thanks so much for this guide I will try to apply it after my exams...

Thanks,
- Eoin

 

[PepijnWeijers]

The, I want to earn something so that's why I start. Is a wrong motivation. I never started making websites because of the money. So you need to find something which you enjoy doing. And make from this thing a way to make money.

 

[Sally3424]

You can try yourself in web-design for example. You'll quickly learn the basics and you can find some part-time work. Many people do various landings, advertising sites and others. If you'll like it and continue to develop in it, it can grow into something more in the future.

Best wishes, Sally, IT-specialist, Work Time

 

[UvitaCodes]

I am a 15 year old that is trying to become more 'financially stable' I have tried many so-called 'side-hustles' but none seem to really work out!

I know its a very generic line but I am looking for any help, ideas or info that the great community here at mc-market would have for me!

I am very hardworking so all ideas can be considered!

Thanks a bunch,
- Kebo

Start with thinking what do you like to do, do you like to make builds in MC? Are you interested in plugin or software development? Drawing?

From there, you can just work in making better and better stuff, start with small projects then go with slightly bigger stuff, start applying to some jobs or vacancies here in MC-Market and build your portfolio and personal brand, make connections, that's really important.

If you ever get stuck, you can just google it! Thankfully, we live in an era where you can just google whatever you want to learn, and you can get tons of free courses on YouTube and some really cheap ones on Udemy and stuff.