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If you've been a programmer for a few years, there's probably stuff on your computer that you can immediately convert to money or attention.

Examples: 👇
1. Before I left my job, I created a very simple spreadsheet to calculate how long I could live off my savings.

I put the sheet on GitHub and posted it to HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=192941…

15 minutes of work (the sheet already existed) got me hundreds of new followers here.
2. When I was researching product ideas for my business, I had one idea that required precise understanding of EC2's network performance. I open sourced my testing tool along with all the data I collected: github.com/dvassallo/s3-b…

Today this still gets >600 visits a week.
3. When I was running my EC2 tests, I discovered a weird throttling behavior. I posted my obserations on r/aws: reddit.com/r/aws/comments…

This got picked up by dozens of people in the AWS community. A few minutes of work (a couple of screenshots) got me 1000+ new followers here.
4. When I was building Userbase, I had to set up my AWS environment from scratch. That setup template became a foundation for my ebook on AWS: gumroad.com/l/aws-good-par…

About 20 days of additional work resulted in $61K sales so far, and still doing hundreds of dollars every day.
Conclusion: Sell your sawdust (stuff you already created as a side-effect). Many times you can sell your sawdust for money (on @gumroad) or for attention (on @github) with very little extra effort.
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Daniel Vassallo
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When I was a full-time employee, I had daily/weekly/monthly/yearly goals. I would have plans on how to meet them, and anything unexpected was almost always undesirable.

Nowadays, it’s the opposite. Almost everything important comes from random unexpected events and encounters.
When you’re on a tight plan, there’s a very narrow path to success. Random distractions are more likely to hinder you than help you fulfill your plan.

But when you have ample free time, random distractions start looking like unlimited upside for a very small bounded cost.
This has been one of the things that surprised me most ever since my professional life lost a lot of its structure.

Before, I used to hate the sound of notifications. Nowadays, I look forward to them! They’re the sound of (almost) free options.

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Daniel Vassallo
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Here’s how you can get me to follow you, even if you have 0 followers:

1. In your pinned tweet, convince me that you’re worth following.

2. In your timeline, have a stream of tweets about what you said I’d see.

3. Make me find you by showing up in the comments of ppl I follow.
To be effective at #3, you can turn on tweet notifications on some of your favorite accounts. This gives you an opportunity to see all their tweets, and to comment early (if you have something valuable to add). This worked really well for me in the beginning.
If you are worth following, then this template will get you followers. Some people will see your comments, some will click on your profile, some will read your pinned tweet, some will choose to follow you, and some will choose to not unfollow you after a while. It’s a funnel.
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Daniel Vassallo
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The Good Parts of AWS is currently the #2 top grossing book on @gumroad. 🙏

It’s 42 copies away from 2000 sold, so the next 42 copies are on sale:

👉 gum.co/aws-good-parts…

Thank you!
28 remaining. Thank you!

And ICYMI, I shared my experience writing and promoting this book on @HassanO's Writer on the Side podcast a couple of weeks ago. Full episode: writerontheside.com/40k-in-16-days…
@HassanO 17 left.

In 7.5 weeks, almost 2K copies sold, and almost $60K. Thank you!
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