JoshiOnChain

This is how I made around ₹1crore by the age of 23. Disclaimer - I’ve never really worked on any extraordinary things or got here within 5-6 months. After 12th, I needed to earn money because of some financial issues. The only skill I had was programming. I tried to get a job installing cable TV antennas but I couldn’t even do that. so I spent a lot of time searching “ways to make money” on the internet. things like dropshipping, trading, content creation, affiliate marketing, etc. didn’t appeal to me because I didn’t have the time or money to invest in those things. I wanted to get paid instantly for doing something, even if the money was small. Obviously, freelancing made sense to me. I knew how to code, but I hadn’t built anything serious, so I collected all my stupid little projects and started approaching random people I connected with on Facebook 😂 The first project I got this way was a small automation script in Python and paid me $100. Then I helped a cybersecurity guy with some more Python scripts. made around $500. That same guy later paid me over $2000 for helping him for a couple of months. I added everything to my portfolio and got some small projects on Upwork. They were mostly prototypes. Sadly, I never took it seriously, so made only around ₹20 lakhs. I made most of this money writing PHP, Java, Python and Javascript. I didn’t have a niche, I just asked to fix problems that others couldn’t or wouldn’t fix. Then I worked on some React and React Native apps with some agencies in Noida and Gurugram. For some months, I managed a small agency almost all on my own that I started with a friend. We basically worked for other agencies that worked for other agencies. All this lasted until I was in third year at my university. Then I got bored and frustrated because this work was making me lose interest in programming. Took a small break, working with only 2-3 clients, I did some small open source contributions and got a job in a US based startup. In final year, I had ₹50 lakhs liquid and I didn’t know what to do, so I bought a plot and started a side business. I graduated last year and took a whole year to just have fun. My income dropped from ₹5lakh to around ₹3.5 lakh but my life has been really fun. Also, my investments are growing, and I don’t have any responsibilities, so I don’t really care. Now, I’m finally planning to build something while pursuing my hobbies and without sacrificing my freedom.