🐋 Hey, what are you doing?

Side hustle check-in alert🚨 Plus the latest tech opportunities to apply to, and a feature from an awesome virtual meeting platform that we know you’ll love.

Nov 12, 2021

Hey, remember over the summer when we were all hyped up on our side projects? How we were super optimistic and excited about how they were going to help us break into the tech industry?

Our side project newsletter in June became one of our most loved newsletters. Sooo, we’d like to check in with you a few months later, in the thick of the busy fall season, and ask—how is it going?

Because…we know it can be rough. 🙏

Thinking of dropping your side hustle?

The best of us get hit with seasons of uncertainty, doubt, and dips in productivity.

Especially if you’re juggling school or a full-time job (psst…you’re amazing)

If you’re thinking of dropping it—that you don’t have what it takes… 😳

As long as you show up every day, you literally cannot fail. ⬇️

“If you’re consistent and show up every day, your success is inevitable. There is no way you could do something every day for three years and get worse at it. Your brain literally won’t let it happen.” -Sahil Lavingia via Alice Lemée

Just. Keep. Going.

You’re learning and practicing—it doesn’t have to be perfect, it just needs to be done.

You’re building equity in yourself and it is going to pay off. Trust the process.

Bye Zoom links 👋 (we won’t miss you)

People are saying “this is what being remote is supposed to feel like!”

Orbital is an always present virtual space for meetings, quick chats, office hours, etc.

And get this: everything is at the same link. 🤯

You create an avatar that you can move around the space, and you only hear people who are close to you. Your team or community can fully customize your virtual office…or planet!

They’re changing the game with:

Spotify plugins that let you bring the vibes in
Custom avatars and emojis that let you show your personality
Whiteboards, sticky notes, link libraries, revamped screen sharing
+ more

Get it FREE 🚀

Another little tidbit of side hustle advice

We often imagine our project’s success as it getting big—the bigger the scale the better. We keep our eyes on our metrics and strive to reach the largest possible audience for our blog, newsletter, podcast, app, online store, etc.

But paradoxically, Derek Thompson shared that “in a weird way, the best way to produce things that take off is to produce small things. To be a small expert.”

He’s talking about being niche—“niche at scale is something that I think young people should aspire to”

Because the internet’s audience is absolutely massive. Out of the billions of people online, there will be people that are interested in your super-specific thing. But if your goal is to attract everyone your side project will get lost in the ocean of internet content…and you’ll get disappointed fast and set yourself up to fail.