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Be careful if you decide to make software to sell, if you do it at work and use your work machines then they may own it - depends on your jurisdiction / work contract. Even if you do work for others while at work then you could be in a difficult situation contractually.

Of course if you're bosses are happy for you to do other stuff just get it in writing.

obligatory not a lawyer etc.

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That is correct, I don't feel like violating any law although making software for other people (since I just have to be 'ready for those small problems') might involve legal issues that I'll research more in depth.

By the way making software is what I should be doing as a job, I might be interested in other ways of getting a revenue that might just need a working brain and a lot of spare time.

I have known a few people over the years in a similar situation - the most notable was one guy who ran a cleaning business, he slept most of the day at work, and worked cleaning at night. If anything came up he was woken :-)

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