Ask HN: What weekend projects actually make money

40 points·bluekite2000··6 comments

Every day I see someone post a weekend project. Does any of them actually turn into a real company or they all join the deadpool at the end?

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Many "weekend" projects are starting out as experiments or self-educating exercises. Depending on the overall scope or drive of the developer these have potential to become apps or small revenue generating adventures.

To your question though, I recently stumbled onto http://sleepyti.me from this post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2399054 and it looks as though this exercise in learning jquery is now enough to cover his rent.

I think writing an ebook as a weekend project can make money. As long as you are knowledgeable about a particular subject.

The great thing about weekend projects is that they make it much much easier to get a freelancing gig, two, three ...

"real company" is relative, and what the person does with the weekend project is rather up to them.

i just posted a new weekend project, and some of my past weekend projects have turned into profit. i've also totally abandoned some, as well. none have generated enough interest or money for me to warrant working full time on them (yet).

If you are doing weekend project for money, you are doing it wrong. In my opinion weekend projects are not about money or starting companies but about fun, joy and teaching yourself something new.

The best things in the world are free.

Wasn't Facebook a 'weekend' project?

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