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Mr Bootstraps guide to get rich quick (hexbear.net)

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What's the side hustle you ask?

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First, he'd learn how to write prompts for artificial intelligence language models like OpenAI's ChatGPT or Google's Gemini. Next, he'd teach his friends how to use those prompts on their school papers. "Then, I would go to businesses, particularly small- to medium-sized businesses that don't understand AI yet," says Cuban. "Doesn't matter if I'm 16, I'd be teaching them as well."

More than half of Gen Zers in the U.S. currently have side hustles, a LendingTree report found in February. AI prompt engineering — or, the ability to phrase inquiries to chatbots to get desired responses — can be a particularly lucrative opportunity. The average pay for AI tutors starts at about $30,000 per year, and full-time AI prompt engineers can make up to $129,500, according to job board platform ZipRecruiter.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago

Stop making the term "engineer" meaningless lenin-rage

Also this dude has no reason having a based name like "Cuban"

[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 hours ago

More than half of Gen Zers in the U.S. currently have side hustles, a LendingTree report found in February

At least half of these are 100% either selling drugs, social media influencer, or OnlyFans, not dumbass business scams like they imply

[–] [email protected] 12 points 5 hours ago

Mark Cuban is a business genius because he sold all of his Yahoo! stock before it fell off a cliff. He probably saw where things were going after they acquired a bullshit company for $5.7 billion.

Of course, he was the guy that sold them the $5.7 billion bullshit company so he had some obvious clues.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

AI prompt engineers

I'm sorry what?

pays average of 100k+ full time

Why what who would be dumb enough to do that

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago

Why what who would be dumb enough to do that

Executives are credulous dipshits and sufficiently connected and charismatic grifters take them to the cleaners in the dumbest ways.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 hours ago

Just walk into small to medium sized businesses, look them straight in the eye, hand them your PAPER resume and say "I got an AI to write this" then give 'em a good firm handshake. Kids these days won't do this.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 hours ago

THAT'S JUST RENT SEEKING WITH EXTRA STEPS MARK

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

yeah a side hustle can pay six figures but the nuance is most don't and it turns out it's harder than you think to find the one that does. But I understand that the most right place, right time guy in history has a hard time coming to terms with that sort of situation.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 8 hours ago

Prompt "engineer"

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

Scamming people with AI prompts lol. At least it's a step up from the rumours about what Elon Musk apparently did in high school as a side hustle, he apparently would buy cheap chocolates, wrap them in the wrappers of expensive chocolates, and sell them at full price.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Watching Back To The Future II and seeing Biff going back in time with the sports almanac does not count as a side hustle.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 6 hours ago

Man if I was 16 again, I'd start a side hustle called "investing in AAPL and GOOG"

[–] [email protected] 39 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I love how all boomer get rich quick ideas require you to know somebody’s dad who owns a lawnmower showroom

[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 hours ago

IF I WERE 10 I WOULD SIMPLY GET HIRED BY MY UNCLE’S BOAT DEALERSHIP

[–] [email protected] 31 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

Not to out just how old I am, but I kind of did this in high school. I was one of the only people in my grade that could type well (about 60 wpm, nothing crazy), so I would type everyone's handwritten essays for quick cash. It did not net me six figures, but maybe that's because I went to high school with a bunch of farmers and paper mill workers' children and not wherever Cuban sends his kids.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Nice. I let classmates copy my homework for $1 a page. Was able to eat lunch nearly every day!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 7 hours ago

I was way too much of a goodie goodie to ever do that, but I definitely should have.

For lunch, my family qualified for free lunch. The way they distributed this was once a quarter we would get a collection of tickets to last that whole period. I'd tear one off every morning to take in to school. One year, there was a quarter where I didn't get get my tickets. So, I had to go to the school office once a week that week and get another set of tickets and the office ladies always assumed I was full of shit, but they gave me the tickets.

When the snow melted, we found a bunch of mail in a snow bank. Guessing a plow or something knocked them out of our mailbox and buried them all in one go. My parents had me do the honest thing and take the tickets to the office to surrender them, but the ladies were so impressed I was actually telling the truth the whole time, they just laughed and let me have them. I sold those to other kids, mostly other football players that wanted seconds, and lived like a king during that period (was able to buy a few Magic: The Gathering boosters).

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 hours ago

It sounds a lot like a job in the Tech Industry*

*latest fad

[–] [email protected] 47 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

Six figures for typing in "BEAUTIFUL CABIN CREW, SHRIMP JESUS"

And yet they won't hire me because I'm not a nepo baby.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 8 hours ago

Hear me out.... RADIO... on the INTERNET

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 hours ago

Scarlett Johansson 💋

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 hours ago

Me, just rising and grinding.