This is a question I get a lot, how do I make money as a developer? People ask me this almost all of the time and I choose to make a list of things wich you can do as a developer to make some money.
Make money online!
-Create and sell digital products such as plugins, components, etc,
-Build SAAS (Software as a service)
-Create web, mobile, and desktop apps where you have ads or in-app purchases.
Create a blog and monetize via it!
-ADS(Google Adsense,carbonads etc)
-Sponsorships
-Become an affiliate and promote other peoples products
-Promote your own products
-Get paid to write articles for publications
Write and sell EBooks and physical Books
-Create a Youtube channel on topics like tutorials, developer lifestyle, tips & tricks, news in the field, etc. Which you can monetize via:
-Youtube Ads
-Sponsorships
-Affiliate Marketing
-Promote your own products
Other ways you can make money as a developer
-Create online courses/and or online programs
-Work on open source projects and get donations and sponsorships
-Create a Patreon page where people can support you
-Have 1 on 1 coaching sessions
-Participate in paid coding challenges
-Participate in bug bounty programs
-Sell a newsletter
-Create a job board and get paid by companies to connect them with developers,designers etc,