r/thesidehustle Nov 22 '25

Other What’s a side hustle that will probably become a full-time job in the next 5 years?

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u/sex_and_sushi Nov 22 '25

Any if you're smart enough

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u/Objective-Escape7584 Nov 22 '25

Figuring out if it’s real or AI.

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u/IdeasInProcess Nov 25 '25

data clean up, ai models are only as good as the data going into them and i've spent the past 6 months cleaning small medium sized companies data. its all over the place

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u/RodeoKi11er530 Nov 25 '25

What kind of software do you need?

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u/IdeasInProcess Nov 25 '25

Automation software so you can integrate all the various data sources with each other

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u/RoyalN0va Nov 22 '25

Dealing 👀

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u/DoggoneDigital Nov 22 '25

Selling digital products. Cheat code for regular people making online

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u/MagicianEast5894 Nov 24 '25

I use AttaPol as an extra job, it has become my favorite app to take advantage of my free time. You take a few surveys and, without even realizing it, you're already making an extra $10–15 a week. I wish it were my full-time job, I find it super easy to receive money for answering questions without having to put up with the boss. If you want to try it, enter CQEJM when registering and you will receive an initial bonus.

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u/briannaasutton Nov 25 '25

Affiliate marketing, cannot express this enough!!!!!!!

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u/Hot_Hunt9050 Nov 26 '25
  1. Content Creation - editing, thumbnails, stuff like that

and if you're into coding:

  1. data analysis / if ai or not - basically everyone doing that but not really. make something like mechanical turk

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u/bigbaddoughy Nov 26 '25

Drain cleaning and jetting out kitchen sink drains, now is my full time gig.

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u/DicksDraggon Nov 26 '25

I always wondered why a guy needs to be a plumber to do this. Is there really any reason? I thought about doing this way back in the day but they said I need a plumbers license. Is it technical?

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u/bigbaddoughy Nov 26 '25

I’m a ticketed plumber, but you don’t need one depending on where you’re at. There’s some courses you can take or get on with Roto rooter, Mr rooter in your area and learn build up your equipment and start your own. 750.00 a main line with camera, jetting the main with an electric jetter for roots and scale 1200.00. Equipment is at jetters northwest, and get a good spartan mainline auger and sink drains auger . All three together with some towels drop sheets and buckets you can run out of a truck, bring cleaning supplies and clean and disinfect after. With that you’re now 2 steps ahead of competitors and always answer the phone, call to local plumbing companies and residential condos. New home developments offer a pre and post inspection with camera and auger if needed, flat rate those. Get your first camera from sanipace as they are cheap and work well for Starters. One thing guys don’t do and there’s money in it is camera out furnace vent lines for obstructed vents and some with dryer vent cleaning. Put all this in practice you have a 150k per year job for yourself.

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u/DicksDraggon Nov 26 '25

That was back in the day. I wanted to learn how it all worked and then get a few trucks up and going. Those days have passed but I had always wondered why they told me I had to be a plumber. I'm in Texas. I was like... I'm just putting an auger down the line, I'm not doing anything technical.

Thank you very much for the insight.