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Software Side Hustler Tip: My “Hit Two Birds With One Stone” Secret — Excel both day job and side projects. Part 2: Why It Works?

You do it to enhance your day job, then apply those newly acquired skills directly to benefit your side hustle.

5 min readMay 16, 2025

In this article series:

Let me first clarify the approach: by implementing E2E test automation and continuous testing at work, you’ll significantly benefit your side projects (emphasize the plurals).

If a software developer thinks creating a successful software product (i.e. app) is mostly about producing code, then he/she better not do a side hustle, for a very simple reason: not qualified yet.

Source: Reddit, with 4.2K votes. https://www.reddit.com/r/ProgrammerHumor/comments/y1opbr/ideal_workflow/

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Zhimin Zhan
Zhimin Zhan

Written by Zhimin Zhan

Test automation & CT coach, author, speaker and award-winning software developer. Help teams succeed with Agile/DevOps by implementing real Continuous Testing.

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