Introduction to The Developer's Passive Income

My advice is to do a SaaS product of some form. You can do it in a low key sort of way that doesn&#x27;t take much of your time (or make you quit your job or neglect your family), and it will generally make you more money each month (unless you&#x27;re doing something strange that churns all your existing customers away each month).<p>Avoid anything ad-funded, such as blogs and whatnot. The ability to write software is way more lucrative than the ability to write words. Leverage that if you can.

I always feel stupid after clicking on a link like this and finding somebody&#x27;s self-advertisement. It&#x27;s like one of those &quot;Click here for the best instruction on how to loose weight&quot;, but for developers.

For me it is not really clear this passive income stuff in terms of tax laws and relation with employer.<p>Now I am based in Netherlands and my employer put in the contract quite big fines for anything I would do on my own or for some other party. So I would have to get written consent from my employer, this one is clear. But for anyone else check your contract ;)<p>Second thing is for instance you get money from Android app, or from users. How would you go with taxes, you have income so you have to pay taxes. Beeing sensible for some beer money they won&#x27;t get after you. But having 1000 euros a month could lead to some nasty stuff like questions where did you got that money and why you didn&#x27;t tell to your beloved country...<p>I think all those passive income gurus are not mentioning a word about this side of things. Does anyone has any experience on legal side of passive income?<p>Charge in bitcoins only? :D

Ok, now what about the income part? Is it ad-based? Which ad provider? Do you plan to sell licenses, etc?

Coming soon: how to throw crap up on HN and see how many people waste 2min on it.

Don&#x27;t let the critics get you down! Don&#x27;t WAIT for success to document it! Start documenting and showing off! gives you more of an incentive to keep at it

It would also be interesting to see the list of resources being applied. This way it&#x27;s possible to see more stages of the process. For example, Rob Walling now is talking about graduating to &#x27;larger product ideas&#x27; at <a href="http://www.startupsfortherestofus.com/episodes/episode-158-the-reunion-show" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.startupsfortherestofus.com&#x2F;episodes&#x2F;episode-158-t...</a>

So far so good, will be fun to follow this blog!

This is spam sounds like the dodgy adds you see on the high numbered TV channels late at night <i>Do Not Want</i>