{"about":{"summary":"A directory of side businesses that real people say they run, each summarized in our words and linked to its public source.","notes":["Sources are public, first-person accounts: interviews, podcasts and community threads.","Cost, time and the other tags are machine estimates, each with a confidence score.","Income figures are the owner's own claim. We don't verify them."],"how_to_cite":"Link the idea page and its source. Call income figures the owner's unverified claim, and cost and time estimates."},"idea":{"slug":"software-consulting-for-a-former-employer-52d3ce","title":"Software consulting for a former employer","summary":"Does software consulting for a previous workplace after leaving it, adjusting the rate each year for inflation.","url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/software-consulting-for-a-former-employer-52d3ce","markdown_url":"https://allsidehustleideas.com/ideas/software-consulting-for-a-former-employer-52d3ce.md","tags":{"category":{"value":"services","label":"Services and freelancing","confidence":0.98},"earns_from":{"value":"fees","label":"Service fees","confidence":0.91},"startup_cost_estimate":{"value":"under-100","label":"Under $100","confidence":0.83},"time_estimate":{"value":"part-time","label":"Part-time","confidence":0.67},"where":{"value":"online","label":"Online","confidence":0.76},"needs_coding":{"value":true,"confidence":0.55}},"owner_reported":null,"source":{"publication":"Hacker News","title":"Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside programming?","url":"https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19714613","person":"Shogoot","host":null,"date":"2019-04-21"},"owner_site":null}}