The work culture is changing as people find ways to turn the things they love doing into careers. As they say, if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.
The geek world is a truly gifted one, with loads of hobbies to pick from. You probably already spend countless hours behind your computer, phone, or favorite books, for fun. But have you wondered if any of your hobbies hold a career opportunity? Here are some geeky hobbies that you can turn into a career and make a comfortable living from.
- Gaming
Now, who doesn’t love relaxing on a couch with a nice video game? And who doesn’t love making money? Thankfully, the modern gaming world offers several opportunities to make money and build a solid career from your hobby. For example, if you love any sports games, you can participate in loads of competitions and win attractive cash prizes while traveling the world.
Besides joining various tournaments and other competitions, you can also make money from gaming by rating games. With the rise of popular platforms such as Youtube and Twitch, you can make money from reviewing games and giving hints and tips on completing or excelling at challenging levels. You can also make money from your gaming hobby by creating video game tutorials, creating a gamer’s blog or podcast, getting paid to test games before they come out on the market, or getting paid to play some games on a live stream.
- Podcast
Podcasts are becoming even more popular than ever, and you don’t have to look too far to see some of the big names in the industry attracting a large following of listeners and making good money from it.
To set up a successful podcast, you would need to carve out a niche first. You can do this by finding out what you’re good at or having in-depth knowledge and enjoy talking about. By doing this, you can attract interested listeners with your opinions, advice, stories, or discussions on such topics. Next, you’re going to need a high-quality setup, especially regarding the equipment you use. You need people to hear what you or your guests say with total clarity, and investing in the best streaming microphones will get you off to a good start in a career in podcasting. By generating reliable, exciting podcast episodes with good-quality content, you gain a large following and eventually make money.
- Cosplay
Do you love dressing in interesting costumes, attending conventions, and going places? Can you easily use available resources to create the most incredible anime character costume? Do you have a thing for acting, but not mainstream? Then you could line a career path for yourself through cosplay.
Cosplay combines costume and plays and offers a type of performance art or activity where people accessorize and dress up to look like their favorite characters.
You may be wondering where the career path comes in. One of the advantages of taking part in cosplay is that you learn to make your costumes, acquiring new skills in the process. If you regularly plan and design costumes, you could easily set yourself up for a design career and fashion in general.
You can also stick to designing or fixing costumes for other cosplay participants (or cosplayers) or look into an opportunity as a cosplay model. Many cosplay conventions recognize the best costumes and models, and some even receive attractive rewards. So, it is something worth considering.
- Programming
You may be wondering why programming is so far down the list – no reason. Programming is a pretty obvious consideration for most geeks, and why not? From various amazing apps to software options, programming is both the present and future of the digital world. Almost everything you see in the online world boils down to coding and programming. There is still a huge market ready for talented programmers with new ideas and problem-solving innovations.
Take the time to learn to program, and you’ll arm yourself with all the skills you need to work on all types of software solutions. The opportunities in this industry are as vast as the digital world is and is still expanding. As mentioned earlier, gaming is one of the many geeky hobbies you can create a career in. but programming allows you to not merely enjoy playing a game but also create amazing games that other geeks can enjoy. You can either work on your own and build games for sale or work with a gaming company to develop AAA games. You could also consider forming a team with other friends who share the same passion and possess the same skills.
- Writing fanfiction
You love your favorite superhero characters. You enjoy creating various characters – taking the time to develop unique attributes or giving the old characters you love a new spin. Imagine if your favorite Marvel spiderman caught a life-draining virus and only had 48 hours to survive. What will be his first move? Only you can create a truly unique storyline to save the superhero.
Fanfiction writing is one fun hobby, as it allows your geeky imagination to run wild as you express your creative talents. The great thing is that you can take this unique talent to another level by crafting a career opportunity out of it. Writing, in general, opens the door to a myriad of career opportunities, whether you want to remain in creative writing or choose a different path. You can create a blog or website solely devoted to your work, share them with the world, and make money from ad revenue.
You can also leap into writing original books, creating graphic novels, specializing in unique storylines for video game characters, or jump into any other thing that has to do with writing. Again, you can work for yourself or join a company to enhance your skills.
Being a geek isn’t just a hobby. If your hobbies fall within those mentioned above, it’s time to earn some bucks doing what you love!
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