Engineers, what was your side hustle to help you through your degree?

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Tutoring is definitely an ace up every engineer's sleeve. It isn't hard at all to find someone who feels intimidated by the whole STEM thing and needs a little encouragement. Not just children either.

CAD and 3D printing Freelance. (You can even use your school printers and up charge the customers)

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YES, it is super easy to find quick freelancing gigs online that aren't all that labor-intensive, it's just that they require specialized knowledge. Careful about the school printers though, some institutions are really stringent about using them for non-educational purposes and the machines are usually in high demand

I worked at chick fil a flipping burgers. Half way through a grad degree in mechanical I was inspired enough to consider industrial engineering courses for study operational efficiency

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Thank you for restoring my faith in engineering students... I know for a fact that a LOT of my colleagues worked at similar jobs during college or even afterwards. Yet they somehow think it makes them look important if they don't admit to having a "commoner job" once upon a time... yes Randall, I know LOL

I did tutoring plus taught at a local college

My side hustle was a computer repair business. I started it in college, and it helped me pay for my tuition and other expenses. It was fun.

I was a freelance web developer. I would take on small projects from people in my network, or people I found through online job postings.

I did some graphic design in HS so I kept it going through uni.

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