Hi
@Tidus,
Yeah, you're absolutely welcome. Vulnerability is the path to human connection in my experience, and we all want more human connection (The good kind, anyway).
I started my side hustle over the summer, and was pretty dedicated to it for a while. I was focusing on one new post each week, writing detailed tutorials on some aspect of what I'm trying to teach people. I'd announce the new posts on LinkedIn and Facebook hoping that people I've connected to on those platforms would be interested (Pretty reasonable assumption, since a lot of them are doing similar work to me). Eventually I kind of...ran out of things to say. I had written posts teaching people what I knew. I didn't have any challenges pushing me to innovate and create new solutions that I could teach. Combine that with the low readership, and low income and I hit a listless period.
Fortunately, I've found a bit of inspiration again and have started a new series of blog posts. I also have plans for how to monetize these posts (Eventually), and have found a few new communities where I can hope to find more consulting work. More consulting work coould lead to new challenges, new methods to develop, and new blog posts. So maybe I'll get a bit more traction this time!
I'm quite happy to share my blog! Anything I can do to get more eyes on it is fantastic in my opinion, so long as I'm not being that annoying guy who's spamming a world that doesn't want it. But, since you asked...
www.1000x-faster.com/blogOh, missed one of your questions. Not a programmer per-se. I'm a research engineer, who focuses on using laboratory data to develop computer simulation models. This way people can predict how a piece of equipment will function for them after investing a few hours into a computer program (Usually developed using government funding, and available to use for free) rather than investing thousands of dollars to buy and install the equipment. But you're not far off with your guess of me being a programmer. Modern engineering involves a TON of programming. We're just worse at it because we're more focused on and knowledgeable of the technologies we're studying than the code itself.