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Cybersecurity Side Hustles: How to Make Money Beyond Your Job

Not finding a job is not the end of the world .. here is what you can do

Taimur Ijlal
4 min readFeb 5, 2025
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The Cybersecurity Job Market is not really hot right now

The tech layoffs and AI monster are all causing problems with people in their job searches

If you are looking for a job and not getting a response .. what else can you do ??

Is your only option doing more certs and workshops while hoping to get a response ??

Or are there other things you can do to put your Cybersecurity skills to use and make some $$$ ??

Thankfully the power of social media and GenAI mean that starting a side hustle has never been easier than today

Let’s take a look at some options

1 — Freelancing

Freelancing has been on the rise for the past couple of years especially during and after the pandemic

Gone are the days when you needed to invest huge amounts of $$$ to start a company, setup a premise and then start getting customers

Nowadays a good social media presence and content strategy is enough to start landing some customers

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Taimur Ijlal
Taimur Ijlal

Written by Taimur Ijlal

🔒 Cybersecurity Career Coach & Mentor | 🚀 Helping Professionals Land High-Paying Cybersecurity Jobs | Free Ebook -> https://cloudsecguy.gumroad.com/l/passive

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