How to really make some money online???

[PolyPeter]

On 1/17/2026 at 5:42 AM, jacknine119 said:

how to make money

It is the best time to study computer science, and get very rich selling custom software! Now with AI you can study, learn and understand deep software development concepts, while testing the knowledge and creating your own things.

Think about any business, of any kind, most of them are using software already, you could sell custom-tailored solutions, which would actually make their business grow.

I think that one way of becoming very wealthy is to help other people get very wealthy too, so in this manner, the question changes and becomes:

How can I help somebody with their business in such a way that they get more money and also feel like they should continue to collaborate with me?

Instead of just "how to get money online"

Edited Tuesday at 01:10 PM by PolyPeter

[Lyubov]

16 hours ago, PolyPeter said:

It is the best time to study computer science, and get very rich selling custom software! Now with AI you can study, learn and understand deep software development concepts, while testing the knowledge and creating your own things.

Think about any business, of any kind, most of them are using software already, you could sell custom-tailored solutions, which would actually make their business grow.

I think that one way of becoming very wealthy is to help other people get very wealthy too, so in this manner, the question changes and becomes:

How can I help somebody with their business in such a way that they get more money and also feel like they should continue to collaborate with me?

Instead of just "how to get money online"

From my understanding this field is incredibly flooded and it’s actually a huge time sink for most. Basically AI wrappers, agents and software are the new .com bubble and most people are gonna be left holding the bag. You have a better chance of learning a trade and getting rich that way over anything to do with AI tech unless you are an elite level engineer + entrepreneur. If you’re willing to put 5-8+ years into this, and have tremendous passion for what you’re doing it could be worth it but most people are starving after 1-2 and move on. It’s really such an abstract idea that even most people I’ve met doing stuff like this can’t even clear explain what they’re doing and seem uncertain it will earn them money. ChatGPT itself doesn’t even make a profit. 

Edited yesterday at 05:28 AM by Lyubov

[PolyPeter]

10 hours ago, Lyubov said:

From my understanding this field is incredibly flooded and it’s actually a huge time sink for most

Some valid points mixed with wrong conclusions.

10 hours ago, Lyubov said:

Basically AI wrappers, agents and software are the new .com bubble

Partly true for generic wrappers. But my point wasn't "build a ChatGPT wrapper." It was: learn real software engineering and sell custom solutions to real businesses. That's not a bubble, that's technical consulting, a business model that predates the internet.

10 hours ago, Lyubov said:

ChatGPT itself doesn’t even make a profit. 

Irrelevant. OpenAI spends billions on research and compute. You're not competing with OpenAI, you're using their tools to solve concrete business problems. That's like saying "don't open a restaurant because the company that makes a very specific and new type of industrial ovens isn't profitable."

If you pay attention, the Ad's business model is coming to chatgpt soon, so, don't just see things as they are now, think longterm.

10 hours ago, Lyubov said:

If you’re willing to put 5-8+ years

To found an AI research startup, sure. To sell custom software to a local business still managing inventory in Excel? No. The gap between what most businesses need and what they currently have is massive. You don't need to be elite, you need to be competent and understand the client's problem.

10 hours ago, Lyubov said:

most people I’ve met doing stuff like this can’t even clear explain what they’re doing

Exactly, and that's my point. Most are chasing hype without technical foundations. My advice was the opposite: study computer science properly, understand the deep concepts, then apply them. AI accelerates execution, but without fundamentals you're just another person selling smoke.

 

Hope this helps!!! 

Also, VALUABLE THINGS REQUIRE DEVELOPMENT OVER TIME!!!!!!! 

[PolyPeter]

Just now, PolyPeter said:

learn real software engineering

this does not mean you must pursue an entire college degree, nowadays most people in serious tech roles are dropouts....