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Side hustles are proper jobs for students, and can mean much more
My venture may not have turned out to be big business, but the lessons prepared me for the big things in life
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Side hustles are opportunities for students to learn so much more and are not just about making a quick profit.
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Nicole Chan
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My experimentation with side hustles began three years ago, in January 2021.
It was in the midst of my undergraduate days as a linguistics and social anthropology student at The University of Edinburgh during the peak of the Covid-19 pandemic. My days were predominantly spent indoors, navigating virtual classes, with grocery trips to Sainsbury’s supermarket punctuating my routine.
