Last week, we unpacked Sydney's hidden side hustle economy — from passive data apps and mystery shopping to medical trials and monetising your opinions. The message was simple: you already have assets.

This week, we go beyond the beginner's guide.

In Selling Your Attributes, we explore the next phase of the gig economy — where it's no longer just your time that has value, but your specific traits. Your voice becomes training data for AI. Your digestion becomes research infrastructure. Your civic presence becomes part of the machinery that keeps democracy running.

From AI studies in Chatswood to nutrition trials, election roles, and hyper-local community research, this episode examines a deeper shift: the move from selling labor to selling scarcity.

But as monetising participation becomes normal, a bigger question emerges — if our data, biology, and behaviour are all marketable… what happens to privacy?

This is the advanced playbook. And it may change how you see your own value in the modern economy.

If you're a student, working full-time, juggling family life, or just trying to survive the cost-of-living squeeze, this podcast breaks everything down in a simple, beginner-friendly way. No jargon. No pressure. Just real options you can actually try.

Based on A Sydneysider's Beginner Guide to Side Hustles, this is all about easy, legit ways to make extra money in Sydney — no scams, no hustle-bro energy.

We're talking mystery shopping, paid surveys, app testing, clinical trials, and even some weird-but-real ways people get paid (yes, including things you didn't know were worth money ).