Tom Drake is the founder of Maple Money, the most-read personal finance blog in Canada. Tom is somewhat of a legend in the personal finance community and he’s a blogging and SEO genius.

But what a lot of people don’t know is that Tom built up his blog while keeping his day job as a Financial Analyst for a major grocery retailer. In fact, he still has that day job today, even 10 years after founding his blog.

So if you think that it’s impossible to build a side hustle while holding down a 9 to 5, think again. In this podcast, you’ll learn how Tom was able to do it. We also spend a lot of time discussing some of his college side hustle ideas and how he became passionate about personal finance in the first place.

Related: How I was able to turn a freelance writing side hustle into a full-time job.