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Making $60k a month from a podcast on software engineering

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Re: Making $60k a month from a podcast on software engineering

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Post by coldtea »

jjeaff wrote: post #68
coldtea wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I haven't found any "enormous advantage money gives" when it comes to podcasts, and other such works. Starting some regular business, yes, but writers, podcasters, and artists in general, have always come from all kinds of backgrounds, especially troubles ones.

The advantage is simply being in a place where you can focus on creating something like a podcast that will not make you (actually will cost you) money for a good long while. Most people without money or support don't have the time and resources to devote to creating something like that.

Are we talking the homeless or third world poor here?

Because the average american squanders 2-3 hours on tv and social media every day -- more than enough to start a podcast, even if they also work.

Re: Making $60k a month from a podcast on software engineering

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Post by jimnotgym »

voltagex_ wrote: post #13

>(Work from 9am to 9pm, six days a week.) Jesus. I'm sure this is small business owner hours but still, this person musn't have a family or any other commitments.

Yeah, I got stuck in that sentence. I know lots of people do these hours, but people from Henry Ford onwards have been finding people are more efficient with less hours.

Then again if your job is learning about new tech, cooking and exercise-the sort of thing others are doing in their hobby time, I can see how you can make 12 hours of that a day.

Re: Making $60k a month from a podcast on software engineering

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Post by arvinsim »

buckhx wrote: post #48
criddell wrote: post #45

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Any recommendations for podcast apps on Android? I'm carrying around my a junked iPhone 5C and using it just for Overcast. I haven't been able to find any podcast players on Android that work as well for me. If I could find one, I could stop carrying two phones.

I've been a fan of PocketCasts. Lots of people recommend podcastaddict because it's free and has a million knobs, but I enjoy the comparatively slick interface of PocketCasts.

Another happy customer of PocketCasts. When I moved from Android to iOS, I still find PocketCasts to be superior to alternatives.

Re: Making $60k a month from a podcast on software engineering

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Post by bryanrasmussen »

givehimagun wrote: post #72
bryanrasmussen wrote: post #57

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if you're 19 and you have 250 grand you are maybe not super rich but pretty rich at that point. frankly, cutting with ockam's razor leads me to conclude that super rich is a more likely explanation than playing poker from a small nest egg and then going and losing it all.

Can you quantify in terms of percentage how you define super rich vs rich? In my mind, rich is top 20% (income of $134k or more) of society and super rich is top 5% (income of $214k or more). I'm wondering if that correlates to your thoughts.

I guess I rely on Chris Rock's difference between rich and wealthy; so super rich has to be just before you're wealthy.

I remember reading somewhere else that rich also required a million in assets, not just a high income like 250 grand, but I figure in the context of a 19 year old they don't need assets at that point to still be rich if they have a high enough income for the year.

Maybe a one time 250 grand earner from a poor background can be a temporarily advantaged poor person.

Re: Making $60k a month from a podcast on software engineering

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Post by fergie »

voltagex_ wrote: post #13

>(Work from 9am to 9pm, six days a week.) Jesus. I'm sure this is small business owner hours but still, this person musn't have a family or any other commitments.

6 day weeks = 6/7 of 365 = 313 days work per year

12 hour days = 313 * 12 = 3756 hours work per year

Hours per month = 3756 / 12 = 313

Hourly rate if $60000 per month = 60000/313 = $192

Re: Making $60k a month from a podcast on software engineering

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Post by carlmr »

jimnotgym wrote: post #92
voltagex_ wrote: post #13

>(Work from 9am to 9pm, six days a week.) Jesus. I'm sure this is small business owner hours but still, this person musn't have a family or any other commitments.

Yeah, I got stuck in that sentence. I know lots of people do these hours, but people from Henry Ford onwards have been finding people are more efficient with less hours. Then again if your job is learning about new tech, cooking and exercise-the sort of thing others are doing in their hobby time, I can see how you can make 12 hours of that a day.

>Then again if your job is learning about new tech, cooking and exercise-the sort of thing others are doing in their hobby time, I can see how you can make 12 hours of that a day.

Taking these three things together I also have a 12-14h day. It's just that I don't cook or exercise for work.

Re: Making $60k a month from a podcast on software engineering

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Post by adrianN »

marak830 wrote: post #89
voltagex_ wrote: post #13

>(Work from 9am to 9pm, six days a week.) Jesus. I'm sure this is small business owner hours but still, this person musn't have a family or any other commitments.

I do that, I'm not the owner either. My wife just had a son, so I definitely have a family. Add on top an hour and a half commute each way and it can be a little difficult at times to have family time I'll admit.

I hope you manage to reduce your hours until your son is old enough to remember whether you were there or not.

Re: Making $60k a month from a podcast on software engineering

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Post by tyldum »

crablar wrote: post #12
gowld wrote: post #4

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My theory is that entrepeneurship in general, and lean startups especially, relies a lot on "fake it till you make" and sales that rely on heavy bluffing, and poker players are the sort of people that can do that. In web tech, it's especially true, because "lean startup" theory means that you can sell your product before you build it, but you have to bluff to your customers that you have already built it and investor…

Bluffing was important to the extent that I had to convince the listener that I understood the topics being discussed when I did not. In general, I would discourage bluffing in a business like SE Daily. I'm on display for 250 minutes per week. It would be very easy to get caught in a lie.

A few of the topics I know well myself, like networking, can be a pain to listen to. But the overall quality is great, and I realize that you can't be an expert on all topics. I listen to pretty much every episode and rarely skip one. Even the topics I think are of no interest to me often ends up with something useful and interesting. Doing daily shows also allows for a lot of diversity in topics, letting some episodes go really deep or just have a subject covered broadly and intensely like the k8s. I really recommend it to anyone who wants to keep tabs on what is going on.
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