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> As a millennial there are few things that rank as desirable as finding a recurring source of income that doesn’t take much work That made me laugh! As someone much older I can honestly say that there are few things that rank as desirable as finding a recurring source of income that doesn’t take much work for me too.
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True, but I'm pretty sure he's not going to tell us about the "secret sauce," especially since he's sold the company.
Replying for mike2477 who wrote the article and responded to this post, but his comments are dead. Mike - it looks like you got shadow banned, but it’s not clear why? Maybe dang can help.
I created a successful side project back in 2014. It is still running and making 20 times more than I would get with a normal job. But i was lucky. Lucky to be born in a rich country. Lucky because I was given a computer at the age of 5. Lucky because I had unlimited education opportunities. Lucky because I had a friend who gave me access to something I needed for my business. And many other lucks. I will never deny…
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True, but I'm pretty sure he's not going to tell us about the "secret sauce," especially since he's sold the company.
Replying for mike2477 who wrote the article and responded to this post, but his comments are dead. Mike - it looks like you got shadow banned, but it’s not clear why? Maybe dang can help.
https://hn.algolia.com/?query=mike2477&sort=byPopularity&pre...
https://upupgrow.com/how-i-built-a-5000-per-month-side-proje...
https://getsimpledata.com/blog/sales-best-practices/2015828h...
Great story, but may be one reason.
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Replying for mike2477 who wrote the article and responded to this post, but his comments are dead. Mike - it looks like you got shadow banned, but it’s not clear why? Maybe dang can help.
How does one see shadow banned posts?
I created a successful side project back in 2014. It is still running and making 20 times more than I would get with a normal job. But i was lucky. Lucky to be born in a rich country. Lucky because I was given a computer at the age of 5. Lucky because I had unlimited education opportunities. Lucky because I had a friend who gave me access to something I needed for my business. And many other lucks. I will never deny…
I worked for a mom + pop Amazon seller (manufacture + ship from China to America, stick packaging on it, send it in to Fulfillment by Amazon, collect a check) He's probably worth $50m as one of the top 250 sellers. Probably ~20 SKUs. Tons of competitors trying to bring him down but his product has so many reviews that it is just a money printer. He was smart to be at the right place at the right time. He undercut the…
He did, his skill was to get on it at a right time in a right place. His skill was to keep working on it and believing in himself. Saying it was due to luck is just pure disrespect.
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True, but I'm pretty sure he's not going to tell us about the "secret sauce," especially since he's sold the company.
Replying for mike2477 who wrote the article and responded to this post, but his comments are dead. Mike - it looks like you got shadow banned, but it’s not clear why? Maybe dang can help.
The story might need to have a missing date on it (4 years old?), but the two comments that the author of the post made don’t seem to violate the terms or spirit of HN rules.
If someone can show me how the rules were broken in his comments, I will gladly unvouch.
> As a millennial there are few things that rank as desirable as finding a recurring source of income that doesn’t take much work That made me laugh! As someone much older I can honestly say that there are few things that rank as desirable as finding a recurring source of income that doesn’t take much work for me too.
As a millennial myself, I would like the need for income taken off the table so that I can find a recurring source of meaningful work.
Its wholly contemporary to invent bullshit jobs and imagine complexity to keep people at desks en masse, leaving them with such a feeling of their lives being pointless.
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As a millennial myself, I would like the need for income taken off the table so that I can find a recurring source of meaningful work.
This is such a modern problem too. No matter what anyone feels about it having to farm crops to eat was definitely meaningful work a hundred years ago. Even if you were being exploited in a factory suicide was common but mostly from abuse and injury rather than the vacuousness of the job. Its wholly contemporary to invent bullshit jobs and imagine complexity to keep people at desks en masse, leaving them with such a…
IMO it is kind of a problem with software in general. It is getting me down honestly; I could use some advice.
I created a successful side project back in 2014. It is still running and making 20 times more than I would get with a normal job. But i was lucky. Lucky to be born in a rich country. Lucky because I was given a computer at the age of 5. Lucky because I had unlimited education opportunities. Lucky because I had a friend who gave me access to something I needed for my business. And many other lucks. I will never deny…
I worked for a mom + pop Amazon seller (manufacture + ship from China to America, stick packaging on it, send it in to Fulfillment by Amazon, collect a check) He's probably worth $50m as one of the top 250 sellers. Probably ~20 SKUs. Tons of competitors trying to bring him down but his product has so many reviews that it is just a money printer. He was smart to be at the right place at the right time. He undercut the…