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I assume you read my submissions and came to that conclusion-- but my service isn't in the ETL industry (although I do process very large amounts of data). I don't really share my service publicly and maintain a high level of privacy (hence no social media, etc).
Sounds like you're scared of competitors =)
I've always found the "hey Twitter friends, I wrote a guide, buy it for $90 now!" stuff super unethical anyways. First of all, the information they sell that way is 100% available for free somewhere else or is useless. They're usually mediocre in their fields, but have chops for social media marketing. Essentially that economy is all about being perceived as an expert and manipulating naive/unsuspecting people with m…
true.
but the fact that every and all information is be encoded within pi[1] does somehow not slience the intellectual property debate.
probably because arrangement and presentation also have value.
> What are things people and businesses pay for?
That's basically all my own one-person business does (https://lunar.fyi/), it allows people to add adaptive brightness on external monitors, turn off individual monitors from the keyboard etc.
Things that are simply frustrating to do daily without software help, either because the monitor buttons are hard to press, options hidden under a lot of menus, or a multi-step process is needed.
And people are paying for it, even though it doesn't help them make money, it doesn't educate or entertain them, and it definitely doesn't help them sell anything.
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He's not advocating for a passive investment income. > You could use these savings to invest in stock markets, day trade with them, and - hopefully - make a profit. I wouldn't recommend his advice..
Why not? It’s a valid way to make money for some of us.
> When I left my job as an engineering manager at Uber in late 2020, I had nothing lined up on purpose, and decided to spend the coming 6 months writing a book, and then found a startup related to platform engineering All these feel-good stories should start with "this is how I managed to save enough money to not worry about anything for at least 6 months"
> My newsletter is the #1 paid technology newsletter on Substack. good for you but is this another survivorship bias thing... reminds me of the 4-hour workweek, getting rich by giving advice others how to get rich added: if you try to be in the creator economy, you will always be at the whim of some gatekeeper like youtube or instagram who can erase 90% of your income in an instant
Has anyone who posted a 'Show HN' had success with a paid product and no prior audience or following when their product launched? Building an audience remains a difficult business task. It would be inspiring to hear success stories of products which launched with no following or prior audience.
Admittedly, I had a really hard time getting any traction for this project. Cold e-mailing media folks had some limited success but no sales impact. Same for HN and Product Hunt. But eventually Apple noticed and gave me a banner ad in the iPad App Store, which netted me about $10k overall.
Not exactly a success in absolute terms, but it made money with no prior audience.
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I recently threw $100 at jvns because of this model. I wanted the docker zine and it was $10 for one, or $100 for the lot. It doesn't take that many $100 purchases to be a respectable income source
Depending on where you live, you can get discount too. For example, I get this: > Hello! It looks like you're in India, where this zine might be expensive. If you need it, please use code at checkout to get 70% off the regular price.
I've been running a technical podcast focused on interview prep/insights for the last two years that has OKAY traction but is still a long way from making me any money. It's hard! It cost me money. About $500 a month right now, not counting my time. I enjoy doing it but I've certainly had tough months when I wanted to stop. Doing freelance work has been the easiest way to bring in some extra cash as an engineer but d…