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Please Let Me Monetize My Hobbies
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#12I've found the opposite of this sentiment to be true, at least in my case as youtube engineer / maker. If you can find a way to monetize your hobby it is:
1. A great motivator to actually finish projects
2. A good way to justify / fund more costly projects
3. A great source of joy if people enjoy what you make
I've been careful to not undermine my key sources of joy in making things (learning, doing hard things, making quality things) by keeping monetization at a lower priority to those things. In my opinion if you can find a way to monetize without undermining what you truly enjoy, you can thread the needle between job / hobby and I'd highly recommend it!
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#13I heard from n Planet Money story that 1 in 4 gen-z-ers want to be an influencer because they want to receive free products or play videos games and get paid. Which is great but the thing they don’t realize is they would be running a business and everything, including the parts they think is the main focus of the business, becomes second to actually maintaining the business. Not trying to be disparaging to Gen-Z, tha…
Similarly, many people who are good at a sport in high school think "Hey, I can make it in the Pro leagues". The numbers don't bear this out.
One US-centric example - the NBA drafts about 60 people a year. You'd need to be not just the best person in your school or city, but the best person in the entire state to have a chance to make it, and then remain one of the best and avoid injuries, through 4 years of college.
It's really a numbers game, and people need to be realistic about the overall chances they may have.
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#14I heard from n Planet Money story that 1 in 4 gen-z-ers want to be an influencer because they want to receive free products or play videos games and get paid. Which is great but the thing they don’t realize is they would be running a business and everything, including the parts they think is the main focus of the business, becomes second to actually maintaining the business. Not trying to be disparaging to Gen-Z, tha…
Gen Z seems more anti-work than most generations, and I really hope that pushes them to be less apathetic than Gen X/Millenials with regards to worker's rights, reduced work weeks, universal healthcare, and possibly even UBI.
> I really hope that pushes them to be less apathetic than Gen X
I'm Gen X, I do take issue with your wide sweeping claim that we're apathetic with regards to workers rights. The current wide ranging strikes and support for workers rights within the UK are being driven by folks from the Gen X age group.
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#15It's absolutely possible to keep the pressure off while earning money from a hobby.
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#16What on earth? You're still free to enjoy your hobbies as you see fit. Just because someone out there makes a hustle out of it doesn't mean you have to.
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#17I designed games for fun for most of my life. Now that I design games as part of my day job, it’s sort of lost its joy a little. In my free time now, I’m writing (Eg, a substack about writing) or doing other things, and generally avoiding designing games
I’m writing, but I’d rather avoid becoming a full time writer because of that dynamic
I think it’s better to let your hobbies continue to be hobbies
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#18I heard from n Planet Money story that 1 in 4 gen-z-ers want to be an influencer because they want to receive free products or play videos games and get paid. Which is great but the thing they don’t realize is they would be running a business and everything, including the parts they think is the main focus of the business, becomes second to actually maintaining the business. Not trying to be disparaging to Gen-Z, tha…
They're just trying to take the well meaning but horrible advice of "do what you love and you'll never work a day in your life" (or some variation thereof) that they've been told their whole lives.
Unfortunately that advice is, well, shit, as they'll discover after embarking on that journey.
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#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Gen Z seems more anti-work than most generations, and I really hope that pushes them to be less apathetic than Gen X/Millenials with regards to worker's rights, reduced work weeks, universal healthcare, and possibly even UBI.
As a Gen Z I can vouch for this statement. There are so many times where I just look at what alot of my peers spend their time doing and I think I'm so out of place...Where is the work ethic?? the desire to improve. However I can also say that there are always some good apples in the midst of the bad ones and that we aren't all that bad!
I think you may have missed the point of the comment you’re replying to.
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#20I heard from n Planet Money story that 1 in 4 gen-z-ers want to be an influencer because they want to receive free products or play videos games and get paid. Which is great but the thing they don’t realize is they would be running a business and everything, including the parts they think is the main focus of the business, becomes second to actually maintaining the business. Not trying to be disparaging to Gen-Z, tha…
Similarly, many people who are good at a sport in high school think "Hey, I can make it in the Pro leagues". The numbers don't bear this out. One US-centric example - the NBA drafts about 60 people a year. You'd need to be not just the best person in your school or city, but the best person in the entire state to have a chance to make it, and then remain one of the best and avoid injuries, through 4 years of college.…
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