I started an alternative medicine affiliate site back in the summer of 2006. Probably spent 4-5 months full-time on it, and 1 hour since. It made me $1.6 million total for the first 2 years before I sold it. Pretty good ROI.
Ask HN: what is the highest reward to effort ratio you've ever experienced?
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Re: Ask HN: what is the highest reward to effort ratio you've ever experienced?
#12A long time ago I made some silly music visualizations for Winamp that ended up shipping with the official download. Years later, a picture surfaced showing an astronaut on the ISS using Winamp on his laptop... which means my code made it out into space.
Best reward ever.