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I Just Hit $100k/year On GitHub Sponsors
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Re: I Just Hit $100k/year On GitHub Sponsors
#12This is a really exciting project, can't wait to try it out. I love Laravel. Amazing job.
Re: I Just Hit $100k/year On GitHub Sponsors
#13$100k is still not even close to how much you can make in SV as an engineer. Specially an engineer at this caliber. But working on OSS full time is probably 100x more fulfilling than building CRUD for a boring ad company.
Also maybe more leisurely in terms of pace.
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#14these tend to come off like humble brags a bit considering working on the right thing at the right time is a big factor
How so? They took the time to share their story and itemize and outline the whole approach for anyone to read. Of course it's anecdotal and YMMV but to dismiss all the hard work and clear demand (people are paying) for the work by saying timing is a "big factor"? That seems unfair. Of course timing matters in all things, but all the timing in the world won't help if you don't put in the work, or build something that…
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Re: I Just Hit $100k/year On GitHub Sponsors
#15$100k is still not even close to how much you can make in SV as an engineer. Specially an engineer at this caliber. But working on OSS full time is probably 100x more fulfilling than building CRUD for a boring ad company.
First, I think you're overestimating how much you can make as an engineer in SV. It's more, but it's not fair to say $100k is "not even close".
Second, there's more to life than working at, say, Facebook/Netflix/etc for money. The pure happiness of working on something you care about is worth a lot of money to some people.
Third, if this person ever wants to get a real job, the $100k won't go away, and they'll easily add $50k to their starting offer for running a prolific open source project.
Lastly, look at that graph. It's going up. Zero to $100k is really good for 6 months, and in another 6 months it'll potentially double. Most startups don't get to $100k this quick. More people will use this as time goes on, they can start new projects, they can do high-end freelancing for companies using it, etc.
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#16these tend to come off like humble brags a bit considering working on the right thing at the right time is a big factor
I don’t know how you got that impression. The author is clearly humble. But bragging? I don’t agree at all.
Re: I Just Hit $100k/year On GitHub Sponsors
#17$100k is still not even close to how much you can make in SV as an engineer. Specially an engineer at this caliber. But working on OSS full time is probably 100x more fulfilling than building CRUD for a boring ad company.
What is average pay for a software developer in SV with 10 years experience?
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#18these tend to come off like humble brags a bit considering working on the right thing at the right time is a big factor
It sounds like in his case, the biggest factors were:
1) Writing some software people need
2) Being very entrepreneurial / thinking of and trying different tactics to get people to sponsor him
There‘a a bit of luck in the equation, but not a lot.
Re: I Just Hit $100k/year On GitHub Sponsors
#19That's phenomenal! Hitting $100k in 5 months.
Here is OP's repo - https://github.com/livewire/livewire
Re: I Just Hit $100k/year On GitHub Sponsors
#20$100k is still not even close to how much you can make in SV as an engineer. Specially an engineer at this caliber. But working on OSS full time is probably 100x more fulfilling than building CRUD for a boring ad company.
At his current revenue growth rate, he will likely surpass $200k in the next 12 months with very little additional effort.