Not sure what you mean by “real job” but I’d guess it works out. The average software developer salary in China seems to be about 15,000USD a year (Glassdoor).

Not sure what you mean by “real job” but I’d guess it works out. The average software developer salary in China seems to be about 15,000USD a year (Glassdoor). I don’t think this is a years work. But I’m curious as to how the work is funded. These ROMs get shared pretty liberally. So I’d guess once the work is done you have a limited amount of time to exploit it exclusively.