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Making web development content is a good idea, but looking to get "passive income" is the wrong tack to take. If you make good content on web development, most
by ThrustVectoring 6y ago
Making web development content is a good idea, but looking to get "passive income" is the wrong tack to take. If you make good content on web development, most of the value you get out of it is likely to be through "networking" - finding a better job, getting freelance contracts, connecting with funding for your own start-up, etc.
Think about the unit economics. Average video view earns you roughly a tenth of a penny in advertising. A connection that improves your career prospect is worth very roughly $10,000. That's a ratio of ten million to one. Whatever audience you manage to generate is worth far more to your career as a software developer than it is as generic eyeballs on videos.
- ozim 6y agoI would state explicitly that building follower base and keeping it by creating videos consistently is far from "passive". When one stops uploading/creating people will forget about him. Don't know timelines on building following (how fast one can build an audience) but my gut feeling is that one could earn some money after 5 years of constantly pushing good content and building network. I think OP would expect that he could pull it off in couple of months so in that sense he is too late.