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I'm a freelance developer and make all of my money via blogging. 80% ghostwriting and 20% with my real name. It's an okay income, not as much as consulting. I

by k__ 6y ago

I'm a freelance developer and make all of my money via blogging. 80% ghostwriting and 20% with my real name. It's an okay income, not as much as consulting. I'm also working on some courses to generate passive income, but I don't like that kind of work. It's so much up front before you can relase the stuff. Still looking for something that pays as much as consulting but doesn't take much more work than blogging.

Ayesh 6y ago
If you wouldn't mind, I'd love to see some numbers, as in how many organic visitors a month would convert into a meaningful sum at the end of the month.
- k__ 6y ago
  Oh, I don't make any money with ads.
agumonkey 6y ago
> courses to generate passive income, pardon me but it sounds like a potential for future ponzi schemes :)
- k__ 6y ago
  Probably? I don't know. I did a course on React and React-Native and some people told me they got a dev job with these courses. So I guess they weren't a ponzi scheme, haha.
  - agumonkey 6y ago
    I could only see people making more courses on how to make a passive in come, followed by more of the same ... you know. A course on react seems a lot more productivity friendly
    - mod 6y ago
      The courses generated a passive income, but they taught another topic (programming)
- sean2 6y ago
  A Ponzi scheme is where one guy pays his early entrants with later entrants money. A Pyramid scheme is where entrants pay money to earn the right to take money from later entrants which they attract. I agree, this course sounds like a _pyramid_ scheme. Sorry to bother you, but I'm a total pedant about this; everyone keeps explaining that the terms are used interchangeably by most people but I still think we oughta be specific in the type of scams we're calling out.
imhoguy 6y ago
Wow, didn't know the word "ghostwriting" until now. You write some technical materials that way? I guess there is not much way to have an recurring income from that. Are you allowed to publish/reuse any of such creation under your real name later?
- k__ 6y ago
  No, I'm not. It's a bit of a grey area, I guess. For me it's good because it's flexible work. Also, I'm payed to learn about new technology, which is nice.

by k__ 6y ago

Ayesh 6y ago

If you wouldn't mind, I'd love to see some numbers, as in how many organic visitors a month would convert into a meaningful sum at the end of the month.

k__ 6y ago
Oh, I don't make any money with ads.

agumonkey 6y ago

> courses to generate passive income, pardon me but it sounds like a potential for future ponzi schemes :)

k__ 6y ago
Probably? I don't know. I did a course on React and React-Native and some people told me they got a dev job with these courses. So I guess they weren't a ponzi scheme, haha.
- agumonkey 6y ago
  I could only see people making more courses on how to make a passive in come, followed by more of the same ... you know. A course on react seems a lot more productivity friendly
  - mod 6y ago
    The courses generated a passive income, but they taught another topic (programming)
sean2 6y ago
A Ponzi scheme is where one guy pays his early entrants with later entrants money. A Pyramid scheme is where entrants pay money to earn the right to take money from later entrants which they attract. I agree, this course sounds like a _pyramid_ scheme. Sorry to bother you, but I'm a total pedant about this; everyone keeps explaining that the terms are used interchangeably by most people but I still think we oughta be specific in the type of scams we're calling out.

imhoguy 6y ago

Wow, didn't know the word "ghostwriting" until now. You write some technical materials that way? I guess there is not much way to have an recurring income from that. Are you allowed to publish/reuse any of such creation under your real name later?

k__ 6y ago
No, I'm not. It's a bit of a grey area, I guess. For me it's good because it's flexible work. Also, I'm payed to learn about new technology, which is nice.