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She makes more money than most software engineers. She makes more than most pharmacists. More than most general practitioner doctors. The only question is: H

She makes more money than most software engineers. She makes more than most pharmacists. More than most general practitioner doctors. The only question is: How sustainable is this? Those other professions are solid, and will continue with its batting average. But a YouTube star, might be a flash in the pan. Here today, gone tomorrow. Quick everyone. Start up your own YouTube channel.

BuzzwordBingo 6y ago
Pretty people have had first dibs since caveman times. So for her, until she ages out or gets fat, she’ll get the top 1% of available income with minimal effort.
animal531 6y ago
I'm seeing a lot of reaction videos popping up, especially from 3rd world countries. I found one in an eastern block country that are uploading a ton of videos just reacting to movies and tv series, so in a week they basically rack up 500k views. Multiplying that to a month and converting to a weaker currency means a lot of money (probably 3x as much as what I'm making as a senior developer, also in a 3rd world country). Probably for now it's still very viable, but the scene might change quite a bit in 5 years time. Also your entire income is tied to Youtube, just one arbitrary rule change on their side and there goes your whole life.
bawolff 6y ago
Her videos have 31 million views. If you are a software developer making an app used 31 million times mostly by yourself (nobody to split the profit with), i suspect you would make more than her. I don't know how she ranks among top youtubers, but i'd guess decently high(?) Top 10000 perhaps? (I really have no idea). The 10,000th most highly paid software engineer definitely makes orders of magnitude more than her. I imagine the same is true for the top 10,000 doctor, pharmist, etc. > Quick everyone. Start up your own YouTube channel. More like, quick everyone, be really good at your job. Doesn't really matter what it is if you are near the top.
- dzhiurgis 6y ago
  Top for a celebrity is most certainly is magnitudes higher than a dev. No one is buying your software because your software was good. Maybe different for consultants, but still pool of customers is few companies vs entire population.
  - daniel-cussen 6y ago
    Doubt it. Top celebrities make say 20 million per movie, compared to the top devs, like Bill Gates, who make far more.
    - dzhiurgis 6y ago
      Lol he’s a founder, dev is a side effect. We’re talking developers who get hired, not self made. The only celebrity devs I know is Kelsey Hightower, DHH, Carmack. I doubt they get more than few million contracts for dev, not conference work.
      - bawolff 6y ago
        Plenty of celebrities are self-made and own their own production companies (or whatever structure is appropriate). The youtube star this story is about appears to be pretty self-made. Its not like bill gates was only ever a CEO, in the beggining he was a coder. Just because he decided to start his own business which he coded for, does not make what he did for that business in the beginning be any less "coding".
        dzhiurgis 6y ago
        Top 4 out of 5 current billionaires are coders, but obviously they wouldn't make millionth of that if they weren't founders too. I don't know much about how celebrity industry world work and how much of them are self-made.

BuzzwordBingo 6y ago

Pretty people have had first dibs since caveman times. So for her, until she ages out or gets fat, she’ll get the top 1% of available income with minimal effort.

animal531 6y ago

I'm seeing a lot of reaction videos popping up, especially from 3rd world countries. I found one in an eastern block country that are uploading a ton of videos just reacting to movies and tv series, so in a week they basically rack up 500k views. Multiplying that to a month and converting to a weaker currency means a lot of money (probably 3x as much as what I'm making as a senior developer, also in a 3rd world country). Probably for now it's still very viable, but the scene might change quite a bit in 5 years time. Also your entire income is tied to Youtube, just one arbitrary rule change on their side and there goes your whole life.

bawolff 6y ago

Her videos have 31 million views. If you are a software developer making an app used 31 million times mostly by yourself (nobody to split the profit with), i suspect you would make more than her. I don't know how she ranks among top youtubers, but i'd guess decently high(?) Top 10000 perhaps? (I really have no idea). The 10,000th most highly paid software engineer definitely makes orders of magnitude more than her. I imagine the same is true for the top 10,000 doctor, pharmist, etc. > Quick everyone. Start up your own YouTube channel. More like, quick everyone, be really good at your job. Doesn't really matter what it is if you are near the top.

dzhiurgis 6y ago
Top for a celebrity is most certainly is magnitudes higher than a dev. No one is buying your software because your software was good. Maybe different for consultants, but still pool of customers is few companies vs entire population.
- daniel-cussen 6y ago
  Doubt it. Top celebrities make say 20 million per movie, compared to the top devs, like Bill Gates, who make far more.
  - dzhiurgis 6y ago
    Lol he’s a founder, dev is a side effect. We’re talking developers who get hired, not self made. The only celebrity devs I know is Kelsey Hightower, DHH, Carmack. I doubt they get more than few million contracts for dev, not conference work.
    - bawolff 6y ago
      Plenty of celebrities are self-made and own their own production companies (or whatever structure is appropriate). The youtube star this story is about appears to be pretty self-made. Its not like bill gates was only ever a CEO, in the beggining he was a coder. Just because he decided to start his own business which he coded for, does not make what he did for that business in the beginning be any less "coding".
      - dzhiurgis 6y ago
        Top 4 out of 5 current billionaires are coders, but obviously they wouldn't make millionth of that if they weren't founders too. I don't know much about how celebrity industry world work and how much of them are self-made.