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I think the critics who complain about money, pensions and healthcare didn't do proper calculations. Gumroad pays from $50 to $250 per hour. Let's say you get $
by boo-ga-ga 6y ago
I think the critics who complain about money, pensions and healthcare didn't do proper calculations. Gumroad pays from $50 to $250 per hour. Let's say you get $100 (below average) and work 60 hours per month (one-week vacation every month). This is $6000 per month, which is basically more than enough for a comfortable living in 95% places on the planet.
They pay equal money regardless of location, so the proposition is great for anyone except a tiny number of people who want to live in extremely expensive places.
- ryanianian 6y agoIt's worth noting the hourly rate cuts in half after 20 hours. It's still enough pay for comfortable living, but 60hrs/wk is a lot of work and is decidedly against the lifestyle TFA talks about. [edit: parent says 60hrs/month. At $100/hr that's $72k/year pre-tax. I don't know how to delete this comment but would if I could.]
- autarch 6y agoThe parent says 60 hours per _month_. That's 15 per week. Sounds good to me!
- StevenWaterman 6y agoParent says 60hr / month
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- codemac 6y agoAnd as a contractor there are significant tax advantages, along with personal growth advantages. I think the big draw back is actually long term total earnings - the big companies in SV still pay order of magnitudes more than that.
- randomchars 6y agoBut isn't the big caveat that those companies only pay that in SV, and not in ie Europe? I could earn more in 10h/week at Gumroad then even my most well paid developer friends do here.
- xienze 6y agoI think the other part people aren’t considering is you can make $250 an hour for 10 hours a week. Why even quit your day job that’s providing you benefits? Where do I sign up? I can spare 10 hours a week on top of my day job for that kind of money...