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I've got a friend who coasted through the early 2000s plopping out websites for random businesses for around 1k a pop - for a weeks work that's a pretty good ta
by munk-a 5y ago
I've got a friend who coasted through the early 2000s plopping out websites for random businesses for around 1k a pop - for a weeks work that's a pretty good take home.
The florist example was probably a poor choice since they tend to have pretty thin margins - but restaurants (while also not having a bunch of money) tend to have advertising budgets that can float a relatively modest cost for plopping out a website.
- pedrosorio 5y ago> 1k a pop - for a weeks work that's a pretty good take home 52k a year with no time off / benefits?
- recursive 5y ago44k with 8 weeks off sounds better.
- didibus 5y agoGlassdoor says a web dev freelancer today in the US averages 30$ per hour and it can range from 60k to 80k a year. So I don't, know, maybe their data is wrong, but it seems to be an even better gig today.
- marc_io 5y agoI don't think it is wrong at all. It may be a niche – specially in the US –, but with 46.3% of the world population still without internet access, the long tail is indeed long.
- nostrademons 5y agoThat wasn't bad in the early 2000s. Median U.S. household income was $42K in 2000, and you didn't have these $half-mil/year FAANG/unicorn jobs back then.
- blacksmith_tb 5y agoSounds like an ok gig, until you have to support them. I used to throw together and host little sites for friends for free, now I'd rather keep the friendships intact and tell people to just use Squarespace or some other builder.