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This article is literally a PR based advertisement for 'overemployed.com' Every couple of months it seems like this person pitches the article for a different

by htrp 5y ago

This article is literally a PR based advertisement for 'overemployed.com' Every couple of months it seems like this person pitches the article for a different news organization. August WSJ (https://www.wsj.com/articles/these-people-who-work-from-home-have-a-secret-they-have-two-jobs-11628866529 https://www.wsj.com/articles/these-people-who-work-from-home...) September Fox Business (https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/workers-moonlighting-two-jobs-work-from-home https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/workers-moonlighting-two...) Now the Guardian.

hbcondo714 5y ago
Yup, the WSJ article was discussed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28170564 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28170564
ericmay 5y ago
Reminds me of a PG essay a while back talking about getting your product out to news organizations. Thanks to user gruez for reminding me what the article was called. I couldn’t remember. [1] [1] http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html http://paulgraham.com/submarine.html
- gruez 5y ago
  submarine?
tubby12345 5y ago
Probably over 50% of hn is this kind of shilling. Why don't dang and company do anything about it? Because "if you're getting something for free then you're the product".
- avmich 5y ago
  So if you're getting second salary for the same working hours, you're the product? Does product earn money?..