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Do you seriously think people making $1M/yr browse this website

reducesuffering 5y ago
Easily at least a hundred of them...
robbintt 5y ago
A great many L7+ engineers definitely do. Ditto for career managers who don't implement day to day but do their best to keep up.
cercatrova 5y ago
Yes, many such people, including myself, billionaires too. Brian Armstrong, founder of Coinbase [0], Austen Allred [1], Patrick McKenzie is probably at the millionaire level, working at Stripe; there are a lot of entrepreneurs and business people here, this is a site run by a VC of course, not just technologists. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=barmstrong https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=barmstrong [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=austenallred https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=austenallred
swader999 5y ago
There was a guy yesterday that said he's doing four remote swe jobs right now at the same time. Takes roles that he's comfortable with and capable at, gets stuff done and nobody complains. Sounds like he's +1 million. Sort of like a 4x Tim Ferris program.
- tootahe45 5y ago
  Something I've learned from Reddit is that people do actually LARP about things like income, even when they're posting anonymously on these kind of forums. This is likely one of those instances. And i don't believe anybody earning 1m+ would take Tim Ferris seriously.
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- ripper1138 5y ago
  Link if you have it? I’m curious. I’m not surprised people are trying it. While I can definitely see it being possible to get the work done for a while, I can’t imagine how they could avoid meeting conflicts across 4 jobs.
  - swader999 5y ago
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29861370 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29861370
    - xonar 5y ago
      This is unbelievable
    - DrBazza 5y ago
      As said on that thread - in many countries, if you're working 4 jobs it's likely fraud or breach of contract, so "hopefully" this person is contracting instead. Still, it's not "unusual" to outsource your job to somewhere cheaper: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21043693 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21043693
- wyclif 5y ago
  Wouldn't this be hugely problematic in terms of NDA's?
el-salvador 5y ago
And I was feeling guilty today for browsing here in working hours hehe.
tick_tock_tick 5y ago
yes..... Why would you think they don't? Quite a few tech billionaires comment from time to time; though mostly when it's there company stuff breaking.
es404 5y ago
Yes - still stay connected and inspired.

Easily at least a hundred of them...

A great many L7+ engineers definitely do. Ditto for career managers who don't implement day to day but do their best to keep up.

cercatrova 5y ago

Yes, many such people, including myself, billionaires too. Brian Armstrong, founder of Coinbase [0], Austen Allred [1], Patrick McKenzie is probably at the millionaire level, working at Stripe; there are a lot of entrepreneurs and business people here, this is a site run by a VC of course, not just technologists. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=barmstrong https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=barmstrong [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=austenallred https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=austenallred

swader999 5y ago

There was a guy yesterday that said he's doing four remote swe jobs right now at the same time. Takes roles that he's comfortable with and capable at, gets stuff done and nobody complains. Sounds like he's +1 million. Sort of like a 4x Tim Ferris program.

tootahe45 5y ago
Something I've learned from Reddit is that people do actually LARP about things like income, even when they're posting anonymously on these kind of forums. This is likely one of those instances. And i don't believe anybody earning 1m+ would take Tim Ferris seriously.
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ripper1138 5y ago
Link if you have it? I’m curious. I’m not surprised people are trying it. While I can definitely see it being possible to get the work done for a while, I can’t imagine how they could avoid meeting conflicts across 4 jobs.
- swader999 5y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29861370 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29861370
  - xonar 5y ago
    This is unbelievable
  - DrBazza 5y ago
    As said on that thread - in many countries, if you're working 4 jobs it's likely fraud or breach of contract, so "hopefully" this person is contracting instead. Still, it's not "unusual" to outsource your job to somewhere cheaper: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21043693 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21043693
wyclif 5y ago
Wouldn't this be hugely problematic in terms of NDA's?

el-salvador 5y ago

And I was feeling guilty today for browsing here in working hours hehe.

tick_tock_tick 5y ago

yes..... Why would you think they don't? Quite a few tech billionaires comment from time to time; though mostly when it's there company stuff breaking.

es404 5y ago

Yes - still stay connected and inspired.