It's interesting to me that Alec says his blog is not very profitable. I'm reading the "The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide" and John states that a b

It's interesting to me that Alec says his blog is not very profitable. I'm reading the "The Complete Software Developer's Career Guide" and John states that a blog is a really good way to improve your software career. I'm sold on his arguments. However I'm also aware that he has an atypical career that might not be reproducible be everyone. I wonder if Alec's blog has helped him more than he realized but in indirect ways?