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Surprised to hear that an O'Reilly book will net you less than a month of work for a SWE in the US and some parts of Europe. But I guess the reward is not the
by theF00l 1mo ago
Surprised to hear that an O'Reilly book will net you less than a month of work for a SWE in the US and some parts of Europe.
But I guess the reward is not the money but the expertise and signal.
- geodel 1mo agoThat plus, online, in-person training opportunities.
- FuriouslyAdrift 1mo agoHere's an authors account of royalties received from the no. 2 best selling O'Reilly book at the time (around $500k over 6 years) https://martin.kleppmann.com/2020/09/29/is-book-writing-worth-it.html https://martin.kleppmann.com/2020/09/29/is-book-writing-wort...