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Re:Ask HN: What revenue generating side projects do full-tim... by akhilcacharya on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @01:42PM (#12123330)
My question is how do you still have employers when you're making 1.1M a year. Jeez.
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Re:Ask HN: What revenue generating side projects do full-tim... by Zenfinch on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @02:01PM (#12123512)
Certainly is amazing!

I want to know the secrets to being such a good company and/or manager that you can keep someone earning 1.1m on your staff!

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Re:Ask HN: What revenue generating side projects do full-tim... by venusflytrap90 on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @02:46PM (#12123831)
Lots and lots of work! Go home at 6pm, work till midnight. Eventually it paid off for me but a lot of times I thought it was just digging a hole to nowhere.
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Re:Ask HN: What revenue generating side projects do full-tim... by jaredsohn on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @04:48PM (#12124772)
I think the GP was asking about how your company/manager is able to keep you working there.
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Re:Ask HN: What revenue generating side projects do full-tim... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @02:04AM (#12127169)
I'd guess it's not the company keeping GP there; it's GP choosing not to leave.
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Re:Ask HN: What revenue generating side projects do full-tim... by venusflytrap90 on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @02:46PM (#12131454)
You got it! Nothing that special about the company but it's in a good enough space that I choose to hang around and learn as much as I can about the space.
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Re:Ask HN: What revenue generating side projects do full-tim... by venusflytrap90 on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @02:51PM (#12123884)
The app serves a good niche, I don't want to be stuck in the niche. Employer is in a very fast moving space so a lot of good learnings there. Would hate to stop learning about new things stuck at home
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Re:Ask HN: What revenue generating side projects do full-tim... by swolchok on Tuesday July 19, 2016 @02:18PM (#12123649)
It's by no means guaranteed to last, 1M is not enough to retire in Silicon Valley, and 1M pre-tax is ~0.6M after tax.
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Re:Ask HN: What revenue generating side projects do full-tim... by ttam on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @11:51AM (#12173819)
we don't know if OP is even in the valley
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