Which would get him an hourly wage between $30 (about $6,200 per month) and $60 (about $11,300 per month), depending on the mix of plans people signed up for. Oh, you have to subtract the cost of the calls which are probably negligible – I guess something like $50 or so for a flat rate.

He could hire some poor student who makes some calls and pay minimum wage (about $1,600 per month for all the current calls, there are probably cheaper options, maybe he does that already), that would probably make scaling possible. I would now usually add that he won’t be a millionaire anytime soon but I also wouldn’t have predicted that 752 customers would sign up so I better be quiet.

What I want to know: How can he not sound grumpy or go completely crazy after short phone calls with hundreds of different people. Every. Fucking. Day. That seems like a riddle.

– edit: Ah, scrap that. There are already callers or will be soon: http://www.awesomenessreminders.com/jobs.php