Re:Ask HN: Addicted to HN
by jacquesm on Wednesday October 13, 2010 @08:48AM
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I used to worry that I spend too much time here, then the pay-offs started coming in and now I don't worry about it any more.
I have found:
- people to work with
- concrete knowledge that I didn't even know I was missing
- instant help
- advertisers
- friends
Through HN, which is more than I can say for any other online community that I've ever been a part of.
And all that for 'free', if you don't count the time spent on it. If you would count the time then the 'investment' side of it (I estimated that at roughly 4 months full time) at a 'regular' salary (say 100K per year) would equate to about $30K, I would say I'm more than break-even already in a direct monetary sense but that's not where the real value is, the real value is in the increase of your potential by being able to tap in to this resource.
Time spent on HN to me is now a form of investment with a completely unknown return, both in kind and magnitude and I don't mind spending time to give others back the same that I have received.
HN is a pay-it-forward scheme if you 'use' it properly.
I have found:
Through HN, which is more than I can say for any other online community that I've ever been a part of.And all that for 'free', if you don't count the time spent on it. If you would count the time then the 'investment' side of it (I estimated that at roughly 4 months full time) at a 'regular' salary (say 100K per year) would equate to about $30K, I would say I'm more than break-even already in a direct monetary sense but that's not where the real value is, the real value is in the increase of your potential by being able to tap in to this resource.
Time spent on HN to me is now a form of investment with a completely unknown return, both in kind and magnitude and I don't mind spending time to give others back the same that I have received.
HN is a pay-it-forward scheme if you 'use' it properly.