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Re:Idea to ($0.07) profit in 7 hours by ryanwaggoner on Wednesday October 13, 2010 @08:11PM (#1789364)
Unless your time is worth less than $.01 / hr, this isn't profit :)
Re:Idea to ($0.07) profit in 7 hours by al_james on Thursday October 14, 2010 @04:27AM (#1790247)
Yes, its amazing how many people confuse 'making a profit' with 'working for free and not losing money'.
Re:Idea to ($0.07) profit in 7 hours by wardrox on Thursday October 14, 2010 @06:20AM (#1790430)
I agree, $0.07 isn't stunning (it's only going to get me a half billionth of my jet), but to break even in such a short space of time I found interesting.

Though could it not be considered profit in some form, as I'm working for free on the project? It's the site's profit, rather than my own?

Re:Idea to ($0.07) profit in 7 hours by ryanwaggoner on Thursday October 14, 2010 @08:11AM (#1790613)
I've always had lots of side projects, so I understand that line of thinking, believe me. And I didn't intend to be snarky, it's just that it's easy to go down a bad road where you convince yourself you're doing better financially on a project than you are because you fail to take your time into account. Imagine you were selling the site to someone else: they'd have to hire someone to do the work you've been doing, and that costs money.
Re:Idea to ($0.07) profit in 7 hours by wardrox on Thursday October 14, 2010 @08:55AM (#1790703)
I'm keeping track of my hours worked, so I have a rough idea of when it'll actually have properly paid for itself. I'm not kidding myself, don't worry :)