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Re:22-year-old builds chips in his parents’ garage by resueman on Sunday January 23, 2022 @01:49PM (#30049061)
Well that goalpost sure made a leap. Spread it out over six years and imagine the kid is pulling in real cash with a youtube channel showcasing his projects.
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Re:22-year-old builds chips in his parents’ garage by ad404b8a372f2b9 on Sunday January 23, 2022 @03:34PM (#30050173)
The 1000 dollars bill is for a single piece of equipment, a full lab is considerably more. The median household income is 70k in the U.S, in western Europe it's closer to 30k. The income distribution on youtube follows a power law. I don't think that puts it within reach of your average middle class family, even over 5 years.
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Re:22-year-old builds chips in his parents’ garage by resueman on Sunday January 23, 2022 @06:17PM (#30051656)
How about the distibution of income for youtube accounts with millions of views? which is what the article says he has.

He also has a patreon account linked on there.

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