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Re:Ask HN: what is the highest reward to effort ratio you've... by arbor on Monday August 27, 2012 @06:24AM (#4438169)
I developed an educational app in one day. Apple featured it right around Christmas. Best Christmas present ever. I made enough money in that one month to pay off all of my credit cards and student loans. I even paid cash for a late-model car that month. Part of that money also helped my company lease a kick ass office. We went from subleasing a dark attic above a video production studio to leasing our own class A office.
Re:Ask HN: what is the highest reward to effort ratio you've... by no_news_is on Monday August 27, 2012 @03:13PM (#4440300)
Wow, what was the app?
Re:Ask HN: what is the highest reward to effort ratio you've... by unconed on Saturday September 08, 2012 @01:22AM (#4492327)
A long time ago I made some silly music visualizations for Winamp that ended up shipping with the official download. Years later, a picture surfaced showing an astronaut on the ISS using Winamp on his laptop... which means my code made it out into space.

Best reward ever.

Re:Ask HN: what is the highest reward to effort ratio you've... by AznHisoka on Thursday August 30, 2012 @02:05PM (#4455894)
I started an alternative medicine affiliate site back in the summer of 2006. Probably spent 4-5 months full-time on it, and 1 hour since. It made me $1.6 million total for the first 2 years before I sold it. Pretty good ROI.
Re:Ask HN: what is the highest reward to effort ratio you've... by polyfractal on Monday August 27, 2012 @08:02AM (#4438389)
I built a side project on a weekend and made $700 from revenue / selling the site. It also helped land me a job. Not too shabby.
Re:Ask HN: what is the highest reward to effort ratio you've... by traxtech on Monday August 27, 2012 @05:45AM (#4438084)
Fired a big'n'awfull client once, gained months of happy living.
Re:Ask HN: what is the highest reward to effort ratio you've... by cpt1138 on Monday August 27, 2012 @12:43AM (#4437471)
Re:Ask HN: what is the highest reward to effort ratio you've... by eliajf on Monday August 27, 2012 @12:43AM (#4437468)
Kids.
Re:Ask HN: what is the highest reward to effort ratio you've... by dylanhassinger on Monday August 27, 2012 @04:07AM (#4437891)
paleo diet

100 pushup plan

reading The 4-Hour Workweek