Who Makes Below Minimum Wage in the Mechanical Turk Sweatshop?

Re:Who Makes Below Minimum Wage in the Mechanical Turk Sweat... by mrgoldenbrown on Friday July 05, 2013 @01:09PM (#5995736)

Very few gamers get sponsorships. It is not an easy way to make a living. Your argument is equivalent to telling everyone to forget about minimum wage jobs and practice throwing curveballs, on the off chance that they can score a position as a pitcher in the major leagues.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Who Makes Below Minimum Wage in the Mechanical Turk Sweat... by yummyfajitas on Friday July 05, 2013 @01:38PM (#5995851)

I think he was referring to the farming and selling of virtual goods.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Who Makes Below Minimum Wage in the Mechanical Turk Sweat... by jiggy2011 on Friday July 05, 2013 @04:11PM (#5996549)

Farming digital goods can be done by anybody , so you will have to compete with chinese farming groups who are happy with a return that's about break even with what the electricity and broadband would cost in the west.

At least with transcribing english text you have some advantage by being a native english speaker.

[ Parent | on HN ]

Re:Who Makes Below Minimum Wage in the Mechanical Turk Sweat... by flyinRyan on Thursday July 11, 2013 @04:07AM (#6024971)

No, I'm saying before you waste hours and hours doing tedious tasks on Turks, just get a job at McDonald's. It will pay more and probably be less tedious.

[ Parent | on HN ]