Hand-cranked penny-dispenser allows anyone to work for minimum wage

Re:Hand-cranked penny-dispenser allows anyone to work for mi... by peakpg on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @06:11PM (#971034)

This is a potentially off topic question, but what is the average wage that the typical sculptor makes, considering hours invested/sale price of the art? I have known at least a few former art student friends/family that have definitely worked for less than minimum wage.

Is it possible for an artist to create a piece like this that is actually more profitable for the user of the art than it is for the artist who created it?

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Re:Hand-cranked penny-dispenser allows anyone to work for mi... by teuobk on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @08:23PM (#971259)

Or, to reframe the question for the startup crowd, what is the average wage that a typical high-tech entrepreneur makes, considering hours invested/sale price of the business?

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Re:Hand-cranked penny-dispenser allows anyone to work for mi... by RevRal on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @08:31PM (#971269)

Depends on where on the timeline, what exactly you mean by high-tech entrepreneur, and the experience of said entrepreneur.

$1.50 per hour isn't uncommon.

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Re:Hand-cranked penny-dispenser allows anyone to work for mi... by Retric on Wednesday December 02, 2009 @07:37AM (#971943)

Some people go negative. However, the average is so heavily influenced by a few people making 100+$/h or 10,000+$/h. It's not really worth looking at. I would suggest consider looking for the bottom 10 percentile the middle 50 percentile and the top 10 percentile.

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Re:Hand-cranked penny-dispenser allows anyone to work for mi... by nym on Tuesday December 01, 2009 @08:22PM (#971258)

Not just possible, probable. There's a reason why most of them are called starving artists.

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