I think the critics who complain about money, pensions and healthcare didn't do proper calculations. Gumroad pays from $50 to $250 per hour. Let's say you get $100 (below average) and work 60 hours per month (one-week vacation every month). This is $6000 per month, which is basically more than enough for a comfortable living in 95% places on the planet.
They pay equal money regardless of location, so the proposition is great for anyone except a tiny number of people who want to live in extremely expensive places.
I think the other part people aren’t considering is you can make $250 an hour for 10 hours a week. Why even quit your day job that’s providing you benefits? Where do I sign up? I can spare 10 hours a week on top of my day job for that kind of money...
It's worth noting the hourly rate cuts in half after 20 hours. It's still enough pay for comfortable living, but 60hrs/wk is a lot of work and is decidedly against the lifestyle TFA talks about.
[edit: parent says 60hrs/month. At $100/hr that's $72k/year pre-tax. I don't know how to delete this comment but would if I could.]
But isn't the big caveat that those companies only pay that in SV, and not in ie Europe? I could earn more in 10h/week at Gumroad then even my most well paid developer friends do here.
