How I amassed $1,000,000 on Medium, but there is no way you will ever be able to do it.
Now that I have lured you in with a completely false and patently preposterous headline, let me honest. Lately, a lot of things have been tiring me. I have been trying to go to bed earlier, but I haven’t been falling asleep quickly. It’s tough to get up at a reasonable hour if I’ve been falling asleep after one in the morning. So, it only makes sense that I’ve been a little more irritable and tired as of late. More things have been, “getting under my skin,” as the kids on the streets used to say back in the day.
I have been seeing a lot (more than two) of articles, for example, of people either complaining about getting paid less here, on Medium, or leaving Medium because they’ve been getting a paid pittance here, on Medium.
I get it. I used to make mad, mad money — somewhere between $20 and upwards of more than $50 a month. Now, I rarely make more than $8 a month. That’s right. I don’t remember the last time I cracked the $10 per month mark. And, that ain’t right.
Telling myself that I didn’t start writing on Medium because I needed money helps. I am stupidly lucky, and very aware. But it stings like a bastard nonetheless, and I do not blame the writers bailing on Medium one little bit. But, I’m also not here to add to the complaining. I’m here…
