Whilst I salute the guy for showing initiative and entrepreneurship, I wish these sort of articles got less attention (everywhere, not specifically on HN).
These sort of articles are starting to get the feel of the 'Get rich quick' or 'Work from home and earn big dollars' ads you see stuck on walls and sign posts - it's the new Amway.
I'm relatively young and entrepreneurial, and when I hear about people making loads of money in internet advertising like this (especially young people), my gut reaction is envy and jealously. I think "sheesh, I could totally be doing that"... but I always come to the conclusion that I would be absolutely miserable doing what these guys do, because it's just not something I'm into, and spending every waking moment doing something I hate/despise is certainly not how I want to live my life.
In fact, I cannot imagine being much happier than I am now. I live in Los Angeles, so naturally I am surrounded my wealthy individuals flaunting their money everywhere I go (houses, cars, etc), but despite all of this, I cannot imagine that these people are any happier than I am. Likewise, I don't imagine that I could be happier if I had the material possessions that they have.
This guy says he loves what he does and advocates others doing what they love, which is fantastic advice.
I note that he claims to have 29 sites, but hasn't listed them. A simple list of the 29 super-duper money-making sites...that shouldn't be so hard to provide...
I wouldn't really blame him if it was indeed true. If he did show them, there will be 100 clones for each with a few months because they'd think that exactly the niches he's in must be making him this kind of money, and they won't bother to think for themselves.
These sort of articles are starting to get the feel of the 'Get rich quick' or 'Work from home and earn big dollars' ads you see stuck on walls and sign posts - it's the new Amway.