6 FIGURES!!!!!! wow. btw i knew he was behind mac rumours, but i didnt know taht it was soooooo large... i thought TA was larger
Yay arn... I made you a wikipedia article. And I didn't know how old you were, so I said 207 (Am i close?)
heres an thing to edit "not only has arnold kim demonstated that asians run succsesful websites but also that they could be extremely good looking"
ass-kisser?? sorry and I;m with brewster but arn probably gets more freetime from blogging than being a doctor.
If you read the article you could see that he is successfully raking in a 6-Figure salary with blogging, and as his sites expand they can only appreciate in value. I'm not trying to argue or start a fight, but if he is happy with his choice and feels confident in it (which I'm sure he does) then who are you to say he made a bad life choice?
you live in Richmond? cool I'm in Charlottesville. congrats you ur success man, I love this site, it just needs a mobile version.
He is one of the very rare people I've seen in life who can manage all this very professionally without decreasing the quality, yet be so humble about it. He has awesome manners, deals with every criticism in a professional attitude without getting into any argument. That's really rare to see. He deserves all the attention and respect he gets. I'd love to meet him in person one day. For the long term life choice - I think life is much more than a 6 figure salary. I hope he makes millions, but if he doesn't it really doesn't matter. Doing what you like, deciding on where you can divert your talent, where you can improve yourself, where you can be the most productive etc are much more valuable than money. My husband and I quit our 6-figure jobs 5 months ago - our current income is nowhere near what we used to make, but we couldn't be happier.
Unfortunately, I'm afraid that I'm not. Think about it. If Steve Jobs never comes back, every single one of your websites are out of business. But, besides that, I'm not sure how much you make, but it isn't 6 figures, and perhaps you do enjoy this more, but you went to medical school for a long time to just throw it away. I don't understand it. I was trying to be semi-supportive. I just couldn't bring myself to endorse such a bad decision.
What if "blogging" brought in 1 million a year? 5 million a year? 10 million a year? Is it a bad decision still? Obviously, the equation changes depending on that variable, which you admit that you don't know. If you had read the article, you would have seen that blogging income exceeded my physician income and was 6 figures when the NY times article was written. There were many factors in my decision to quit medicine. Spending more time with the family and doing what I enjoy were the main reasons. What I think that some people don't realize is that there comes a time when staying with the more "stable" job is a bigger financial risk than quiting it. The iShoot developer quit his programming day job (let's assume he made 70k) after making $800,000 in a few weeks. For him, staying at the $70k 40hr/week job risked the future of that $800,000 revenue stream, while quitting it only risked his $70k/year day-job and opened the possibility of far more. arn
But, the internet is a huge variable to be depending on. While I don't discredit it as many have, it is still not the best/most stable way to get income. At least the internet is recession proof. Apple products seem to be. I did read the article. Most of it. I'm shocked that it could bring in that much, but either way, it is. It is encouraging, to do that, but just as Ethan Nicholas quit his job, which I also thought was a bad decision, the income and iPhone platform aren't very stable, nor long term. I'm just saying that you aren't guaranteed to keep making that money year after year. Things change with the internet, it has over and over. For Ethan, the question isn't that you have a job or you develop, it was being opportunistic. He quit to continue developing, which may bring in money until either a.) Someone makes something that is more powerful, does more, looks better, and has a better distro platform. or b.) PRESS RELEASE Steve Jobs dies suddenly. Apple left in disorder. That would kill both TA and MR. Hate for it to happen. But Apple is nothing without Steve Jobs. And while neither of these are likely, you must consider the possibility. He could have enough saved to last. Your decision wasn't one of money, but time and happiness. Perhaps there is no difference, and I'm just being too perspective, but I wouldn't trust something as unstable as the internet to depend my life on.
