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Damn Rachel,
I'm really sorry I mentioned that one line at the start of the mail.. I didn't think it would bring up a topic on it's own..
Walks off with his tail between his legs..
-----Original Message-----
Carmichael
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2001 01:06
To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
well, let's do the math.....
let's say I get $5 for each book that is sold (I don't, and the royalties change depending on if the book has sold at full price or from a discount house) but the $5 makes the math easier (and it's less than minimum wage in the US!)
let's round the numbers, and say that an independent DBA consultant can earn $150/hr in New York, where I live. (That's an average, some make more, some less)
and 150/5 = 30 so I'd have to work 30 times as many hours writing books as I would as a consultant to make the same amount of money
Most personnel departments assume that there are 200 workdays in a year (vacation, weekends and holidays excluded), and that a workday is 8 hours long. Yes, I know no DBA works a 40 hour week, this is just an example.
so.... 200*8 = 1600 hours work in a year.
1600/500= 3.2 books a year and 1600*5=$8000 a year
1600*150=$240,000
don't know about you, I'd rather be a consultant!
I repeat -- you don't make money writing books, and if that is why you are writing them, you'd be better off just consulting. Even if you write in your "spare time", you lose -- I worked evenings, and all day all weekend writing. I didn't see my friends or family for the time I was writing.
Oh, and since my name does show up when my messages post, so it's easy to see how it is spelled....
it's Rachel, not Rachael
>From: "orclbabu" <orclbabu_at_hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
>Subject: Re: Thanks and another book request
>Date: Fri, 02 Feb 2001 12:32:11 -0800
>
>Rachael
>
> > consultant for that number of hours.... Not profitable to write one.
>
>The very fact that you often repeat this in response to mails that refer to
>your books, makes us think otherwise $$$
>
>;-)
>
>babu
>
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-- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Rachel Carmichael INET: carmichr_at_hotmail.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Mark Leith INET: mark_at_cool-tools.co.uk Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru_at_fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).Received on Sat Feb 03 2001 - 06:11:34 CST
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