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by qeternity 2053 days ago
Good lord, he must be making a fortune off his site.
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Seems like about 7.5k a week in revenue, or about $400k. Not much different than a senior engineer at Google then, so I guess it depends on perspective. (his brother, formerly an apple employee, probably made more than him).
He is and it’s well deserved - he’s built an incredible following and he has earned enormous respect and trust from Apple leadership (and his Apple insiders who he taps as needed). Don’t forget he’s also one of the creators of Markdown (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown)