Recently, a foreign programmer published on the Internet the news and specific methods of using GitHub to reward 700,000 yuan a year .
GitHub opened the reward function in May of 2019. Each author can set a different monthly sponsorship amount in exchange for different rights, just like a menu. (If you are an open source contributor on the GitHub platform, you may receive a windfall)
The official term for rewarding is sponsorship. If a user brings his own pink caution and Sponsor is written next to it, it means he has activated the rewarding function.
As soon as the news came out, he was immediately swiped on Twitter and received 3.3k likes.
After all, this is undoubtedly a great boon for programmers who work hard overtime at 996.
The response from netizens was very enthusiastic:
I want to try too! It should be easy, right!
Some netizens have even tried this approach and proved its feasibility:
This method really works! At present, I have increased my annual income by 70,000 through Github. This feeling is so hilarious.
Want to know what the programmers cast a magic in their GitHub a reward on it?
Come and watch.
Two steps to earn the first pot of gold
In fact, the name of Caleb Porzio programmers, beginning on GitHub income obtained, it is only from netizens warmth .
After opening the GitHub reward function, his open source software projects occasionally receive encouragement from netizens.
△ This is the first user praised by Caleb
But this is still too small compared to the number of people using open source software. (Isn’t it fragrant for white whoring?)
Looking at these a reward his friends, Caleb had an idea, why not offer these gold owners have the exclusive services?
The first step丨Exclusive software
When Caleb used Laravel to write a software, an idea hit him: to make a very creative software, only for sponsors .
Of course, if the sponsor reaches a certain number, this software will also become open source software.
The open source process is somewhat similar to crowdfunding, but unlike crowdfunding, if only a small number of people need this software, it will only be provided to sponsors.
This method was unexpectedly successful and suddenly increased Caleb's annual income by tens of thousands. (The picture shows USD)
But the problem is that this kind of creative software does not always appear.
If you want a more stable income, you have to find another way out.
Step 2: paid tutorial
Caleb really bring a steady income, and this was his software tutorials .
△ Video tutorials only available for sponsors to watch
what? Use tutorial? !
You heard it right, it's a tutorial for using homemade software, and it's still paid.
But this paid tutorial is much more than just a simple document. Caleb made it into a more intuitive video explanation to teach users how to use the software better.
This is a bold attempt, but the facts have proved that it has achieved very good results and brought Caleb nearly $80,000 in revenue in just three months. (Converted into RMB, this value is close to 560,000 yuan.)
Perhaps this also provides a source of ideas for software developers (sometimes no one uses your software, not because the software itself is not good, but the documentation is too complicated, they don't want to read it).
This approach may be controversial, but Caleb has undoubtedly achieved success.
He left his post in 18 years, and now he can develop some projects he is interested in on GitHub, which is the dream life of most programmers.
Of course, this success may not be accidental.
From the creation of passion
Before receiving a steady stream of sponsorships, Caleb had experienced a window of no income for nearly a year.
During that period, he diligently contributed a large number of high-quality open source software to the GitHub community, but his income was very small.
Nevertheless, Caleb has not given up his goal: to get income from projects that he is interested in.
Among them, superb technology, a certain audience base and bold attempts have become the stepping stones to his success.
But the most important thing is that if there is no love, all of this is impossible to talk about. All of Caleb's projects on GitHub are basically related to his interests.
I believe this is the same as most programmers who are willing to contribute code to this open source community. The software they produce in their spare time is also out of the enthusiasm and persistence of a certain project.
In addition, Caleb also provides more ideas and skills for programmers who want to earn income from GitHub sponsorship:
Stable production of high-quality code
Have a fan base
Reasonable charge
Set the audience label (reject platinum, platinum and rose gold, the label should be clear whether it is personal or corporate sponsorship)
Don't be afraid to talk about income
Don't be afraid of getting rich (?)
It is reasonable, but also in accordance with the rules
Judging from the current feedback from netizens, the effect is indeed good, but for some programmers in countries like Finland, there may not be such benefits. If you are interested in Python, you can add the teacher's WeChat: abb436574, get a set of learning materials and video courses for free~
This article makes me feel sad about Finnish law. We hereby stipulate that in order to receive donations (that is, payments without return), a permit must be obtained, and this thing costs money and is not issued to individuals.
In fact, the only clear legal way in Finland is to quickly set up a company and sell physical objects.
American netizens expressed sympathy for gloating:
Our Sandstorm community has an activist from Finland who is responsible for maintaining a certain section. He had to tell many people "I'm sorry, I can't accept donations" before, but I still don't understand why.
In fact, in the United States, this matter is simple. If in the name of an individual, this is taxable income, and there are not so many complicated steps. Part of my income is currently sponsored by GitHub.
Foreign reward systems are different. However, currently on GitHub, there are indeed restrictions on enabling such rewards, and certain conditions must be met.