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Two other things worth noting, which the article goes into, are that they extrapolated to $100k/year from 1 month (June 2020) which, from what I've heard anecdotally, was an unusually good month to work for a food delivery app, since more people were getting food delivery due to COVID, and that the number doesn't take into account expenses.
I saw a comment elsewhere with his net earnings. Don't remember the exact number but it was under $6k. Dude is making about $15/hr to work himself to death.
Comes out to just over $20/hr after gas (assuming ~1gallon/hr which is about what it was for me).
Cool how he's making essentially $5 over minimum wage to spend 84 hours a week risking his life on the road and putting probably ~3,000 miles/mo on his personal vehicle (that he still might not own).
Edit: This isn't even accounting for other expenses like taxes (30% of net because he's a contractor), maintenance, unreliable tip income (was about 25% of his income), or car insurance (delivery drivers need commercial, which is usually $200-$400/month depending on your history).
Read the article. The first line is basically "this isn't inspiring at all, it's bs propaganda and he had to work himself nearly to death for a month".
Direct quote from the article:
Even if Lyon could earn $100,000 a year doing this, why should it be seen as anything other than horrifying?
Edit: Here's a link
Driving for 12 hours a day, every day of the year. Also it's Uber so if he's driving for 12 hours then he must be sitting around waiting for the next ride for a couple of hours.
Feeling very inspired to go research earth moving equipment rn
