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Comment by maldinii | Hacker News Reader

Believe me or not our editor (more than a copywriter) earns a bigger salary than me, but yep, only in this way I can get nicely edited articles on the front-page of HN :D

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It irks me when bosses say that to employees (happened to me in the past). The boss works on his dream. The employee works for money. It's perfectly natural for the boss of a young company to earn the least of all (at least if you don't count various tax magic entrepreneurs can pull by buying everything they use "for the company").

I agree, that's why I earn less and yes, is not cool to say that to the employees :)

Do you have any idea what the career/educational path of your editor was like? While it's not a career I've ever thought of having, I've lately realized that at even a portion of that level of skill is a powerful thing to have.

He finished a computer science university, funny enough I don't know much more about his story, I need to ask :D http://karol.cc

Do you mind telling me how much he charges? What would be the expense for say 10-15 articles per month?

Hey!

As I noted before Karol isn't only writing stuff, this is in fact a small part of his job, he is editing/managing our other writers and he get's paid on an hourly basis.

The deal that we have is a bit more complex, but to get an idea we pay >$50 / hour.

There are copy writing services that can write articles for you. The one I am familiar with charges per word, so the cost would depend on the length of the article. If you want higher control that involves in house editors checking everything before it goes to you, you can set up a team. That will tend to cost more.

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