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As an Independent Writer, I’m My Own Account Manager
If you’re an independent Writer like me, then just know that you are your own account manager too
For many of us here on Medium (or probably even the majority of us), we’re independent Writers who have a voice and all we need is the platform. Medium gives us that platform — not necessarily to kickstart our writing career, but mostly to get our words out to the public regardless of whether five people read it or five thousand. For many of us, Medium is just something that we do on the side and not something that we strictly rely on as a consistent stream of income. That’s how it is for me at least.
By day, I’m a full-time employee at a tech company in Manhattan. I work in an office with the typical nine to five work hours from Monday through Friday. For me, writing just serves as a side hobby. It’s something that I do if I have enough time outside of work or if I just really need to speak my mind. It’s not something that I really expect to help pay the bills or barely even pay for a nice dinner.
If I make a decent amount of money in any given month (and by that, I mean at least more than $30), then I’m happy. If not, I honestly don’t care. What I mostly care about is making sure that I write quality content with the hopes that someone out…
