<story><title>My Show HN Project got acquired after 6 months</title><url>https://medium.com/@joshahowarth/how-my-show-hn-project-got-acquired-after-6-months-954f81ca6a18</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>netsharc</author><text>Let&amp;#x27;s say SF.. I&amp;#x27;ll say half a year&amp;#x27;s wage im SF is 100 - 125K. What&amp;#x27;s X? 4 to 10? So I&amp;#x27;m guessing he got $500K to a million.</text></item><item><author>throwawaymath</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; As for the acquisition number… that’s why you’ve read this far, right?!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; We settled on an amount equivalent to how much I’d earn as a US-based engineer working 6 months, but then multiplied by X for the traction&amp;#x2F;success factor already achieved. And I also still have a stake in the project going forward.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Working &lt;i&gt;where&lt;/i&gt; in the US? Software engineers can make wildly different amounts of money depending on where in the US they work. Even within SFBA and NYC, a subset of companies pay significantly more than others as well.&lt;p&gt;So why not just say the actual acquisition number?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Akababa</author><text>While we&amp;#x27;re guessing, I&amp;#x27;ll throw my hat in the ring at 250k. Given that it failed to monetize, I&amp;#x27;d be surprised if it&amp;#x27;s significantly higher.&lt;p&gt;I know of a project that did have decent monetization and was impressive technically that only went for mid 6 figures. However the owner wanted to sell quickly so that might have depressed the price a little bit.</text></comment>
<story><title>My Show HN Project got acquired after 6 months</title><url>https://medium.com/@joshahowarth/how-my-show-hn-project-got-acquired-after-6-months-954f81ca6a18</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>netsharc</author><text>Let&amp;#x27;s say SF.. I&amp;#x27;ll say half a year&amp;#x27;s wage im SF is 100 - 125K. What&amp;#x27;s X? 4 to 10? So I&amp;#x27;m guessing he got $500K to a million.</text></item><item><author>throwawaymath</author><text>&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; As for the acquisition number… that’s why you’ve read this far, right?!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Yes.&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;gt; We settled on an amount equivalent to how much I’d earn as a US-based engineer working 6 months, but then multiplied by X for the traction&amp;#x2F;success factor already achieved. And I also still have a stake in the project going forward.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Working &lt;i&gt;where&lt;/i&gt; in the US? Software engineers can make wildly different amounts of money depending on where in the US they work. Even within SFBA and NYC, a subset of companies pay significantly more than others as well.&lt;p&gt;So why not just say the actual acquisition number?</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>throwawaymath</author><text>I&amp;#x27;m pretty skeptical the numbers are anywhere in that neighborhood. But if they are, that&amp;#x27;s a stunning success.</text></comment>