Got one ! Thanks ! D <| sep |> alright , thanks for this ! i ' ll shut down this post now <| sep |> But they have and SCOTUS not only approves of gerrymandering , they mandated it . Obviously that ' s an oversimplification but none the less true . <| sep |> I ' m still convinced I am . <| sep |> As a rookie developer career change I ' m consistently amazed that I get paid to do this . The emphasis of the words that sentence changes from day to day though , based on how well my code is working . <| sep |> Udemy and Pluralsight are different models , but neither of them are hourly unless you are asking for ' derived ' hourly pay , see end of comment . Udemy allows anyone to publish a course , as long as it meets their AV requirements can ' t sound like crap , has to be at least 720 p , videos can ' t be longer than 25 minutes , etc . Once you have a course published , you get paid based on the number of people who purchase your course . If customers purchase the course via one of your promotional links , you get 97 % of the revenue . If Udemy promotes it , you get a smaller percentage based on whether the customer came through Udemy organic sales 50 % commission , their ad program 25 % commission , or through an affiliate 25 % commission . If your course doesn ' t sell , you don ' t make any money . To be an author at Pluralsight , you have to apply , have relevant professional experience , and produce a sample recording that they approve . From there , you negotiate a contract for a particular coursetopic . In your contract , there will be a onetime payment when your course is totally completed and approved , and there will be a royalty percentage defined . You are then paid royalties on a quarterly basis , based on total Pluralsight revenue , total minutes of videos watched , number of minutes your coursesvideos were watched , and your negotiated royalty rate . To put it in formulaic format Total Pluralsight revenues minutes spent on your courseminutes logged on all courses your royalty rate your royalty amount Here ' s an example with some made up numbers . Let ' s say Pluralsight made $ 1 M in revenues in a given quarter . During that quarter , there were 10 , 000 minutes of coursesvidoes watched in total . In that same quarter , your course was viewed for 100 minutes . Your royalty rate is 15 %. Then your royalty payment for that quarter would be $ 1 , 000 , 000 10010 , 000 0 . 15 $ 1500 I ' ve produced 2 courses so far , working on my 3 rd . I teach IT and programming courses . Deriving an hourly wage is difficult , because you get paid nothing up front and then make residual income for years . So far I ' ve estimated my hourly rate to be approximately $ 40 hrHope that helps .